It was a great week for Studio Manifesto…more great marketing advice for indies with the W5H post, loudness wars and live entertainment reconsidered with “Are music festivals worth your time and money?” and “Dire Straits Remastered”, strange instruments were featured with the hang drum post and the “Gallery of Weird Instruments,” and much more.

Seven [...]

By: Shawn Daley

Korn will be using the strategy of releasing multiple EP’s over the next year instead of one full LP. Other acts such as Radiohead have taken to using the strategy. A benefit of this method is the artist consistently releases music, as opposed to one release of a full length, which is [...]

By Shawn Daley
This week was an interesting one. We’ve entered the price cut wars (and it’s about time), we’ve finally got solid information and detailed descriptions on the Rock Band Network, and couple of cool 8 Bit covers.

Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” – 8 Bit Cover

The Price Drop Wars
Three years into it’s lifespan, Sony’s Playstation [...]

Derek Sivers Posted a great piece today called Idea: Musician’s own website as definitive source of all info. Here’s an excerpt:
I think the musician’s own “.com” homepage website should be the one-and-only place the musician ever has to enter their info. It should be the sole definitive source for their music, photos, [...]

Harmonix is opening up Rock Band to anyone who wants their music in it, and giving you the same sophistication of tools they use themselves. That’s a real game-changer – literally.
Rock Band Network promises to be something really different. How?
* Anyone can get their music in the game. You don’t even [...]