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		<title>Top 5 Reasons Why You&#8217;re Not Getting Anywhere With Your Music</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/22/top-5-reasons-why-youre-not-getting-anywhere-with-your-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Your Fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ches Christian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. YOU KEEP JUMPING SHIP Today your a solo artist. In 5 months you join a band. Last year you were part of another band, but that didn&#8217;t work out, so you left. You have Facebook pages for all three and people can&#8217;t keep track of what you&#8217;re doing or where you are in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Most Ridiculous Pieces of Advice People Give Artists, Musicians, and Other Creatives</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/20/12-most-ridiculous-pieces-of-advice-people-give-artists-musicians-and-other-creatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post comes from one of our regular readers, Leanne Regalla, who runs a blog called Make Creativity Pay.  This post is excerpted (with permission) from her recent contribution to 12Most.com. Regalla gives 12 responses to commonly expressed ideas, comments, and questions that we independent artists normally get.  We picked our favorite 6 off the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I Really Want My Music on Spotify?</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/15/do-i-really-want-my-music-on-spotify/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/15/do-i-really-want-my-music-on-spotify/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grassrootsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ask Grassrootsy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Making Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy Ike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate this question. It&#8217;s one we&#8217;ve been trying to avoid on Grassrootsy for a while because it&#8217;s a hard one to answer and I&#8217;m kinda biased. WHAT IS SPOTIFY First we&#8217;re not going to blindly assume that everyone reading this post knows what Spotify is. It&#8217;s a music streaming service that sells access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Mistakes You&#8217;re Still Making on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/13/5-mistakes-youre-still-making-on-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/13/5-mistakes-youre-still-making-on-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grassrootsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music page]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grassrootsy.com/?p=4867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to Facebook, there&#8217;s alot to know. Facebook is constantly changing itself and it can sometimes feel like using this Social Media avenue is a chore.  Today we thought we&#8217;d outline 5 Facebook mistakes we see all the time! 1. YOU STILL PUT MOST OF YOUR CONTENT ON YOUR PERSONAL PROFILE  If you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Became a Full-Time Writer</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/06/how-i-became-a-full-time-writer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/06/how-i-became-a-full-time-writer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 04:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[start small]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[think big]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrecked for the ordinary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is excerpted from a Jeff Goins post, with his permission. If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you know we retweet/post alot of Goins&#8217; content. Everything he writes is gold. He puts out daily challenges to his readers and pushes them to be better at what they do. So naturally, Grassrootsy loves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASCAP or BMI? What&#8217;s the Difference?</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/01/ascap-or-bmi-whats-the-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/05/01/ascap-or-bmi-whats-the-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 08:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[performance rights organization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pro]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sound Exchange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like us, you&#8217;ve been confused about these two Performance Rights Organizations  (PRO) for a long time.  They both do the same thing (in theory), and they can both seem unnecessary given the hundreds of articles about disgruntled independent artists who never see their royalties.  We feel your pain. In any case, we thought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do I Know? I&#8217;m Just a Bitter Musician.</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/29/what-do-i-know-im-just-a-bitter-musician/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/29/what-do-i-know-im-just-a-bitter-musician/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grassrootsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is another contribution from Ches Christian, the author of last month&#8217;s &#8220;You&#8217;re Talented. How Come You&#8217;re Still Broke?&#8221;.  It&#8217;s a post that&#8217;s received the most traffic on our blog this year and readers had alot to say. Ches wrote a Response Article which we&#8217;ve posted below. _________________________________________________________ So a couple of weeks ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Reasons Why We Love Stage-it!</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/24/8-reasons-why-we-love-stage-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/24/8-reasons-why-we-love-stage-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grassrootsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Fans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[living room]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stage-it is innovation at its best &#8211; a simple, clever spin on live streaming, and an incredible way to engage your fans. WHAT IS STAGE-IT? It&#8217;s essentially a platform that allows you to perform concerts for your fans over the Internet. They watch from the comfort of their couch and you perform from the comfort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Increase Your Show Draw</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/10/5-ways-to-increase-your-show-draw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/10/5-ways-to-increase-your-show-draw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grassrootsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning Ahead]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Your Fans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[posters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grassrootsy.com/?p=2879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Posters Do not underestimate the power of a picture&#8230;especially when you&#8217;re playing in a new city.  Posters work! Postage and printing costs can add up, but they&#8217;re a must-have and a great way to easily attract new ears to your event. Tip 1: Make sure the poster is simple, clean, and easy to read. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Pay for Radio Promotion?</title>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/03/should-i-pay-for-radio-promotion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grassrootsy.com/2013/04/03/should-i-pay-for-radio-promotion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grassrootsy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[grooveshark]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jango]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[padora]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE ARTIST: Anonymous THE QUESTION: Is there a good time to decide to pay for radio promotion? I release my debut album in June and will release a single in the new year. Should I use a promoter? THE ANSWER: While we don&#8217;t consider ourselves experts on this matter, lets just say that radio promotion really [...]]]></description>
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