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The Process Of Invention Where would the music industry be today without great inventions like the wheel, beer or the Internet? Whether it's because we’re smarter or lazier than other animals, humans are compelled to innovate and automate in order to make their lives easier and more productive. Since few would argue that today’s music industry is in desperate need of innovation – this month we begin the search for the ultimate Music Biz Machine. Read More... Making & Breaking Your Music Video Don’t have a music video? With video screens cropping up everywhere and audiences’ insatiable appetite for both sound and vision, today’s artists big & small know that music videos aren’t a luxury, they’re a necessity – as critical to a successful career as touring and radio. This month we ask Video Promotion gurus, HIP Video Promo the secrets behind a successful video campaign. Read More... Touring Europe in 10 Easy Steps Last month we spoke to Booking Agents about preparing for your international tour. This month Nashville-based artist, Doug Hoekstra shares his 10 easy steps for a successful European tour. Read More... MyScene: Artist Management Think Big. Act Big. A detour in college led artist manager Jimmy Cantillon away from making films and into several successful music biz careers. Here he shares the path he took and lessons learned. Read More... January/February Happenings Check out this and next month's calendar for submission details for shows, festivals, events, compilations and other opportunities. Read More...

NEWSLETTER from CMJ: Destroyer's 'Troubled' Tour; Sun Kil Album; aVinci DVD Coded; Saul Williams' Rockets Glare; Free Yoav MP3

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA ROCK ESPN Just in time for the Super Bowl, acoustic heavy metal duo Rodrigo Y Gabriela will be... (more) DESTROYER DREAMS UP 'TROUBLING' TOUR Venerated indie-pop maestro Dan Bejar, the sole architect of Vancouver-based... (more) LYRICS BORN IS 'EVERYWHERE AT ONCE' Nearly five years since unfurling his debut and lone studio album... (more) SUN KIL MOON TO RELEASE 'APRIL'... IN APRIL Mark Kozelek has announced an April 1 release date for Sun Kil... (more) THESE UNITED STATES MAP OUT ALBUM RELEASE Much-lauded psych-folk collective These United States have... (more) TORCHE 'MEANDERTHALS' OVER TO HYRDRA HEAD Florida sludge-metal merchants Torche have signed... (more) SAUL WILLIAMS' TAR SPANGLED BANNER TOUR Smooth-talker Saul Williams can't get enough word play. Not only... (more) YOAV Charmed And Strange On this debut, Israeli-born, South African-raised Yoav offers 11 melancholy tracks that show he's really got the chops—and by chops, I mean a great, novel gimmick. Yoav uses only his voice and the guitar to craft his music, moving far beyond picking and strumming to create club-appropriate beats with unbelievable methods of banging and pounding. He plays with feedback like a pizzaiolo plays with dough, molding eerie soundscapes that float like a duck across a pond... (more) DOWNLOAD "Beautiful Lie"

"There's something to be said about being in a privileged position to have access to something, and abusing that resonates to those around you." (more) 1. SSM - "Deja Vu" 2. THE EYE THE EAR AND THE ARM - "The One With the Gold Tongue" 3. HERMAJESTY - "Turn To You" 4. LEFT LANE CRUISER - "Wash It" 5. BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE PRESENTS: KEVIN DREW - "One Night Man"

SLIDESHOW SOUNDTRACKS NOW LEGAL Sequoia Media Group, LC, creators of the aVinci Experience, have partnered... (more) RHINO SCORES NUMERO UNO WITH 'JUNO' Rhino Records has scored its first number one on the Billboard 200... (more) SYSTEM OF A DOWN BASSIST LAUNCHES URSESSION.COM Shavo Odadjian, bassist for System Of A... (more) If Tom Petty were to have one of your favorite bands back him up at the Super Bowl, who would it be? Wu-Tang Clan Aphex Twin Gogol Bordello Cannibal Corpse Tiny Masters Of Today

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