The radio is probably one of the most popular free services. We can easily hear everywhere. At home, at work, on the bus, by car while walking, etc. The term "distribution" usually means a good service, you can get and is usually free with no subscription or expensive equipment. With the radio you also get music for free. You can listen at work or you can relax and enjoy your favorite band. There are many ways toSound as a free service. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but the fact is that the old FM radio, as we know it is by far the most common transmission.

You can listen to Internet radio stations which broadcast on. This service is free, but you will have access to the Internet and a computer. There are also some devices (readers network) that support the spread of the Internet, but we still need access to the Internet and wireless (WiFi) or throughnetwork. The advantage of Internet radio is that there are thousands of stations so it is simple in theory at least, to try to find a station playing the music as you. cable systems also offer IPTV and radio stations, but this is limited to the point where the connection.

The satellites also provide a lot of radio stations. But stations to receive satellite requires a satellite receiver, so that this type of reception is only suitable for homeListening. There are also mobile satellite services, but generally are not free. You have to pay a subscription. Despite the fact that satellite services are cheap and you get the coverage areas of large, not that kind of radio suitable for general reception. Satellites offer a wide selection of stations, but the receiving device is quite complex.

Therefore, terrestrial radio is the most popular platform for radio. While the AM radio is stillused in some countries, particularly for international spread, is the FM radio that is found in every corner. There are many reasons for its popularity. It's free, just a simple receiver and economically. The receivers are being incorporated into mobile phones, MP3 players and many other devices. The quality of the FM (frequency modulation) is very high. With reception quality stereo receivers and other high-end, you get better sound quality compared to vinyl records.

Whyare many advantages of terrestrial broadcasting, there are many stations interested in using these media. Of course, frequency spectrum is a scarce resource is one and a small fraction of the radio spectrum allocated. Therefore, we can only consider a limited number of stations in this band. Also, to avoid harmful interference, there are many strict rules on frequency planning, which further limit the number of radio stations that canwe can receive.

But despite all the drawbacks and limitations of the VHF radio will be used for many years. Interesting, is not comparable digital broadcasting, the analogue radio could replace the old.

One of the most important tasks in online sales, and in all sales, the potential buyer get a trusted person. A beautiful image of yourself is good for your section about, but even more convincing had a warm audio message in which you explain yourself and make your product or service.

If you think that the plant would have the audio capability on your site, then the technical or financial resourcesI think that will change your mind after reading this article.

There are some online services that offer full audio support, but require monthly fees and this may want to invest more than you. However, if you add the clay with Flash buttons for your site with a limited budget you want, then there are several moderately downloadable software packages that you can do everything without a favorable technical know-how. They range in price from $ 40 to $ 100 Visit the websites ofaudiomakerpro.com, or flashaudiowizard.com soundstreamer.com, and see how these programs.

Well, if you're like me, a real cheapskate, and would not want to spend money, but the whole site to talk, like, you can use the following method to install a streaming audio on your website.

First you need to record your message. I could use an old software package (CoolEditPro) to record an mp3 message directly on my computer. If you have an mp3Player with an ability to record you just for you, your message and then transfer to your computer.

Suppose that the message is saved as myintroduction.mp3. If only upload files to your server and a link to this file, it is not electricity, but asks if a user clicks on the link. To make it more current, you must do the following. Open a text file and give a small part of the text: [http://www.yourwebsite.com/myintroduction.mp3] (this is the place where the filebe placed) and then save the text file with a name like audiointro.m3u. It 's just a text file, but an extension that appears as an audio file is. Now download the current audio file and text file myintroduction.mp3 audiointro.m3u the server.

Instead of a web page where you want to listen to someone, you put a text link or a graphical button in combination with audiointo.m3u file. If anyone wants to hear on this link they click on the file myintroduction.mp3 streamingtheir speakers. Will be played on standard MP3 player from that particular computer, such as Windows Media Player, Winamp, etc.

This poor person, audio-streaming, but it works. The advantage of the cheap packages or services in more expensive audio is that the keys are nicer and have pause, stop and start functions.

Some argue that services of audio add audio to a website conversion rates increased by 300%. The audio is a tool. If you can correctlyIn fact, just what you need to improve the performance of your website. To select the method that is most convenient for you, and try it.

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Internet radio stations worldwide are one of the exciting activities that lead to people, entertainment and information. Online users can easily listen to the music of their favorite radio station on its website that services are available online. Radio station Web sites can be accessible and mobile phones to laptops. As had already developed the Internet and can advance with the help of technology like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and can be accessed Wireless devices so people can go to keep on listening to the radio while.

There are opportunities to listen to the radio, people fever "listen to the radio online music services." These radio services are offered "free" on the Internet. may make different phones, PCs and handheld devices can easily access these services using wireless technology. Usually you can listen to the radio> Music, even if people go a.

You can easily adjust to local radio stations of their choice with the help of many radio stations online live free to choose. A variety of Web sites to bring people to the popular radio channels keep updated and maintained. All you have to do is register on site for every resource that they provide access. These sites are also able to provide resources such as SMS (Short Message Service)Free calls, online-role playing, video-live streaming and listening to radio programs.

