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As someone dies, someone else is born. I'm sure by now you've heard the big news. Aerosmith is now looking for a new lead singer. 50 years later, Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith has decided to pursue a solo career. The announcement follows an interview that the band's frontman, Steven Tyler, gave to a British music magazine in which he said he was interested in "working on the brand of myself - Brand Tyler." If you've always wanted to be a part of the legendary rock group now might be your chance. I have no clue on how the band is preparing to fill the lead singer gap, but in todays media centric world, i'm betting either world wide auditions or a reality show. All i'm saying is be prepared, thats all.

Applying the Record Label Model to the Indie Artist You may already be familiar with the online world of myspace music and facebook pages, and the offiline world of shows and radio play, but as George Howard puts it "Err too far online, you fail. Too far offline, you fail". In order to be successful today you need to achieve the perfect balance between online and offline marketing. Eleetmusic's Kevin English outlines how to use the four R's (Radio, Road, Reviews and Retail) of the "Not so new record label model" to capture the audience statistically proven to be more receptive to trying to new things. College students.

Loiterers Should Be Arrested. The CMJ Music Marathon ended last week but the lessons learned have just begun. Kevin English, blogger at eleetmusic.com took some time to talk about the lessons that he took away with him from the many panelists. His conclusion; there is no concrete answer to surviving in todays music industry. Old school pundits stressed the importance of networking and buzz generation by any means possible while New Media progressives represented new media applications, widgets and digital services that promised to strengthen direct to fan relationships. It wasn't until the Sudanese rapper Emmanual Jai took to the stage that he realized industry survival was about constantly adapting, bending the industry to specifically cater to your needs. Figure out what your number one need is right now as an indie artist and exploit that need. Kevin's short but enlightening read this morning brings me to the idea of a (wait for it, wait for it) digital manager. Not loading up all of your tracks on myspace, but actually hiring a manager to surf the web all day and submit your music to opportunities world wide. Has anyone tried something like this yet? let me know how it works, and what you have been doing to try to adapt.

At Access4Artists, you have the ability to create an online press kit that is available instantly to promoters and talent seekers anywhere in the world. One phone call or email and in seconds your digital press kit is selling for you!

At Access4Artists, we know indie bands and artists because we are indie bands and artists. We are rabid fans of music and passionate fans of art, and we believe in building a strong community of like-minded indies around the world in a single, central location that can showcase music and art and encourage musicians and artists at the same time.

At one time every major director in the world was in the league of new directors. They were no better than you are now. One day you will be among them, but only if you get the ball rolling now

The future of Music: Manifest for the Digital Music Revolution - The guide to prepare you for a world where copyright has vanished, music belongs to know, one artists make money indirectly from their music.

Are you a the visual type? I am, thats why this chart comparing all of the online music distributors is freakin awesome. If your new to the world of online distribution then let this chart be your roadmap to thousands if i dare say millions of sold songs.

The Leveling - Moore's law of Music The leveling is a theory that has been going on since the beginning of mankind. Eventually, as technology becomes cheaper to produce we all are gaining access to the same tools, the barriers that use-to provide advantages to those with the most resources is nearing an end. In the music/creative world, the first moment of leveling occured with the adent of ProTools (Digital Studios), then TuneCore (Digital Distribution) and Social Media (Digital Promotion). Now since everyone has the same ingredients how will your recipe stand out.

Get Famous enough and Fans could actually be on tour to see you. Matin Contempree is driving this innovative concept with the Rock and Pop tours. The very first tour, 'Good Vibrations Tour of Los Angeles' is kicking off in April (2010). Offered is "the chance to delve behind the music industry: to hear the music live, taste the excitement and experience the iconic locations and famous venues where rock and pop history was created and still lives on". READ MORE

are you a Indie twitter musician, then maybe this tweetmysong service can help get move your music from hard-drive to world wide

Forget the Record Deal, What about the Publishing Deal. While labels are understandably trying to mitigate their risk, by targeting artists who are already as "developed" as possible, it seems that publishers have taken on greater roles as nurturers of talent. Taylor Swift go her start by honing her songwriting abilities under the guidance of Arthur Buenahora at Songy/ATV Music publishing. Keri Hilson speaks about having first developed as a songwriter with Universal Music Publishing, and how that experience helped her launch her solo career with Interscope Records. HERE is a full interview with Eric Beale, who began his tenure in the industry as a songwriter, writing songs for the Jacksons and Diana Ross. Hopefully this interview gives you some further insight into the world of publishing and some hints on how you can either get into the publishing business as a working artist or as a career, helping other artists hone their skills!

The iPhone is one of the biggest innovations of this decade. It has single handedly connected people from all around the world, offering a rich web presence and an "app for everything". Creating an iPhone app used to take at least a general knowledge of some programming experience, until now that is. MobBase is a web application that makes it easy for your band to create an inexpensive, customizable and feature rich iPhone app. Indiemusictech has a few screen shots of how easy it is for your band to get distribution on iPhones worldwide.

Songwriting goes International? Youtube is taking major steps towards making their database of millions of videos accessible to the deaf, hearing-impaired and those individuals that don't speak english. There technology can insert captions in 51 languages, meaning that listeners world wide will soon be able to enjoy the cleverness of your songwriting.

hey guys appreciate yer feedback on this today, remix/fixed song it´s a mellow semi instrum. wave made 2009 enjoy the ride: ) cheers 4 listening/peace Tompaz

Hey Guys, welcome check in this tribtune thanks a mil 4comin by Tompaz

Hey Guys, welcoe check in this countryrockish "trib-tune" to G.Dead thanks a mil 4comin by Tompaz

a groovy path-1st lovetune made after 20yrs off-give it a go guys:)merry weekend

an ambient "liveinroom"-acoustic wave dedicated to my 2 beloved children

a tribal tune made with brother TomPD awhile backappreciate your feedbackgreets/Tompaz