3 Reasons BandCamp Might Save The Music Industry - MC Zulu

I am no fanboy for any site, but I am going to answer the number one question I see everyone asking. ?HOW do you make any money as a musician these days?? One great answer to this is BandCamp. It?s been out for a while, but people aren?t ?getting it? like they should. (Including me)

The #1 Killer Of The Music Industry? PLAY COUNTERS!
A lot of things killed the music industry, but play counters did the most damage. Whoever decided to integrate them into social media probably had the best (greedy) intentions, but what they ended up doing was creating an environment where sheep-minded consumers completely FORGOT about whether they even LIKED a song or not. The value of art is QUANTified now. QUALity does not enter into it.

The current music industry is not about art. It?s about ?How many spins it got??. ?Musicians? focus became about getting ?spins? rather than creating good music. People are creating all kinds of crap THEY don?t even like for the ?spins?. THEN they have the NERVE to expect fans to buy into it? Well they won?t because you aren?t getting enough ?spins?? vicious cycle

Random Sheep Thought:

?I liked that song? but no one?else does?. maybe it?s not so good after all?

Now there are exploitative business models set to help you FAKE the ?spins?, and if you think the majors aren?t using them?. I have a bridge to sell you. The entire music industry is based on fake fans and hype. This is why ?superstars? often play to empty rooms? because their ?fans? are fake. Indies play to empty rooms because they cannot ?fake the fans? as well as the majors. It looks like they have no draw because they only got 250 spins on ?YouTube/FakeBook/FkFace?? what have you.

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2) BandCamp is a same-day-fulfillment dream come true for a musician with no website. Set up, make music and sell it?. today. (NOTE* You need a PayPal and/or bank account)

3) Bandcamp went mobile almost seamlessly, while SoundCloud (a true fanboy circle jerk) stumbled through it. YouTube embarrassed themselves (completely changing their coding protocol) leaving millions of empty white boxes all over the net, like so many bastard children.

To make this? or any site worthwhile you need to constantly aim your fan base there. If you make a habit of letting people know they can find you somewhere? That?s where they will go to meet you.

Preview (and purchase) tracks from my new album?. As It?s Built

Think of it like a restaurant.
Will people look for you at McDonalds if you make it a habit of dining at the 4 seasons every morning?

Currently: As you release music, it eventually goes to Spotify? I love Spotify! I have about 200 songs there? but I will never see more than a dime from them. That means I have to stagger my release dates.

SO?For now?expect most of the music I make to be on BandCamp BEFORE it hits regular distribution channels. You might want to do the same.

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 29th, 2012 at 10:48 am and is filed under Editorial, Music. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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Springer to publish book series with the Portuguese Centro Internacional de Matematica

Public release date: 28-Nov-2012
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New books for students and researchers will be added to Springer's mathematics portfolio

Springer and the Centro Internacional de Matemtica (CIM) of Portugal will work together to publish a new book series CIM Series in Mathematical Sciences. The first book will evolve from the international conference "Mathematics of Energy and Climate Change" which takes place in March 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference is part of the UNESCO-supported world-wide program "Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013."

Approximately four books will be published annually in the series. Proceedings, lecture course material from summer schools and research monographs will be included in the new series. The Centro Internacional de Matemtica will hold editorial responsibility for the books and Springer will handle production, marketing, sales and distribution. The titles will be available as eBooks on Springer's online platform link.springer.com and in print-to-order (PTO) format.

Prof. Alberto Adrego Pinto, President of CIM, said, "The collaboration with Springer will bring mathematics developed in Portugal to a global audience and will help strengthen our contacts with the international mathematics community."

Dr. Martin Peters, Executive Editor Mathematics at Springer, said, "We are very glad to have Centro Internacional de Matemtica as a partner. It is clear that the collaboration will result in high-quality publications, and, moreover, it will strengthen our links to mathematicians in Portugal."

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Centro Internacional de Matemtica is a not-for-profit, privately run association that aims at developing and promoting research in mathematics. At present CIM has 41 associates, including 13 Portuguese universities, the University of Macau, 23 research centers and institutes, and numerous Portuguese scientific societies. CIM was launched as a national project to involve all Portuguese mathematicians and fosters national and international cooperation among mathematicians and other scientists.

Springer Science+Business Media is a leading global scientific publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content via innovative information products and services. Springer is also a trusted local-language publisher in Europe especially in Germany and the Netherlands primarily for physicians and professionals working in the automotive, transport and healthcare sectors. Roughly 2,000 journals and more than 7,000 new books are published by Springer each year, and the group is home to the world's largest STM eBook collection, as well as the most comprehensive portfolio of open access journals. Springer employs more than 7,000 individuals across the globe and in 2011 generated sales of approximately EUR 875 million.

