The Beatles: Rock Band

The Beatles are positioning themselves to once again play a significant role in the evolution of popular music — this time by embracing interactivity. "Playing music games requires an intense focus on the separate elements of a song, which leads to a greater intuitive knowledge of musical composition. When you need to move your body in synchrony with the music in specific ways, it connects you with the music in a deeper way than when you are just listening to it.”

[Excerpt from New York Times story, While My Guitar Gently Beeps.]

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For Independent Musicians - Sites To Sell Your Music

The Mastering Studio has compiled this list of online retail sites where independent musicians can sell their music. For quick reference, we have also made a permanent list of all the "Indie Resources" from past blogs and listed them in the column on the right. While we cannot take responsibility for the effectiveness of these links, we hope they may be of use to you.

CD Baby: According to their website they are “the oldest, biggest and most-trusted online independent music store and distributor”. They offer to sell your CDs worldwide, and according to their site they do digital distributions to iTunes, Amazon, and other stores, CD distribution to 2,400 stores, enable credit card sales at gigs, enable you to sell customized download cards at gigs, and access promotional resources to help sell your music. Instead of a flat fee they have a pricing structure for each service.

SongCast: Sells your music on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster and Emusic for a fee of $5.99 per month! They have a onetime setup fee of $19.99 per album or $9.99 per single. Includes a free UPC Barcode for every release. You can track your sales throughout the world. Artists and labels maintain 100% of all royalties.

audiolife.com: Free to setup account. Flat fee taken on sales. See pricing structure. They provide free tools to custom design your merchandise, CDs, ringtones and downloads. Post your store to any website, blog or social network. They manufacture and distribute all of your products when they're purchased.

rmusic.com: Sells downloads of your music. Their site states they are "dedicated to unsigned musicians, artists, and bands." They pay 70c per download to musicians. Accounts appear to be free.

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Mastering Studio News: Client Updates

Carney
Our next LA show will be held at The Roxy on August, 20th and it's going to be sponsored by KROQ Locals Only! We're really excited about getting to play in Los Angeles after so many months on the road, and we can't wait to see you all there!

We've gone from opening for the Veronicas, to playing at 10,000 Lakes/DFest, to headlining our own little club tour, to joining a production of Grease in Jamaica, to finishing it all up in Chicago by performing at Lollapalooza - and all in a matter of about 3 months! It's been quite the summer and in some ways it's just getting started which is why I'm writing this little ditty. We have a release date for our debut album and we'll be unveiling that date at our gig on August, 20th.

Here are the details and we can't wait to perform for you:
KROQ Locals Only Presents:CARNEY (w/Caitlin Crosby and End Roulette)The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood - Thursday, August 20th 2009 - 8:30p.m.$12 at door - ALL AGES - Call (310) 278-9457 or click here.

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Playing For Change

Playing for Change was the brainchild of Mark Johnson - who was recently featured as "person of the week" on ABC news. He united musicians around the world to form one global chorus for peace. Mark founded the Playing for Change foundation which funds music schools throughout the world. The Foundation has opened its first school, the Ntonga Music School, in Gugulethu, South Africa. The school will provide children with valuable skills and mentorship designed to instill self-esteem and confidence. Checkout playingforchange.com for more info. The CD is available at amazon.com, Starbucks, and at Playing For Change.