http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html Stay up to date with new content added to RenegadeProducer.com about independent music production, distribution, marketing, business and more. en-us create your own music Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:36:01 GMT Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:36:01 GMT renegadeproducer.com http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Musician-Income-Streams-List <a name="incomestreams"></a><br /> David Sherbow posted an excellent reference list of potential <a href="http://musicbizrealitycheck.com/blog1/2009/12/29/potential-artist-revenue-streams-are-the-more/" target="_new">income streams for musicians</a>. <br /> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:12:48 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Eno-on-Selling-Records <a name="eno"></a><br /> Music-business thoughts: Brian Eno on <a href="http://www.newmusicstrategies.com/2010/01/18/brian-eno-on-records-and-blubber/" target="_new">records and blubber</a>. <br /> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:12:48 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Metrics-and-Tools-to-Measure-Your-Music-ROI <a name="ROI"></a><br /> Dexter Bryant Jr. provides musicians with <a href="http://www.musicthinktank.com/mtt-open/online-music-marketing-38-metrics-and-7-tools-to-measure-roi.html" target="_new">38 metrics and 7 tools</a> to measure your music business return on investment. <br /> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:12:48 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Win-a-Cyber-PR-Campaign! <img style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 8px 0pt 0pt 12px;" src="http://www.renegadeproducer.com/images/music-goals.jpg" alt="Music Goals Image" width="230" align="right" height="305"> <br />I'm excited to share some news with you today! <strong>How would you like to win a PR campaign worth $1,595 from Cyber PR?</strong> The charming Ariel Hyatt sent me an e-mail this morning in which she announced a new contest for music artists. <strong>Here's how it works...</strong> 1. <strong>Read</strong> the Music Success in Nine Weeks e-book. Please purchase the e-book <a href="http://www.arielpublicity.com/cmd.php?Clk=3268935" target="_new">via my affiliate link here</a> as this means I can get a small share of the sale for recommending it. 2. <strong>Send</strong> an e-mail to ariel@arielpublicity.com with a link to your Blog. Use "MSi9W Blogging Contest Entry" as your subject line. 3. <strong>Start</strong> with week one in the e-book <strong>and Blog</strong> about it as you go through the process in the e-book. You need to create 9 entries, in other words, one for each of the 9 weeks in the e-book. You can use Facebook, MySpace or Blogger if you don't have a Blog. 4. CyberPR staff will <strong>judge</strong> the entries and the artist who learns the most and advances the most will <strong>win a full Headliner Cyber PR campaign</strong> from CyberPR, worth $1,595. The campaign will get your music to bloggers, podcasters and radio DJs. It will also help you organize your social media presence. *Judging Starts TODAY* *Judging closes March 10, 2010* You'll find my honest <a href="http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-web-presence.html">review of Music Success in Nine Weeks here</a> should you want more information about the e-book before you buy. You can read the <a href="http://cyberpr.squarespace.com/journal/2009/12/10/take-the-music-success-in-nine-weeks-blogging-challenge.html" target=_"new">announcement from Cyber PR here for full details.</a> Thank you in advance for using my affiliate link to purchase the e-book! I wish you all the best for the contest. <strong>Now, make some history Renegade!</strong> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:40:39 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/webhosting-musts-for-musicians-bands.html A few tips that may help you in your quest to find a reliable, affordable webhost. Take any hosting recommendations you get with a pinch of salt Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:32:22 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/musician-web-hosting.html Discover the 3 possible routes you can take to get band or musician web hosting for your site. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:56:12 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/musician-website-design.html A great little introduction to band and musician website design. Read this page before you start your own music artist website. Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:28:46 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/internet-music-sales.html Free Internet music sales, distribution, marketing and promotion guide for the independent music artist. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:53:17 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/internet-marketing-for-musicians.html What the humble Spider can teach you about internet marketing for musicians - Observe... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:50:35 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/web-music-business.html 4 key ideas to help your independent web music business advance. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:49:33 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/musician-needs-website.html Discover why every good musician needs a website right now. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:34:44 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-web-presence.html Discover all you must know and do to create a solid music web presence in this e-book... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:11:51 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/sell-music-on-itunes.html Discover how to sell music on iTunes via an online music distribution company... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:32:37 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Get-Your-Music-on-iTunes---30-Discount-for-Tunecore! <a name="30"></a> <strong>30 discount off your first upload with Tunecore. Offer extended only until end of December...