Music Business 2-Stroke Blog
2-Stroke: The End…
…it’s not just the name of an insitutional Nashville music venue, its also a stage in the life of Music Business 2-Stroke with Nick Hardy. And, today, my friends marks the beginning of the end. For the past two months, our friend and the bright might behind such revered posts as “Its All In A Name” and [...]
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2-Stroke: Mumford and Sons ticket fiasco
Oh, Ticketmaster! You big, rusty monopoly machine with your exorbitant services fees that make customers think twice about buying a ticket for an event. You do realize your power, right? Do you know how much good you could do for this unstable…
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2-Stroke: Talking the new age of publicity with Chris Hnat of 2:30 Publicity
For this installment of Music Business 2-Stroke, I had the pleasure of briefly interviewing Chis Hnat of 2:30 Publicity. Chris is a 5-year veteran of the industry and his current roster consists of Volcom Entertainment, Infinity Cat Recordings,…
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2-Stroke: Charles Alexander’s Artist’s Guide to SOPA
For this installment of Music Business 2stroke, I wanted to repost an Outside The Box Music post on the “Musicians Guide to SOPA.” Charles Alexander has put together a really great piece of information on SOPA that we should all be…
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2-Stroke: IF YOU AREN’T BUILDING YOUR TRIBE, YOU HAVE NO CAREER AS AN ARTIST
How do you break a band? Every manager has an idea and their own twist to the daunting drawn out process. My opinion is that the secret relies in the tribe you unintentionally build. Your hometown friends are the key to your success. If they…
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2-Stroke: It’s All In A Name
You may have asked yourself what a 2-stroke engine and the music business have in common. I did too, and still didn’t have an answer as I launched my music blog. As blog posts passed, I began to see my writing style unfold. For me, it’s not…
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2-Stroke: Battling SOPA/PIPA
This past week I was honored to be asked to go to Washington, D.C. on behalf of the Creators Freedom Project to talk to Congress about the potential implications of the Protect IP Act (Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA) that has been proposed in both…
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2-Stroke: I’m Proud To Be A Shark
You know who’s whooping their competitors ass in building brand identity and brand integrity? GROOVESHARK! Ya, I might be up Groovesharks ass but it’s hard not to when they are doing so many things the right way. Outside of them offering…
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2-Stroke: Audrey Spillman converts albums sales from YouTube cover
Following up on Audrey Spillman’s Reddit.com success for her YouTube video that gained 10,000 views in a matter of days; Audrey is having success again on Youtube. On October 7th she posted a Bon Iver cover of “Blood Bank” she shot…
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2-Stroke: Audrey Spillman and Patrick Lochridge capitalize on overnight success of “Part Of Me” video (Interview)
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of “Less is more”. As business people, we are expected to push and push and push, sell, sell, sell. It’s a constant fight jockeying for the position to be heard. As an…
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