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		<title>Happy 2011! Not Let&#8217;s Make Some Music!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! So, what&#8217;s going on? What do you have planned for this year? I&#8217;ll tell you what I&#8217;ve got in the works: Last year, many of the posts on this site were concerned with what NOT to do. It only seemed necessary considering all the bad advice I was seeing out there that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 5 Types of Shows You Can Play and Why Should Play Them All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not all shows are created equal. Some shows are better than others for an indie act and some shows are worse. Understanding the difference between them and the role that they all play can make a huge difference in how you approach booking and playing live.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/booking-performance/the-5-types-of-shows-you-can-play-and-why-should-play-them-all/</link>
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		<title>Why You Can&#8217;t Really GET Fans Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The question: &#8220;How do I start a career as a singer?&#8221; The answer given: &#8220;Put videos of yourself singing popular songs on YouTube so you&#8217;ll come up when people search for that song.&#8221; I&#8217;ve come across exchanges like this several times over the past few days while answering questions on Yahoo! Answers. The scary part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/online-resources/why-you-cant-really-get-fans-online/</link>
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		<title>6 Reasons That Touring Locally (For Now) Can Help You Nationally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a false belief that you must tour nationally as a new band in order to make a name for yourself. While it&#8217;s true that you will end up having to tour nationally at some point, it can actually be counter-productive to attempt a national tour without laying the groundwork in you local area first. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/booking-performance/6-reasons-that-touring-locally-for-now-can-help-you-nationally/</link>
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		<title>Every Album Should Be A &#8216;Best Of&#8217; Album</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This process is for musicians that are serious about selling records - it is not, by any means, easy. It does, however, help to solve some of the problems that many musicians encounter when they release a record:

    * It allows you to test your music with the people you're hoping will buy it
    * It ensures that you're spending your recording budget wisely, only paying to record songs that are in demand
    * It improves your chances of selling more records at the release by creating a mailing list to announce when your record is coming out.
    * From an artistic standpoint, it let's you get all of your music out to the public in a cost effective way while giving your fans an incentive to stay interested]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Write a Great Song?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a response to How to Write a Great Song from David Hooper&#8217;s MusicMarketing.com From everything I&#8217;ve seen it&#8217;s not making a single song great, it&#8217;s about writing enough songs to get to the great ones. I mean, if you believe in 80/20 rule (which I do) then you know that 80% of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/songwriting-2/how-do-you-write-a-great-song/</link>
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		<title>Interesting Question &#8211; Would the Beatles Make it Today?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all! I&#8217;m still working on getting all the kinks worked out for the official re-launch of RockStar Machine, but I figured that I&#8217;d post something for this great article I just read by Michael Ventre on the Today Show&#8217;s site &#8211; Would Beatles make it in today&#8217;s music world?. While the article itself does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/music-business/interesting-question-would-the-beatles-make-it-today/</link>
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		<title>&#8230;It&#8217;s A Soft Open &#8211; Kinda Like An Out-Of Town Preview.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that the site&#8217;s changed a bit&#8230; alright, so it&#8217;s completely different. This is it. It&#8217;s the new site! But, I have to warn you that while it&#8217;s up, I haven&#8217;t officially relaunched yet. I know what you&#8217;re thinking, but it&#8217;s complicated. You see, I had a lot of really good stuff [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/uncategorized/its-a-soft-open-kinda-like-an-out-of-town-preview/</link>
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		<title>To a Mother Concerned About File-Sharing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MusicianWages.com, Music Careers at About.com and KnowtheMusicBiz.com have organized a group blogging event for today, April 16th.  The event is based around a concerned mother&#8217;s situation regard her son&#8217;s downloading of songs through file sharing. Music blogger, like myself are encouraged to write a post addressing the concerns of this woman nammed Valerie.  Here&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/philosophy-theory/to-a-mother-concerned-about-file-sharing/</link>
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		<title>Starting A Musical Career &#8211; by Ty Cohen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beginning a musical career can be difficult if you do not know how to break into the mainstream industry. Everyone has dreams and yours are no less important, but unless you know the right people to contact or the best businesses to approach, you could be left floundering in one spot, unable to move forward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rockstarmachine.com/music-business/starting-a-musical-career-by-ty-cohen/</link>
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