As a musician, you want to have as many ways to make a few bucks available to you as possible, from playing shows, to selling various merch such as tshirts, custom cds, DVDs, posters and the like and from earning royalties on plays on online radio or iTunes downloads. But over and above that, sometimes [...]
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So you have booked yourself a show, or perhaps even a full tour, and you’ve had your t-shirts printed, and your CD’s pressed, posters made and every other type of merch you could possibly want to take on tour with you and you’ve just rolled up to the venue ready to load in, when you [...]
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Betterthanthevan.com is a social networking-style website dedicated essentially to putting bands and artists on the road in touch with people willing to host them in their homes for the night at no cost. Music fans and artists can also find shows to go to and venues to play at listed on the site.
How it works [...]
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