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Over the past decade, independent artists have begun to earn significant income from traditional licensing opportunities in TV and film; but with YouTube quickly becoming the most popular online music-discovery platform, there are countless opportunities out there too, and CD Baby is helping artists get paid for it!

CD Baby has partnered with music licensing firm Rumblefish to help CD Baby artists generate new revenue by licensing their music for movies, TV shows, ads, video games, apps, and YouTube.  In this episode you’ll learn what sync licensing and Micro-Sync are and how you can take advantage of these new revenue streams.

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In the news: CD Baby pays you even more; YouTube adds a merch store; and artists wonder if Spottily is hurting or helping.

Kevin, Chris and the Bolt discuss getting paid at gigs: Should you demand a fair price? Are artists asking too little or too much? THese questions and more are addressed in this spine-tingling musician-helping episode of the CD Baby DIY Musician Podcast.

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4 Lessons on How Much to Charge for Your Performance

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The Future of Music Coalition is conducting an online survey from Sept 6 – Oct 28, 2011 to gather crucial information about the ways that US-based musicians and composers are currently generating income from songs, recordings or performances, and how this has changed over the past five years.  Kristin Thomson joins us from the FMC to discuss why it’s so important we have good data to properly represent how artists and musicians are making money.

To take the survey at the FMC website, Click HERE.

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We’re back! And with all sorts of news, tips and artist feedback.

In the news: Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple. Wildly popular UK music streaming service, Spotify launches in the US. MySpace promises a relaunch that will compete with the likes of iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Google+ launches a music blog and more!

Join in the conversation in the comments below!

Sell your song on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and more! Only $9.95.

Videos from Kevin’s musical trip  to Africa are HERE.

YouTube xylophone mentioned in podcast

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iTunes releases juicy details about iTunes Match, a service that some say “legalizes piracy” and others say “monetizes it.” Pandora’s public offering doesn’t fair well for the popular music streaming company. Facebook starts randomly changing things and Kevin (and others) get upset. The Podcaster discuss getting a Wikipedia musician page in relation to this article: How to Create a Wikipedia Page for Your Band/Music

A podcast listener shares an interesting email about the dangers of getting your music videos pulled from YouTube and the podcasters discuss this and other copyright issues on YouTube.

Plus lots of other tips, anecdotes, listener calls and bad jokes by Kevin, Chris and the Bolt.

Have you ever had a video pulled from YouTube or a page pulled from Wikipedia? Share your stories in the comments below.

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Lots of launches this week! MySpace Launches a Facebook App. Google finally launches its cloud music service. YouTube launches top 100 music video charts and CD Baby launches a new widget store.

The podcasters discuss last weeks episode with performance coach Tom Jackson. Phone calls from our adoring fans and more!

Psst! Are you tired of paying yearly fees for digital distribution? Switch your music to CD Baby and get half-off: www.cdbabylovesyoumore.com

Stage dive by boris kramaric on Flickr – Photo Sharing!

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While up at the ECMA music conference in Canada, Kevin (our host) witnessed Tom Jackson’s live-performance-makeover session. Tom works with a band and helps them make improvements to their live show and the audience watches the transformation take place before their very eyes. After the session ended, Tom and Kevin sat down to talk. This podcast is the recording of that discussion.

Those of you who have been listening to the podcast for a long time may recall our interview with Tom Jackson way back on episode 43 (January 2009). It was an extremely popular episode that created a lot of discussion, so if you may want to go back and give it a listen.

This episode will undoubtedly generate discussion as well. Be sure to leave a comment or call our listener line. The details on how to do that will be at the end of the show.

Tom is offering a special discount on his video series exclusively for CD Baby artists.  Find out more HERE.

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Do you believe in music in the cloud? Well it’s coming whether the record labels like it or not. In this episode, the podcasters discuss a recent flurry of tech and music news involving all your favorite barroom buddies: iTunes, Amazon, Google, Facebook and your estranged uncle Frank. Kevin and the Bolt get philosophical while discussing last weeks interview with marketing guru, Seth Godin. And don’t miss the phone calls from our podtastic audience of talented musicians: That’s you!

Our article on how to change your Facebook personal profile to an artist band page is HERE.

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Seth Godin is an author and thought leader who has written 13 books that cover topics such as leadership, digital marketing and the spreading of ideas. His book, Tribes, garnered a lot of attention among the music community. Tribes explores how innovators can focus on groups of similarly minded individuals (a tribe) and get that tribe excited by releasing a new product,  music, or message via the internet.  The idea of building a tribe online is something that many DIY artists have been doing to find success in this new music economy. Join us on the DIY Musician Podcast as Seth shares his thoughts and strategies on music in the digital age.

You can find out more about Seth’s books and his blog at his website HERE.

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Thievery, Revenge, and Karate moves gone wrong! In this episode of the DIY musician podcast, musician share their stories of triumph, hilarity and defeat. Find out who wins the grand prize for best music career story and walks away with a free duplication package from CD Baby. Join Kevin, Chris, and The Bolt as they discuss happenings in the music industry and share your emails and stories.  You won’t want to miss this episode!