</strong> In a recent article I showed you how you can <a href="http://www.renegadeproducer.com/sell-music-on-itunes.html" target="_new">sell your music on iTunes</a> and other online marketplaces with Tunecore. 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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:14:59 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-distribution-companies.html Discover music distribution companies and the services they offer you as an independent artist. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:23:07 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-bloggers.html A few pointers on the new music PR and contacting music bloggers to write about you... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:10:32 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/twitter.html Find out why I'm on Twitter and what I tweet about... Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:58:35 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-business-newsletter.html The music business newsletter for independent music artists and producers. Strategies, tips and ideas for your music-business-life. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:09:56 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/musicians-helper.html Ways you can contribute to this web site and help a musicians helper on a mission. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:57:07 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-business-information.html Music business information for the independent music artist and producer. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:54:50 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/musician-quotes.html I provide these musician quotes for your inspiration... Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:48:36 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/musician-insurance.html Read this brief introduction to musician insurance plus discover resources to help you decide on the best packages for your needs. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:26:37 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/free-music-sharing-software.html Discover the free music sharing software I recommend to independent music artists I work with. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:51:48 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-intervals-and-theory.html The teaching of intervals in music theory is often only position learning. 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This offer is valid via the link below until July 31, 2009 so don't miss it, check it out now! <a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/3a74biroiq59A97DCB576B886AA?sid=renegadediscount" target="_blank" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.musiciansfriend.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status=' ';return true;">Get yours with "MINE" at MusiciansFriend.com and save up to $110 (coupon: MINE)</a> <img src="http://www.tqlkg.com/f8116h48x20MQRQOUTSMONSPPNRR" width="1" height="1" border="0"/> I'll post any other good new deals or discounts I find or organize for you here so watch this space! ;-) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:28:27 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#When-you've-had-enough... <br>I sit here with blood-shot eyes, sore neck and pulsating head after a long day of struggle against Resistance. I want to make better music, build a business and create this web site to help empower other independent music artists to change the world. And that's not all... I want to improve other areas of my own life and help people I come in contact with to improve their circumstances and create the life and world they want. The amount of Resistance I face in both my internal and external world I cannot describe in this little bloglet. I'm not out to elicit sympathy. You know the deal. You're on your own mission to change the world. It helps me in times when I feel like I've had enough to remember why I create these things. I could drop my wants, though I know I'll always return like Sisyphus with his rock and get back to work. It's after all not about my self-directed psychotherapy... ... we have Work to do on Spaceship Earth! Aye? <br> Sun, 31 May 2009 00:20:12 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-business-news-feed.html The Renegade Producer Music Business News Feed Fri, 29 May 2009 00:15:48 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/basic-music-theory.html By David Yzhaki Piano-Play-It.com Hi guys, this is David here. In this article I'm going to focus on some basic music theory. As a piano Mon, 18 May 2009 10:25:30 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Steady-Web-Site-Growth:-1-image-=-1000-words <br> <a name="growth"></a><br> I've been building RenegadeProducer.com for just over 7 months and the growth in page views by visitors has increased at a steady pace... <br><center><img src="http://www.renegadeproducer.com/images/graph1.jpg" alt="growthgraph" vspace="10" width="350" height="269" hspace="5"></center><br> I don't pay for traffic, it's mostly Search Engine and Social traffic. I know the numbers are not huge and nothing to brag about. I expect it to get much bigger as the months progress. Why am I so sure? I have done my research and I follow a process which has been proven to work over and over. As long as I continue to work it the magic process works... <a href="http://magic.sitesell.com/sitepassion.html" target="_new">Click here to discover the magic process.