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		<title>What Else You Got?</title>
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Here lately, I&#8217;ve been busy recording and consulting young bands, aspiring songwriters, and singers who are eager to &#8220;break into the music business&#8221;.  Besides being fairly talented, they all have one thing in common:  they all have absolutely NO idea how the music industry works.
As with most of us who make music for a living, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/03/05/what-else-you-got/</link>
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		<title>A Web-based Sequencer?</title>
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I was searching around the &#8216;net today for cool tools, and I found something that I never would have thought of, a web-based sequencer.  That&#8217;s exactly what I found in Soundation Studio.  The interface itself looks remarkably like a cross between GarageBand and Fruity Loops.  While it&#8217;s not quite as feature rich as those programs, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/24/a-web-based-sequencer/</link>
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		<title>Create a Buzz for your Music with Self-Piracy</title>
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Have you ever thought that giving your music away for free will help to actually increase sales?  It&#8217;s true.  On top of that, and perhaps more importantly, it will help to solidify fan loyalty.
In truth, no matter how hard we try to keep online music thieves from ripping our music, some persistent pirate is bound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/18/pirate-your-own-music/</link>
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		<title>Resource Round-Up (Feb 2010)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone familiar with ProBlogger.net is familiar with Darren Rowse&#8217;s &#8220;Speedlinking&#8221;.  Every so often, he&#8217;ll post a collection of useful links.  Here&#8217;s the first one for MusicIsMyBiz.  I shall call it &#8220;Resource Round-Up&#8221;.

The Musician&#8217;s Guide to Facebook. Facebook apps for your band&#8217;s fan page.
9 Places to Find Affordable Graphic Design.  Web resources for outsourcing your graphic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/16/resource-round-up-feb-2010/</link>
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		<title>7 Ways to Destroy Your Music Career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In our last post, I gave you the Secrets to NOT Getting Booked for a Gig.  Today I ran across a post on Bob Baker&#8217;s Music Promotion Blog that I would be completely remiss if I didn&#8217;t share with you all.
7 Ways to Destroy Your Music Career
It&#8217;s a humorous take on the practices that keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/10/7-ways-to-destroy-your-music-career/</link>
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		<title>Secrets to NOT Getting Booked for a Gig.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve seen the tips on how to get booked for a gig.  But I bet you haven&#8217;t seen the secrets of how to NOT get booked (or booked again) by a club or venue.  Here are seven sure-fire ways to ensure that you won&#8217;t get a call to perform:
1.)  Don&#8217;t give them a complete press [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/08/secrets-to-not-getting-booked-for-a-gig/</link>
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		<title>Balancing your Creative Musical Mind with your Business Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I often struggle with the balance between my Creative Brain and my Business Brain.  While one would think I gravitate to my creative side, there are times, like recently, when I find myself hanging out in business mode and generally being uncreative.  While trying to motivate myself, I ran across an article on the Music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/05/balancing-your-creative-musical-mind-with-your-business-mind/</link>
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		<title>Outsourcing your Music:  A Real Asset to the Indie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been a die-hard do-it-yourself kind of guy. I like things to be done the way I want them done, so I tend to try to do everything on my own. After enough time spend trying to do everything myself, I started to reach the point of burn out. I was getting frazzled trying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/04/outsourcing-your-music-a-real-asset-to-the-indie/</link>
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		<title>Product Review:  Behringer BCF2000 Control Surface.  Use It or Lose It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love working with computer-based digital audio production.  However, one thing that I&#8217;m not particularly fond of is having to mix &#8220;in the box&#8221;.  It&#8217;s cumbersome, time-consuming, and not very intuitive.  I had been considering a control surface for the studio, but it had to have certain criteria:  it had to have motorized faders for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/02/01/product-review-behringer-bcf2000-control-surface-use-it-or-lose-it/</link>
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		<title>Music Is Your Business.  Is Business Good?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter what your particular niche is when it comes to music, the ultimate goal is to make a living doing what you love. Making a living from music requires more than just talent.  It requires dedication, drive, perseverance, and a burning desire to succeed.  Unfortunately, most musicians&#8217; brains cease to function once they cross [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://claybutlermusic.com/blog1/2010/01/29/music-is-your-business-is-business-good/</link>
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