Apple’s music store moves past Best Buy to capture the second spot behind Wal-Mart stores. This is less then a year since the company overtook Amazon as the nation’s third-largest retailer.

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For those of you looking for a way to sell your music without giving iTunes or others the standard one third cut (or more), check out MixPal. Their MixLink button can be embedded into your own site and fans can click it to purchase albums or single tracks at the price you set. [...]

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A new pact means anyone with a broadband connection can watch live shows by Universal Music artists like DJ Shadow and Feist for free, straight from a pair of high-tech Amsterdam clubs.

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There’s been some of talk on whether Facebook is a good way to promote shows, taking the place of Myspace or Jambase.
Among its pluses, Facebook allows you to directly target an audience to a degree almost unheard of before. You can specify age ranges, education levels, zip codes, interests, relationship levels (just invite single people [...]

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I know many bands would like to get ringtones to their fans, and most indie bands would be happy to get them to their fans for free.
Check out the Ringtones section of the Online Tools on this site to read about companies in this field. I recently used Myxer for a band I manage and [...]

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One of the issues for smaller bands is covering the upfront costs of purchasing merchandise, and at the same time predicting what kinds of merch their fans will want to buy.
Cafepress.com or Zazzle.com are both options that can alleviate some of these concerns. By using these sites bands can set the prices of their merch [...]

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As many bands may know, Jambase charges a $200 minimum on all email blasts they send out. For venues in most cities this is not relevant because, for example, any email blast in San Francisco will cost you about $270 to start. For venues in smaller towns this may make it not cost [...]

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