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Intellectual Property 101

How to sharpen your business and law skill sets
by Stephen M. Stern, executive editor

From be-bop to pop, from rap to classical and everything in between, musicians go to the beat of a different drummer; however, they all seemingly …

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TOBY WRIGHT

The mastermind and methodology
by Brian McKinny, editor, Music Insider Magazine

In speaking with Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum record producing, innovative recording engineer Toby Wright, time has a way of disappearing.  Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk …

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New Approaches to Music Licensing

How to create a proper strategy
by Winston Giles

Music LIcensingThe way that people discover, purchase and listen to music has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. CD sales continue to fall, legal music downloads are flat, and illegal downloading …

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Building Your ‘Musical Village’

3 foundational requirements
by Stephen Stern, executive editor

Short of going viral, Gangnam Style, busting through the density of the entertainment lithosphere takes a village — a village far different in mindset and skillset than a decade ago and, to …

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Gearheads Unite

The rise and fall of the pedal board
by Gene Baker, editor, Music Insider Magazine

ear in any industry goes through fads. In the guitar world, much of these gear trends are driven by technology and its perpetual wheel of …

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NAMM Show Yo!

by Ray Rocha, editor, Music Insider Magazine

an you believe it’s almost here already?  Or finally?  NAMM is set for January 24-27, 2013.

Never been to NAMM? Well let me give you an overview  …

The venue is situated in …

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Surviving Yoko Ono

Our band founder has a girlfriend who comes to every practice and every event. We wouldn’t mind it that much if she would just observe and let us do our thing. She’s always telling us how we should dress, what …

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