I am currently checking out Kompoz.  Kompoz.com is an online collaboration website/community for musicians.  I have no projects as of yet but it looks interesting and quite a few tutorials to simplify managing a project.

Who out there is using Kompoz.com?

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Andrew Dubber (New Music Strategies) is asking…

Is it more important that music businesses make money, or is it more important that culture expands, innovates and grows?

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If you’ve followed along on our last three lessons on capturing, splitting, and then editing and adding an intro plate plus some overlays and titles, we are ready to produce our movie, upload it to YouTube, and then embed it in your website.

Here is the timeline for a video of my song South To Mexico from my September 27th performance at Cave Creek Coffee Company.

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If you’ve followed the previous tutorials’ instructions, you now have a MovieMaker "Collection" with individual clips or segments split out.

A Word About Branding:
Brand is a combination of images, phrases, products, ideas - that make up you, your company/organization, and how you are perceived in the marketplace.  It is the recognition of a Logo or a jingle.

In order to help further your brand or at least the consistent look of your videos, having a plate or image at the start and/or end of your video is helpful.  Ultimately, your brand is the quality of what you produce and how you are perceived or understood in the market but let’s do what we can to further our brand with some consistent intention.

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