Infinite Fan Base

For a working band, bar venues are the bread and butter of their existence. A band’s first experience with touring is often a grueling combination of long nights and long trips as they continue to build a fan base. Finding new venues to play is second only to talking to booking managers. The large number […]

I wrote about the Creative Commons license as a great way to get your music protected. Here is an overview of the licenses offered by Creative Commons. I’ve created a 1-2 sentence description of the licenses. Bookmark now so you’ll have this post for future reference.
Before you license - You must own the copyright. If […]

Another great article by TorrentFreak:
Filesharing Report Shows Explosive Growth for uTorrent
Metallica is changing their mind:
Metallica Now Embraces File-Sharing?
Metallica Considering Radiohead-Style Release

Do you ever need to have music paper? Here’s a site that sends a PDF with staff lines to your printer. Several configurations are available.
Very handy.
Here’s the link for all the music categories:
Music Printable Pages

Two articles from Ars Technica:
Study: BitTorrent sees big growth, LimeWire still #1 P2P app
RIAA spent $2 million lobbying for tougher IP laws in 2007

Underlying the discussion of social networking is complicated mathematics and science. Most of you probably don’t care, but it helps to know that there is substance supporting the discussion.
First, let’s use an example.
Imagine that before a gig you take a box of guitar picks and dropped them to the floor. Instead of picking them up, […]

A network is a group of objects, called nodes, connected together. These connections are called ties. The Internet is the most famous example. A social network is simply a network of people. The individuals are the nodes and the ties are the communications that occur between them.
For a band, their social network is their fanbase. […]

The biggest source of risk for a business is relying on a single source of revenue. That could be defined as a single customer, focusing on a single market, or communication using only one channel. Of course, the situation is obvious. If that single source goes away, you are left scrambling to recover.
This risk underlies […]

From my personal blog:
Open Letter to the Music Industry

If you are a band/artist and you have used online methods to success, I’d like to hear about it. I would like to profile your success and display it to the readers of this blog.
Email: fanone @ infinitefanbase dot com