3 Axioms of 21st Century Music Biz

The following summary regarding the marketing and promotion of music in the twenty-first century comes from James Lamberti, VP Of Marketing & Artist Services for Topspin Media, a new technology startup.
These three tiny bullet points summarize the business perfectly for today's artist and content owner. Of course, it does over-simplifiy things greatly as none of these steps are simple to excel at, and each requires a tremendous amount of time to successfully develop. Click To Read More...
Burning Borders: NEW Single

Hard rockers Burning Borders are set to release the first single from their upcoming Thorny Bleeder Records album, 'Yesterday's Gone', to radio stations across the country.
Be the first to hear the new single right here, right now, on The Bleeder Blog. Click the button below to listen now!
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The album 'Yesterday's Gone' will be released this summer, with the date to be announced soon.
NEW Burning Borders - Leading
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Just Announced: TV Heart Attack with The Veer Union
TV Heart Attack with be supporting The Veer Union at Venue in Vancouver, on July 2nd, along with Soul Side In.
This show is going to sell out fast, get your tix now!
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Just Announced: Scott Valentine with Pedwell

Join us for an amazing night of acoustic, singer/songwriters:
Scott Valentine
with
Pedwell
June 23
The Railway Club
Vancouver, BC
$8 at the door
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Give 'Em What They Want

To be a successful business you need to understand your customer, how they relate to your product, and what they want from your product.
Is the music business doing this? Are you doing this?
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TV Heart Attack: NEW Single

TV Heart Attack is gearing up for the release of their brand new single, AO, from the forthcoming Thorny Bleeder Records release 'Lost In The Sway'.
The single will be shipped to radio in the next couple of weeks, but you can hear it here first on The Bleeder Blog...
NEW TV Heart Attack - A O
Scott Valentine Presents: Where Do We Belong?
Here's a live video of the 10th of 57 songs that Scott Valentine will be releasing FREE every Tuesday for One Year. It's also the first song from the "Summer" record, so check out the new vibes, emotions and moods of the "'Summer' disc from 'Seasons'.
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Art Of Dying Embraces Twitter
To many, Twitter is an over-hyped social media site that just doesn't seem to make sense. I suppose its simplicity is confusing. So, what can be done with a tiny little 140 character posting? Well for starters, you can jump on over to the Thorny Bleeder Twitter page to see some examples of what we're doing with it, or you can also check out what Art Of Dying is doing with their Twitter page for something a little different.
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Free Concert: Scott Valentine, May 28, Vancouver
Free early show at Timbre Restaurant, 6-8 pm.Click To Read More...
In Concert: TV Heart Attack, May 23 in Vancouver
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Scott Valentine Presents "Sweet Freedom"

This week's unique live performance video from Scott Valentine Presents is the song "Sweet Freedom", the last song from the Spring CD, which is a part of the Seasons 5-disc concept album.
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Art of Dying Announces 2 Headlining Shows in Ontario
Art Of Dying have just announced two headlining shows in Ontario; one as a warm-up show before their upcoming Canadian Tour with Disturbed, and one as a Wrap Party after the stadium tour. Click To Read More...
Episode 2: The Bleeder Sessions with Burning Borders
Welcome to Episode 2 of our brand new live, renegade, gourilla-style, acoustic video series, The Bleeder Sessions. Subscribe to The Bleeder Blog and watch for new episodes of The Bleeder Sessions coming soon!
Episode 2 features our very own Burning Borders, with an exclusive acoustic performance of "Disposable".
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Scott Valentine Presents "You're A Star" - Live
This is a live clip from the Scott Valentine Presents performance at the Thorny Bleeder Records Showcase on April 28th in Vancouver at The Media Club.
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Today's Press: In Tune With The Seasons
A 57-song album that's about connecting, healing
BY TOM HARRISON, THE PROVINCE MAY 8, 2009
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Featured Artist: Columbia
Columbia's founding members have spent the past three years creating what they call the New Universal Rock. In other words....Big Rock. Stadium Rock. Anthem Rock. Rock the way it should be; with catchy licks, pounding rhythms and meaningful lyrics.
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Scott Valentine Presents Free Song Week 7
So it's Tuesday morning...and that means it's time for another free song from Scott Valentine Presents! This week's song is Believe In This. Each week Scott films a fresh live performance video to accompany that week's free download, which is availalbe on his website at www.scottvalentinepresents.com.
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