I’ve never been a fan of the band, but have always marveled at the culture surrounding them — truly a unique following, turning each concert into an event beyond just music, reports Jon at 800CEORead.com. David Meerman Scott’s and Brian Halligan’s Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn From The Most […]
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Music legend Ray Charles capitalized on music publishing angle: he began recording a lot of public domain songs, like “America The Beautiful,” and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” where he published the arrangement. Reuters reports that today, the Ray Charles Marketing Group represents about 500 songs from those companies, including about a dozen Charles wrote
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If you’ve ever been to a music festival, or see one on TV, you know that people who their children to these muddy affairs sometimes end up struggling. Twenty-four hours of music might be fun, but with a toddler, it’s easy to turn into a nightmare. British nanny Selina Cope saw this as an opportunity
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It had to happen. (Actually, it’s just a photoshopped concept) Ringtones are next. Photo by geekosystem.
‘Garage inventors’ is a term used to describe individuals or groups of inventors that create independently. They are not on a salary or salary/incentive basis, paid by their companies to invent; they work alone, on their own or in small groups, generally in someone’s garage or other part of the home. Popular Science recognizes the
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Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Williams are now household names, and in many ways, these entrepreneurs are like rock stars in the startup world. In fact, the journey of an entrepreneur through the startup experience is a lot like that of a musician seeking stardom and millions of adoring fans, and artist Shane Snow has a
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A 26-year-old Australian designer has invented a brand-new way to be a rock star, reports Readers Digest. The Misa Digital Guitar’s fret board looks like a traditional six-string’s-but with no strings attached. There’s a touch pad where the sound hole normally is, and instead of plucking or strumming strings, you tap, drag, or brush the
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According to a story at Richmond Biz Sense, Tom Borwick won a $3,500 investment at an annual business pitch competition at the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business. Borwick, 22, is a senior at UR and a bassoon player. A panel of eight judges selected Borwick’s concept — a Kindle-style tablet that its inventor
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Steve Downing is “Grandpa”, as in Music with Grandpa, a new classical music education business opportunity. I recently had the opportunity to ask him a few questions. What is Music With Grandpa? I created the Music with Grandpa game in 2003 to help my granddaughters, of which I had four at the time. I still
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Musical group OKgo for their new song ‘This too shall pass’. For a behind-the-scenes look, go here.
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