</a> I suggest musicians who don't want to be pressured to make music for money <a href="http://ctpm.sitesell.com/sitepassion.html" target="_new">learn more about the process</a> and get started with their own web site and business. Now you know... I want you to create web business assets for passive income and make music for the the people, for music's sake. The world needs more empowered musicians who don't need to compromise their art due to commercial and financial pressure. We are doing it. Join us. Marius van Dyk <br> Wed, 13 May 2009 12:48:15 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#New-Independent-Music-Artist-Web-Videos---Watch-this-space! <a name="videos"></a> I've decided to create a series of videos about web presence for independent music artists and producers. I'll be taking a look at tools and strategies you can use to create a solid web presence for your music, brand or business. So, sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of the of the Navigation bar to the left and you won't miss out when the first video hits the web. I should start to roll the video series out within the next week or two should all go well. Watch this space. I'm sure you'll find it useful! Regards,<br> Marius van Dyk <br> Wed, 13 May 2009 01:53:05 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/free-guitar-lessons.html You'll find a great list of free guitar lessons on this page so you can start to play right now. Fri, 08 May 2009 01:46:19 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/writing-music.html The mindset you need for writing music like a professional artist. Tue, 05 May 2009 14:02:21 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#A-special-message-to-musicians... <p><a name="message"></a> <br> <center><img src="http://www.renegadeproducer.com/images/goddess.jpg" alt="goddess" vspace="10" width="250" height="187" hspace="5"></center><br> <strong>T</strong>his is a message from the daughter of the goddess, to you, the music artist and producer.</p> <strong>H</strong>old the words within your heart and know the goddess lives within these lines and within you and speaks to you now... <strong>E</strong>very person has their own Genius which inspires him or her to grow and develop in every aspect of their existence. <strong>M</strong>ost people ignore the call and guidance of Genius which results in nothing less than physical and spiritual death. <strong>U</strong>se your time, energy and money in service of your Genius, dedicate your life to do the Work it sets before you. <strong>S</strong>ee your internal resistance, fueled by your fear and doubt, as the main adversary of your Genius and the bringer of death. <strong>E</strong>xpect resistance to arise, both internal and external, in any second of every day, because it will, and you must overcome it as an artist. <strong>E</strong>very thing which keeps you from the Work of your Genius is a manifestation of resistance and the only way to overcome this is to get started with your Work. <strong>U</strong>tilize every ounce of energy, every ripple of attention and every drop of determination you can summon to get back to your Work. <strong>T</strong>here will be times when your eyes will bleed, your shoulders, back and neck will ache and you'll feel like you're making no progress. <strong>E</strong>xpect rough times because they will come and it's of no use to act surprised when they do. <strong>R</strong>ealize that everything passes, which includes the easy times and the hard times. <strong>P</strong>erform the Work of your Genius with passion, persistence and patience and the Universe will support you in all you do. <strong>E</strong>voke your Genius, do the work it guides you to do, accept my blessings of delight and play your part in the redemption of the Human Spirit. <br> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:00:39 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/beginner-guitar-lessons.html by Alex Cortes Editor, Guitar Theory in Depth Bargain!!! Beginner Guitar Lessons!!! Learn guitar in just 7 days, for only $2!!! It's Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:27:30 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-industry-articles.html Read music industry articles by various authors... Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:20:36 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/music-industry-resource.html Music industry resource downloads for readers of the Renegade Report. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:39:25 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/beginner-guitar-lessons-online.html Want to get beginner guitar lessons online and learn to play in the comfort of your own home? Take a look at the Jamorama guitar course. Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:08:38 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Jamorama-Guitar-Purchase-Update <a name="guitar1"></a><b>Let the guitar lessons begin...</b> <a href="http://soapy.jamorama.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_new">Jamorama</a> bought! I chose the Jamorama & Jamorama Lead package option because I sensed that the Jamorama option only may be too basic for my needs and there is a special price offer which runs until April 9th where you get both for $54 odd dollars. The order process was smooth and easy, done via Clickbank and I could pay with PayPal. There is an "upsell" or further offer for a chord reference kit which I declined due to the fact that I already have an electronic chord dictionary. I had to register after the transaction and then received a key to unlock the program. The download of the .exe file went quick and installation was the standard Windows Wizard procedure. I opened the Jamorama Maestro software and entered the key and voila... guitar course! The software opens with two lessons downloaded and then you can download further lessons as you progress. I will start the lessons when I have a moment and post here about my experience. So far, so good! Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:58:12 GMT http://www.renegadeproducer.com/make-your-own-music-blog.html#Time-to-Get-Better-on-the-Guitar! <a name="learnguitar"></a><b>Working on my 10,000 hours...</b><br><br>I taught myself how to play guitar with a scrappy classical guitar I found in our garage and busking books my mom had in the house. I believe I still have a lot to learn though and haven't practiced in ages, so... ... I've discovered an online guitar course called <a href="http://soapy.jamorama.hop.clickbank.net">Jamorama</a> and I have decided to buy it. I will document each step of my experience with the course and publish it on this web site so you can know what it's all about. Watch this space for updates! 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