Judas Priest Single “Nostradamus” Blows up with ReverbNation

Pre-Release from New Album Streamed Every Two Seconds on First Day

Judas Priest, on the verge of releasing their first new album in 3 years, pre-released the title track to “Nostradamus” via the ReverbNation TuneWidget on April 21st to a throng of hungry fans. The TuneWidget was initially placed on only four websites but allowed fans to grab it and embed it on their MySpace pages and blogs, leading to over 200,000 impressions on launch day alone.

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STP VS Velvet Revolver: Which Brand, ahem, Band, Will Win?

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Rolling Stone Discusses State Of Music Industry

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Trent Reznor Teaches Us How To Sell Music in 2008 & Beyond

nin.jpgFront page of Digg yesterday I noticed that Trent Reznor has released a new NIN album, and I’m going to break down for you really quick why he’s a genius. Let’s look at the different options he gives a visitor to the website for the album “Ghosts”.

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A Little Piece of Advice for the Major Record Labels

rubble.jpgThis is two nights in a row that I’ve tried to quickly get through my blogroll and have been forced to write a post.

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So Do You Really Want A Major Label Deal?

Okay, the argument has been going on for some time now, and I’ll be upfront and say that I haven’t spent a lot of time blogging about it. Why? Because I want this blog to be first and foremost a platform to introduce marketing tips and secondly to provide some music related entertainment as a balance.

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How Should I Distribute My Music On the Web?

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What a roller coaster ride the past few months have been for music. We’ve had the RIAA up our asses, Radiohead giving it to us the way we want it before pulling out before we finished, Trent telling the industry to stick it, all the while Kayne and 50 just reinforcing the stupidity of it all.

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What exactly is the RIAA?

riaaIf you’re eyes are glued to a computer screen every day like mine are, and you’ve been following music industry news as of late, you the industry is in turmoil. Cd sales are continue to fall, and new business models are emerging.

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Giving The Finger To The CIRA

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I thought this was amusing - An Open Letter to the CIRA.

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Attn: Musicians - The Future of Marketing Music is Here

Over the weekend there was a lot of talk about a Sony BMG press release. In a nutshell, Sony BMG told any up-and-coming musicians to not send them any more demo tapes, ’cause there not going to listen to them. Instead, they’re telling artists to start a blog and start adding content in order to draw traffic to their site. Then out your music online and start building a fan base. Once you got a certain number of visitors to you’re site, then you can start talking about record deals.

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