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5 Reasons Why You Should Finish Your Damn Album

5 Reasons Why You Should Finish Your Damn Album

James Moore May 14, 2013 1

Sorry for my bluntness. This is a quick point about the importance of finishing/releasing your album or EP. I often receive submissions from artists seeking promotion to music media. I’m always excited to take

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17 Ways To Self-Promote And Distribute Your Music Video (If You Must)

17 Ways To Self-Promote And Distribute Your Music Video (If You Must)

James Moore March 11, 2013 6

The following article is an excerpt from “Your Band Is A Virus – Expanded Edition”, and it covers 17 ways to self-promote and distribute your music video…if you must. I add in the “if

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How To Promote Your Music Video; Exclusive Interview With HIP Video Promo CEO Andy Gesner

How To Promote Your Music Video; Exclusive Interview With HIP Video Promo CEO Andy Gesner

James Moore February 1, 2013 1

Planning on a music video but aren’t quite sure how to promote it effectively? If you think YouTube is your only option, you have some reading to do, my friends!  Andy Gesner is the

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Why Independent Artists Can Learn From Deftones

Why Independent Artists Can Learn From Deftones

James Moore December 1, 2012 1

I’d like to talk about Deftones for a moment here while I’m inspired and the moment strikes me, and how independent artists can learn from them. I’ve been a fan of the band since

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The Ultimate Music Marketing Guide for Independent Musicians

The Ultimate Music Marketing Guide for Independent Musicians

James Moore November 29, 2012 1

For Immediate Release: Nov 28, 2012 – A new “ultimate” independent musician’s marketing guide has been released with the intention of “cleaning up the music promotion game”; the newly released “Your Band Is A

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Industry Interview with Crystal Lee from Vandala Concepts

Industry Interview with Crystal Lee from Vandala Concepts

James Moore May 30, 2012 Comments Off

Crystal Lee is the CEO of Vandala Concepts, a very ambitious entertainment company offering just about every service you could imagine to independent artists, not to mention a magazine, and she has the industry

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Exclusive Interview with Justin Wayne, Host of the Justin Wayne Show

Exclusive Interview with Justin Wayne, Host of the Justin Wayne Show

James Moore May 1, 2012 Comments Off

While pursuing careers in everything from film production, video editing, secondary school teaching, s.o.m.a., and commercial radio, Justin Wayne stumbled upon the exciting new medium of podcasting. He now hosts and produces the very

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My recent feature on Guitaristnation.com

James Moore March 1, 2012 Comments Off

The very gracious Todd Wales from Guitarist Nation recently interviewed me to get my thoughts on the current music industry and what independent artists can do to properly promote themselves. We spoke about everything

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Richard Kapp brings chamber pop to the mainstream

James Moore February 13, 2012 Comments Off

One of our exclusive’s today is with Vienna singer/songwriter Richard Kapp, whose band Richard Kapp & The Gowns have found success playing their own brand of “surprising chamber pop”. Welcome to Independent Music Promotions,

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One man band Manolis Moumouzias creates pop masterpiece on his own terms

James Moore December 2, 2011 Comments Off

“I Know”, the newest single by solo artist and self-proclaimed “one man band” Manolis Moumouzias is much better than you’d expect, and much better than it should be. The only reason I say this

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