creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties

You were expecting a Tablet Macintosh but this is so much better.  Check out the Mactini.

If you have not seen this yet do yourself a favor and click the link.  You won’t be disappointed.  This is hands down the best technological invention ever! 

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Ouch. This is too cool. Thanks Shiloh!

The last few posts have been aimed at helping musicians understand how the Internet is great for making residual income by selling music online in both physical and digital form and how the music industry is changing making it easier than ever to sell music online. In this post I’d like to briefly discuss Promoting music on the Internet and why it is an absolute must. The goal is to do your art full time and make a descent living from it. Promotion and marketing is going to be key but it doesn’t have to be expensive.

If you are an independent artist selling your music has never been easier or as profitable as it can be now. If you think that most “signed” artists make a killing on CD sales alone, you’re wrong. After you subtract all the costs to make the CD, market it, distribute it yada yada yada an artist might walk away with 1 dollar for every CD sold. Might is the key word. The label acts as a bank and if they front you 250,000 to record and get your music out there guess what, you aren’t getting paid until they recoup their investment.  Enter Online Distribution.

In recent years, the global music industry has grown significantly, and is all set to touch the $38.8 billion mark by 2011. This growth can be attributed largely to the digital music sector of the world’s music market.

A closer look at the global music industry reveals some interesting contributors and some of its essential constituents including songwriters, composers, singers, record labels, manufacturers, producers, distributors and advertisers amongst others. Key players also include mobile network operators, mobile handset vendors and manufacturers of consumer electronic goods. This is in particular is expected to grow tremendously.