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Book on practice makes the usually very monotonous actions of practice seem fun and invigoration. Who are you trying to convince?

The Great Balancing Act Between Art and Business Both art and music require a great deal of energy and time, the balance is how and where you spend it. There are many different factors that go into creating a successful business around your music, including record keeping and bookkeeping. The insider has a great post about the difference between these two chores as well as some good advice on multi tasking business and music creation. Einstein said that one definition of insanity was repeating your actions and expecting different outcomes, if you wanna try a new approach to being a successful songwriter then all you gotta do is READ MORE.

How Effective is your Word of Mouth. So you have this great Album that your going to showcase tonight at your newest gig. Once the crowd heres your inspiring melodies and awesome rifts the word should spread about your magical compact disc right? Well Openforum blogger Yvonne DiVita begs to differ, she believes word-of-mouth is manufactured, not born. Here are 5 effective ways that you can manufacture your word-of-mouth through positive actions.

The how to practice guide goes over the essence of simplification, and how exactly it is applied in music. Music simplification is a method of practice that visually breaks music notation down to it's simplest parts. The 7 step example covers 1. Removing dynamics 2. Removing other markings 3. Get rid of tricky notes 4. Taking it further 5. Removing yet more notes 6. holding repeated notes 7. Putting it all back together. Of course it doesn't do justice without the pictures.

If the name Ian Rogers doesn't ring a bell it will soon. Ina Rogers is the CEO of Topsin media, a music client that analysis how your brand is doing online. The data that his company collects suggests that the campaigns that take the shape of a snowball have a much better chance of showing a return on investment. Which as someone cadidly pointed out in the comments is the traditional definition of artist development. Ians 3 points that success seeking musicians should follow are 1. Goal: Have more fans tomorrow that you had yesterday 2. Grow fan connections as well as dollars. Everyday should mean more email addresses, twitter followers, Facebook fans, and MySpace friends and of course dollars. 3. Action: Do something small weekly, something big monthly

The Radblaster is an interesting piece of music tech. It features and OLED screen where the dual cassette decks usually would be found and is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The only thing i forgot to mention is that its freakin tiny!!! That OLED screen we mentioned is just 1.1". Hit the jump to see the Rad Blaster in action, it will definitely give your set that retro 80's theme.

Grooveshark is a music streaming service that is accessed through your browser, and is driven by users who upload their record collections. Currently Universal has initiated legal action against the service for failing to pay royalties, which is bad news for the shark. The good news comes to indie musicians looking to capitalize on increased exposure. Since it is a free service to access indie bands can upload their music to the service in hopes of extending their fan base. Users who wish to purchase your music can also be referred to Amazon or Itunes. In 2010 have your music in more places.

Rockseter+Pro Born promises to turn dead tracks in to big live sounding mixes deliver professional studio sounding

We, a young, dynamic and public-spirited team of activists at Happiness Ville, are constantly brainstorming ideas and ways to bring about the change we always talk about and hardly put into action. Our aim is to eradicate the 'mal' out of malnutrition, 'ill' out of the illiteracy, 'in' out of the injustice and the 'issues' out of the environment.