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Contact: Joan Robinson
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New books for students and researchers will be added to Springer's mathematics portfolio

Springer and the Centro Internacional de Matemtica (CIM) of Portugal will work together to publish a new book series CIM Series in Mathematical Sciences. The first book will evolve from the international conference "Mathematics of Energy and Climate Change" which takes place in March 2013 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference is part of the UNESCO-supported world-wide program "Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013."

Approximately four books will be published annually in the series. Proceedings, lecture course material from summer schools and research monographs will be included in the new series. The Centro Internacional de Matemtica will hold editorial responsibility for the books and Springer will handle production, marketing, sales and distribution. The titles will be available as eBooks on Springer's online platform link.springer.com and in print-to-order (PTO) format.

Prof. Alberto Adrego Pinto, President of CIM, said, "The collaboration with Springer will bring mathematics developed in Portugal to a global audience and will help strengthen our contacts with the international mathematics community."

Dr. Martin Peters, Executive Editor Mathematics at Springer, said, "We are very glad to have Centro Internacional de Matemtica as a partner. It is clear that the collaboration will result in high-quality publications, and, moreover, it will strengthen our links to mathematicians in Portugal."

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Centro Internacional de Matemtica is a not-for-profit, privately run association that aims at developing and promoting research in mathematics. At present CIM has 41 associates, including 13 Portuguese universities, the University of Macau, 23 research centers and institutes, and numerous Portuguese scientific societies. CIM was launched as a national project to involve all Portuguese mathematicians and fosters national and international cooperation among mathematicians and other scientists.

Springer Science+Business Media is a leading global scientific publisher, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content via innovative information products and services. Springer is also a trusted local-language publisher in Europe especially in Germany and the Netherlands primarily for physicians and professionals working in the automotive, transport and healthcare sectors. Roughly 2,000 journals and more than 7,000 new books are published by Springer each year, and the group is home to the world's largest STM eBook collection, as well as the most comprehensive portfolio of open access journals. Springer employs more than 7,000 individuals across the globe and in 2011 generated sales of approximately EUR 875 million.

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TransferWise Adds Support For USD, Wants To Become Preferred Method Of Money Transfer For Startups

TransferWise, the online currency exchange that uses the crowd to undercut traditional money transfer services, has announced that it's added support for the U.S. dollar -- a move that it believes, along with existing support for the British pound, euro, Swiss franc, Polish zloty, Swedish krona, Norwegian krone, and Danish krone, positions the company to become the preferred method of money transfer for European startups.

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Sales rules to be tightened - The Nation

THE NATION November 26, 2012 1:00 am

The central bank met with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Office of the Insurance Commission last week to beef up supervision of sales of securities and insurance products through commercial banks. The regulations will take effect next year for all commercial banks authorised to sell securities and insurance products.

The complaints included offers of life insurance policies bundled with safe deposit boxes and credit extensions together with a sales pitch for securities and insurance products without clear information of the risks.

The regulations enforce basic consumer rights, including the right to be informed, right to choose, right to be heard and right to redress.

Commercial banks also have to follow the rules, procedures and conditions for consumer rights' protection. They are required to show the difference between securities and insurance products and bank deposits, and their risks. Information on returns must be disclosed.

The report said the regulations prohibit commercial banks from forcing purchases of securities and insurance products tied with bank products or setting conditions for sales or services or main products. Commercial banks must let consumers decide on whether to purchase products or refuse to make purchases. Under the regulations, commercial banks are prohibited from promoting sales with rewards.

"Commercial banks must have measures to ensure customers have product knowledge and understanding. They have to provide product information on risks, returns, consumer protection, past performance and taxes," the report said.

Commercial banks are also required to separate the counter for sales of securities and insurance products and the counter for cash deposits and withdrawals with clear signs. Connected transactions for such products like money transfer after securities purchases can be made at the counter for sales of securities and insurance products.

Commercial banks, under the new regulations, have to set up after-sales procedures and a complaint system to facilitate customers. If commercial banks are proven to have breached the regulations with intent or through carelessness and caused consumers any damage, the banks are liable for proper compensation. Consumers' confidentiality must be maintained.

Weidt Nuchjalearn, a senior executive vice president of Krungthai Bank, said the regulations would make it harder for banks to cross-sell products. In cross-selling, the banks do not force customers to buy other products but just recommend them other products besides the main ones they intend to buy. However, if these recommendations make consumers feel annoyed, this might risk being deemed as violating the regulations.

Some banks might sell products in a manner that is in the blurred line between cross-selling and forced-selling of products, he added.

Regulations for sale of commercial bank products

- Must clearly identify the different characters of the products to consumers

- Must fully disclose product details

- Must not force consumers to buy securities and insurance products tied

with bank products or set sales conditions

- Must not promote product sales by giving buyers a chance to enter a lucky

draw for other items

- Must not promote products in a manner that annoys consumers or

infringes on their privacy

- Must not use misleading advertisement messages

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Asian shares edge higher on hopes for Greek deal

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares inched up on Monday on hopes that Greece can avoid a near-term bankruptcy, with the market focusing on a euro zone finance ministers meeting later in the day, but a regional Spanish vote favoring separatist parties capped gains.

