Back on track this week with the Friday Music Marketing Links segment. There are a few gems in this bunch and I have highlighted them below.

The biggest conversation starter from the past few weeks has been that of digital distribution and the free model of business that is, depending on your personal views, either helping or hurting the music 2.0 bubble that is currently getting very, very large.

Here are 3 points of view:

• WaTunes interview – Get on iTunes for Free – Gen-Y Rock Stars
• The Problem with Free – Kevin Breuner
• iMeem needs a new revenue model – Hypebot

Other Music Marketing Links for the week:

• P Diddy on uStream – Mashable
• Interview with Kim Garrison – Cool Hunting
• Lars Ulrich on Twitter, Secret Shows and Digital Downloading – Wired Listening Post
• 10 Highly Effective Ways to Market Like an Asshole – Justin Boland from Audible Hype
• Google’s Music Strategy – The Music Void
• FanDom interview series with Nancy Bayam -  Hypebot
• Hypebot Interview’s Matador Records about blog traffic, increasing sales and growing fans - Hypebot

Next week we will be taking this segment live, in a Diggnation style video cast. The purpose is to give a thorough rundown of what some of the week’s news means for you as an indie band. Hopefully it will help you understand some of the moves, concepts and music marketing ideas that are being used by other bands, artists, groups, labels and agencies.

Till next week Rock Stars!

-Greg Rollett

Hey guys – little late on these, wanted them to go up on Friday, but Internet in the hotel was awful. Better late than never.

Part Time Blogging – ProBlogger

Setting goals for a location independent business – Location Independent Blog

Gigotron’s iPhone app shows concerts on the go – Wired Blog

Josh Schwartz new online series and the process of getting music on his shows – NY Times

Music Discovery via Social Networks Increases, Again – Hypebot

Social Networking and SXSW – Wired Listening Post

Gamecues Gives Indies a Shot at Game Licensing – Hypebot

Here is a weekly wrap up of some happenings in the music marketing and social media worlds that can impact your strategies, provide ideas and inspiration to the new breed of music internet marketers. Enjoy and please leave any links I forgot in the comments.

The CD Turns 30 – Engadget

MidemNet Talk on how musicians can make money – Hypebot

TuneCore iPhone App – Tunecore

10 Music Industry PDF’s – Buzzsonic (100 Social Media Resources for Musicians made the cut! wOOt)

16 Firefox Music Add-Ons – Mashable

5 Ways for Musicians To Interact with Fans – PBS

Is thesixtyone a Digg for music? – Techcrunch

Speaking of Digg, if you don’t know about it, you should – WSJ

Check out Dropplay – playlists on YouTube – Drop Play

7 Ways to Sell Your Music on iTunes – GarageSpin

See you next week Rock Stars

-Greg Rollett

(photo by Caroline on Crack)

These are some cool links, sites and ideas that may help you in marketing and promoting your band. Not all are music relate. Some are major label ideas and some are out of the box “I wish I thought if that ideas!”

Have a good weekend!

Cool iPhone App matches your location and travels with music from local bands and attractions

http://www.amplifiedjourneys.hk/ and http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/amplified-journeys-creates-custom-travel-playlist.html

Dude from NIN getting all crazy when promoting his album

http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/new-marketing-strategy-buy-the-album-get-to-hang-out-with-the-artist.html

Take control of music videos

http://www.popmorphic.com/

Amazing presentation by Graham Brown of Mobile Youth on reaching young people all around the world

http://www.mobileyouth.org/post/1-billion/

When hip-hop marketing goes wrong with Mickey Factz

http://elitaste.com/blog/2009/03/04/honda-commercial-featuring-mickey-factz-when-hip-hop-marketing-goes-wrong/

No Doubt Gives Away Entire Catalog in Exchange for Concert Ticket

http://nodoubttourclub.musictoday.com/

Hypebot interview with Jed from Reverbnation

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/interview-with-jed-carlson-of-reverbnation-part-one.html

18 Music Tumblr sites including Travis from Gym Class Heroes

http://mashable.com/2009/02/22/music-tumblr-blogs/

Jango offers pay for play model

http://airplay.jango.com/music+promotion/home

Interesting take on the word Urban

http://www.ypulse.com/ypulse-guest-post-the-new-urban

Fall Out Boy video game trail

http://www.friendsorenemies.com/web/foe/ce/falloutboytrail/

CNN reports on labels and music 2.0 sites

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/03/internet.music/

Using iPhones to cover songs and create press

http://musically.com/blog/2009/03/05/mentalists-play-mgmt-cover-on-four-iphones/

-Greg Rollett