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Jay-Z on Long Term Success

Jay-Z on Long Term Success

[ 1 ] September 25, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1soDJzDfL4&feature=related]

Was just reading this Jay-Z article in Forbes. The article was obviously about his wealth and business success, but there were takeaways worth sharing. 1. Remembering What Made You Successful The album had all these emotions and complexities and layers that a typical hip-hop album didn’t have if you were making it at 16, 17 [...]

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Breaking News: Mulve.com Just Changed Your Music Life

Breaking News: Mulve.com Just Changed Your Music Life

[ 1 ] September 23, 2010

Whoa! Check out what frequent NRP contributor Chris De Jong just sent me: Uh.. Wut? Yeah, so as Mulve says it’s the best way to download music today. I’ve downloaded the program and can back up their claim that it’s crazy easy to use and has a huge supply of songs it’s tapping. The details [...]

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How Musicians Can Use Next Big Sound – Understanding The Data

How Musicians Can Use Next Big Sound – Understanding The Data

[ 2 ] September 22, 2010
http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

At The New Rockstar Philosophy we’re big fans of Next Big Sound.  Alex White and his team are building an essential tool for musicians who want to know more about their audience. If used correctly, Next Big Sound can help you understand where, how, and when your fans are coming to your music. And that’s [...]

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iTunes Overhead Is 1 Billion Dollars – Google Says Ain’t No Thang

iTunes Overhead Is 1 Billion Dollars – Google Says Ain’t No Thang

[ 0 ] September 14, 2010

And I thought buying beer for NRP meetings was high overhead! Asymco reports that iTunes costs Apple nearly 1 billion dollars each year to run! The details can be read in great length on the Asymco page. But the main point that I took away from the article is that pretty much only Google can take [...]

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Fan Self-Analysis and Aloe Blacc

Fan Self-Analysis and Aloe Blacc

[ 0 ] September 13, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDyUhI1ArPo]

This blog is not here to pump one artist up, but I don’t care, it’s our blog and I want you know about Aloe Blacc. More importantly, I want you know to why I’m anticipating his new record.  It’s been 4 years since his last record came out. In today’s world, that’s an eternity for [...]

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No More Freebies On Bandcamp – But Still Cheap Like Borscht

No More Freebies On Bandcamp – But Still Cheap Like Borscht

[ 2 ] September 11, 2010
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As Kyle from Hypebot recently reported Bandcamp is no longer offering unlimited free downloads. Users who signed up ages ago now have 500 free downloads and new users will be limited to 200. Any addition downloads will be a whopping nine bucks for 300, $20 for 1000 downloads, and $75 for 5000. Ridiculous I know…. [...]

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Apple Reveals Ping – The iTunes Social Network – Oh, And CDs Are Obsolete

Apple Reveals Ping – The iTunes Social Network – Oh, And CDs Are Obsolete

[ 0 ] September 1, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8FnACj25xM”

Apple’s September Music event was held today with great fanfare and much joyful crying by Apple Fanboys. So what did Ol’Jobsy reveal? Well for starters, Apple sells a lot of iPods. Over 200 million sold to date, and with the introduction of the newest version of the touch screen iPods, I’m fairly certain they will [...]

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