U.S. stock futures were down 0.3 percent, suggesting a soft Wall Street open, and European shares were seen falling, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100 <.ftse>, Paris's CAC-40 <.fchi> and Frankfurt's DAX <.gdaxi> to open down as much as 0.3 percent. <.l><.eu><.n/>

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.miapj0000pus> was up 0.2 percent to a two-week high.

It marked the sixth consecutive day of advances and comes after the euro and global shares climbed on Friday on expectations that an agreement will be reached soon to disburse aid for Greece, and after a rise in Germany's Ifo business climate index.

"There is optimism around in regards to the euro area's ability to achieve a deal on Greece," said Emma Lawson, senior currency strategist at the National Australia Bank.

But worries about the Spanish vote and the implications for Madrid's push for fiscal austerity helped the euro slip 0.1 percent to $1.2960, pulling back from a three-week high of $1.2991 reached on Friday.

Against the yen, however, the single currency hit a seven-month peak of 107.13.

The yen was near a 7-1/2-month low of 82.84 yen to the dollar hit last week. It has been weakening on expectations of further monetary policy easing with the likely advent of a new Japanese government next month.

The dollar <.dxy> inched up 0.1 percent, after falling to a three-week low of 80.128 against a basket of major currencies on Friday as risk appetite gained.

Australian shares <.axjo> rose 0.2 percent on gains in energy and mining stocks, but Hong Kong <.hsi> and Shanghai <.ssec> shares eased slightly.

Japan's Nikkei stock average <.n225> gained 0.8 percent after rising to a seven-month high earlier on Monday on views that a weaker yen will boost earnings for exporters. <.t/>

"Although some investors are cautious about the fast-paced gains in the Japanese market, they will likely stay buyers on the back of the improving trading environment in the global market," said Hiroichi Nishi, general manager at SMBC Nikko Securities.

EUROPE HOLDS KEY

On Sunday, separatists in the Spanish region of Catalonia won an election but failed to get the resounding mandate they need to push convincingly for a referendum on independence.

The win heightens concerns about a potential negative impact on the Spanish economy and the country's finances, as Catalonia accounts for 20 percent of the economy and provides the most tax revenue to the central government.

"While the result helps tone down the risk of the government being forced to give more autonomy to Catalonia in its fiscal policy, the underlying discomfort the province may be feeling about its big fiscal burden may persist," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief FX strategist at Barclays in Tokyo.

He added that the result may weigh on the euro more when trading starts in Europe, where the euro's liquidity is far larger.

On Friday, European shares posted their best weekly gain so far this year on hopes for Greece and Germany's solid Ifo data, which followed firmer manufacturing reports from China and the United States released earlier last week.

London copper edged down 0.1 percent to $7,769.75 a metric ton (1.1023 tons) after rising for two weeks in a row. While signs of economic recovery in top consumer China helped support prices, China's official purchasing manufacturers' index due later in the week will be awaited for more confirmation of the trend.

"A positive PMI number should help a little bit, but we have not seen any significant improvement in the real economy yet," said Beijing-based metals analyst Wan Ling of commodities research house CRU Group.

The Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB index <.trjcrb>, a global commodities benchmark, rose to its highest close since October 23 on Friday -- its best weekly performance since mid-September with a 1.9 percent gain.

Spot gold eased 0.1 percent to $1,750.35 an ounce on Monday after rising above $1,750 for the first time in five weeks on Friday.

U.S. crude fell 0.5 percent to $87.88 a barrel and Brent eased 0.2 percent to $111.12.

Asian credit markets steadied, with the spreads on the iTraxx Asia ex-Japan investment-grade index barely moved from Friday levels.

(Additional reporting by Ayai Tomisawa in Tokyo, Ian Chua in Sydney and Melanie Burton in Singapore; Editing by Edwina Gibbs & Kim Coghill)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/asian-shares-edge-higher-hopes-greek-deal-004039464--finance.html

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My Eternal Moon

Vampires, Werewolves, Nekos, Elves, and Angels don't seem to get along real well these past few days. The moon goddess isn't too happy about the constant war she sees, as she's the gentle spirit of mother nature. The Sun god however...

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can i reserve neko sister please?
also, are there elves? (just judging from intro)
because if there are, i'd change my reservation to that.

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There are 5 races to choose from but yes :D You can choose from Elves, Neko, Werewolves, Angels, Vampires... **wonders if I forgot to put the elves up there...**
just as soon as you can post your character Application... I don't want to hold characters up... :D

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Yay!! Can't wait to see what ya come up with ^_^
=whispers while bribing with cookies= get yer friends to apply too :3

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this looks interesting, i think ill be putting in a character for this but probably tomorrow because it is late

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-claps happily- Yayy :3 can't wait for it :P

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