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Pump Audio is a licensing firm that will help you get your music into television and advertising, for which you can receive royalties. One of the featured artists on their page is even quoted as saying that her first royalty check paid for the down payment of her new home. That sounds a bit extreme. Maybe it was a really high paying gig, or maybe she bought a very cheap house with an FHA loan. ...

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From their website, "AirPlay Direct is an easy to use digital file transfer system that was developed to streamline radio / artist promotion activities for today's music industry. AirPlay Direct’s FREE services replace the unnecessary time and expense of putting together and sending out costly traditional artist packages and press kits via snail mail." As an artist, you create an account a...

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Artist Log is part of Bandname.com's new Log.TV service. The site is currently undergoing beta, and access is by invitation only. Until it is ready for public launch, here is their sales pitch for what they expect to feature: "The LOG.TV gives the artist the ability to facilitate a one-stop web-based solution to develop your career. This is where the artist is always in control of the relati...

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Artist Direct is a corporate-style ad-heavy media site, posing as a recommendation engine and social network for music lovers. I discovered that they already had a page for my band, and it was apparently populated based on ancient data from the old days of MP3.com. Realistically, I don't see much benefit in registering as an artist. Most of the site seems focused on musicians that are already v...