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Archive for November, 2011

Business Opportunities with Your Music

If you are into creating music and you’re having a hard time getting your work out, don’t worry, there are other ways for you to make some money. If you search for home based business opportunities for music, you will find a couple of ways to profit. One way is through donations. There are sites that offer royalty free music which you can place your music on. When people download your music, you will get a fee. Some sites go by donation so it’ll be up to the customer to pay. This might not sound very appealing but one great reason to go this route is that people looking for royalty free music will often use it for some type of promotional purpose such as a commercial and since they have to give you credit (if you opt into that), people hearing the music can look you up and find more of your music to purchase.

Now because you may have people potentially looking you up, you want to make sure you have a website for people to find you. Here, you can upload clips of your music. You can create videos on Youtube and link back to your site as well. Not every artist likes giving away free music but sometimes, it’s the best way to get your name out there.

posted by Ted M in Music and have Comments Off

The Xia Xia Commercial

You may not have heard of them up until now but very soon the xia xia pets are going to be on the toy list for all kids this year. The xia xia pets video is going to make sure of that. It is simple but fill of fun and it shows the kids just what they are going to get if they do get them bought for them this year. It is a great little toy that is going to get them really excited and they will spend hours playing with them.

The xia xia hermit crabs video has fun music playing and is pretty fast paced. It shows you the crabs scuttling around the place and it shows you them getting up to all sorts of mischief. What a great fun toy this is. And the great thing is that they are also very cheap to buy so you can be sure that they are going to be very popular with parents, there is no doubt about that.

Just be sure to try to buy them as early as you possibly can, they are very popular so they may well be out of stock near to the end of the year.

 

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Decorating Your Home Music Studio

If you are one of the lucky few people that can afford to build a music studio in your home, my hat’s off to you.  When you are planning the decor, though, there are a few different styles you may want to consider.  Using a tropical motif for your studio will help you, and other musicians relax while they are composing, helping them get out their truest sound possible.

One of the best ways to achieve a tropical style in your studio is to use bamboo blinds over the windows.  The thick slats of the blinds will help you block out the light coming in when you want to darken out the room, and let plenty of light in when you or the other musicians are in a brighter mood.

However, if you prefer not to use real wood blinds in your studio, for whatever reasons, a cheaper option is to use faux wood blinds.  These blinds mimic the style and feel of real wood blinds but generally take less maintenance to keep them looking sharp.

Regardless of which style you choose for the studio, putting together a tropical feel is going to help musicians relax and get into the mood to produce some excellent music.

posted by Ted M in Blog and have Comments Off