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http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise What does knowing what the average salary of a Spotify employee really tell you? Most music blogs no matter how great the writing and editorial content, seem to struggle with statistical data, and When a company has several highly paid executives who's salaries are several orders of magnitude greater than every ot…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise Today Josh replays (R) a small portion of an interview from 2014 with Josh T and George from The Buskers Guide - professional buskers, musicians and documentary film makers. The Buskers Guide (Josh and George) are two guys who have made their way around Australia and many parts of S/E Asia using their music as the…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise In this episode Josh L talks about his own failings in keeping song writing and performing at the centre of his musical world as opposed to music marketing. He introduces what he sees as the "marketing-your-marketing problem" and then goes on to explain how a musician or band might be able to spot if their focus h…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise In this episode Josh discusses his thoughts about Doing One Thing every day, and how it has impacted his song writing and love of playing guitar of late. Stuff mentioned in this Episode: "Ne Obliviscaris" Patreon Bio Austin Kleon's Books How a simple re-string and neck adjustment to Josh's treasured Taylor acousti…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise In this episode Josh reads and discusses the first segment of Ne Obliviscaris' powerful Patreon bio - this is part 1 of a multiple part podcast series. All writing credits to 'Ne Obliviscaris' for the following piece: "..Let's Empower the People. The music industry is changing and we need to change with it. We hav…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise R.I.P Prince. What do you do when your second or third act music career just won’t get off the ground? This is a tough question we know - but your not suffering alone - your host Josh (@joshuacliston on Instagram) has been asking himself that very same question. Josh has come to the conclusion that although the br…

See the written post here: http://www.jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise/2016/4/2/ep-10-audioblog-ala-carte-vs-all-in-one-music-marketing-services Or read the entire list below - Josh compares why a band would go with either a potentially more powerful and flexible à la carte music marketing service mix, or simplify and go with a potentially more stable a…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise Happy Easter to all the musicians and creators out there! In this mini-episode Josh discusses his feelings on the recent article from MEAA.org (Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance) where they describe a recent situation where students of AIM (Australian Institute of Music) where encouraged by faculty to pursue "ex…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise In this episode of the show Josh speaks extemporaneously about his growing belief that the music marketing world is creating a Cult of Planning, and how he thinks it might be a bad-thing for your creative career - as he is finding it is for his own song writing and music career. These are just Josh's initial thoug…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise Josh brings on his musician friend and Android power-user Dan Caulfield to discuss Android Apps that are useful for bands and musicians in 2016. Many of the Android Apps discussed in this episode were also endorsed by prominent members of Michael Brandvold's Facebook Group "The Music Biz Weekly Music Marketing Min…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise Josh is joined by radio/podcast producer, music composer and former radio technician Jackson Rogers (AUS via the UK) and the guys tackle the following music business articles. http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/daniel-ek-on-youtube-soundcloud-and-why-he-didnt-build-spotify-to-sell-it/ http://www.musicthinktank.…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise In this episode Josh (@joshuacliston on Twitter) shares some thoughts around the idea of advancing shows with nuance and professionalism - the following 5 tips are both from Josh's own experience as an indie musician and a former venue booker. 5 tips for advancing your shows/gigs with nuance and professionalism: S…

http://jcaldigital.org/bandvsnoise In this episode Josh (@joshuacliston on Twitter) shares some thoughts around recent request he received to incl. an independent bands tracks on one of his Podcasts (the band featured one of Josh's mates, so he felt more OK than normal with being honest with this bunch of musicians). Josh said yes, for sure, he wou…

To Listen to, Subscribe to and Share the show plus find our Podcast RSS feed, go here: http://bandvsnoise.libsyn.com In this episode of Band vs Noise your host Josh (@joshuacliston on Twitter) shares some of the more unique challenges when marketing music and/or touring in Australasia and South East Asia - incl. The multitude of languages, laws, bo…

http://bandvsnoise.libsyn.com In this episode your host Josh ( @joshuacliston on Twitter ) shares some essential iOS Apps he has as part of his 2016 "Indie Bands Toolbox." The following are the iOS Apps that Josh recommends as of January 1st 2016 Basic REC App: iTalk Premium App by Griffin (look here) Advanced REC App: Multitrack DAW by Harmonic Do…

http://bandvsnoise.libsyn.com/rss If you happen to be in an independent band or musical project based in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, Josh might just have something of interest for your musical ear-balls. Josh is long time Prog Rock guitar player, one-time live venue manager, sometimes (aka much of the time) band manager, and former …