The process of listening to online radio is very intriguing, which is a pleasure to help people to motivate them about their daily activities, radio DJs tell fascinating events such as life stories, the latest news, and chart topping hits, to bring conversation about the life of users. The excitement never ends talkative when jockey on the radio began to speak almosteverything and the promotion of albums of artists, songs and fun inclusion to overcome boredom in people's lives. One of the most popular radio programs are the top music every day in this generation of voices, channels contributes to various questions and their favorite music list. Radio tuner offers 10 different programs and they are absolutely fantastic and the people are great to listen to programs that are transmitted by radioStation.

Find information on free radio station websites catering services is only a click a way with the help of directory listings. There are a variety of sites on the Internet that provide this service have to do is to register all users to acquire such services. Registration is easy and simple for first timers, they just need a few minutes to register by completing an online form and services offered by the stationmore accessible to users. Internet plays a dominant role of emotion and the communication gap between the sender and the user. With the help of websites that people have access to credit and wireless service with ease. Access to free live radio music online can be maintained as a very innovative to stay.

Today so called reality shows are staged for my taste. Your artificial situations and actions semi-script actually make it slightly less than the real one.

For unvarnished reality, try listening to a police scanner. You will hear real police response to calls real crime. It feels as police chief in potentially dangerous situations. You can hear the police dispatcher, as everyone tries to avoid the Fender Benders shootings – all in a night of standardsWorking for many police departments.

When police released the first scanner, bought my mother so she could hear what has happened in their city, and to hear, especially if something bad was reported in their neighborhood.

I remember late at night, from one day to sitting on her kitchen table comes with the scanner in research. Sure, she was worrying about where I was and I feel if there were wrecks.

When my brother was a policeman,My mother had nothing to fear really is – and to hear an apology from the police radio all day.

Police scanners are not just for diehard professional, though. Many people feel as a hobby. , Radio and TV journalists to listen to them to prevent accidents Get the first word of a great crime, or they may quickly at the scene.

Nowadays not even need a scanner for police in many cities the police are called to listen. There are hundreds offeeding live radio streamed over the Internet police. There is also the fire department radio feeds as well. All you do is click on a link to the city of your choice and start listening.

This evening, I listened for about an hour to the feed police live in my hometown, a city of medium size with a normal share of crime and other human conflicts. During this time, I felt the police response calls for an attack, a stolen car, a home burglary attempted to answer, and someone who wasthreatening his neighbor with a knife.

A number of existing web sites, who links to police scanners in the United States. Two are good and policescan.us scanner.info police.

Policescan.us scanner has more links – the fire and police – but it is disorganized, and to be honest, looking pretty junky. However, it is worth a visit just for the large number of scanner feeds.

scanner.info police is also a site rather confused, but his list is very Scannercleaner and better organized. Since the list was ordered, it is easier to find a particular town or link to Radio City police.

A tip if you want the best of live radio to listen to the police: Learn the 10 codes! The police use special codes on the radio. Many of the most popular start with "10". You are surely familiar with "04/10", meaning "I copied listen () you." But what about "10-12" or "10-19?" If you do not know the codes, or have aList them in handy, will not always know what's going on.

Here are some of the most common code 10, but there are others. There are also other types of codes used by some police departments that do not begin with "10", or any number for that matter. For example, in some cities, you hear a dispatcher for a police officer tell a "ADW answer," which is an assault with a deadly weapon.

07:10 Official is out
08:10 Official in operation andAssignment
09:10 Repeat last transmission, please
10-12 Visitors or officials present, be as discreet
10-15 Prisoner in custody
19:10 return to station
22:10 violation of your last assignment
10.24 There is an emergency station and all vehicles will now be
10/27 control driving
10-32 Drowning
10-33 alarming
10-34 Clock Please support office
10-43 Call a doctor
10-50 the subject is under the influence of drugs
10-51 Subject is drunk
10-54 Possible dead body
10-56 Suicide
10-64 Found property
10-66 suspects reported
10-67 enlists the help of someone
10-70 Prowler
10-71 Shooting
10-72 stabbed
10-79 bomb threat
10-80 Explosion
10-91 barking dog

For smaller companies, the task of creating a TV or radio spot seems to be the most powerful. With so much competition there is, other valid and therefore that only half of the store hazzardly set with a simple web presence and tried to emulate what you have spent much time setting up, one wonders, how do I make and break my message out there to boost sales and credibility with the public and get rid of all these Hoos ya?

For most smallEntrepreneurs, this is a frequently asked question and frankly, not easy to answer for many. few dollars spent on print ads are much better and direct mail, or in ads, but for many TV and radio advertising may actually increase their bottom line and give them the credibility and visibility to the next level could help, if 'they did right. And ready is the key.

Many would be entrepreneurs looking for the best deals on the economyand related costs, short changeover times, one of the most critical areas of commerce and is the component of production. Many think that if you only get to sell their name to the jingle of a few points with their name and phone number where to go with the Magic three times that they are set. Unfortunately, what many do not know is the importance of good music and jingles really great copy is written for a strong and successful campaign.Notice I did not say, but really good. Free And honestly, really good does not need an arm and a leg, but "we do a freebie, or you can get it done for a few hundred dollars will not get it. While we're talking about, it is more than likely much better off with a production company to write a custom jingle as a radio or cable rep tells you that in-house voice-over guy will do the trick – not usually the case. You pay more, but morelikely that the sales results will be more than offset a custom jingle.

Because it's really good, the production is so important? Because of the intrinsic value of a well designed and well rememberable commercial factor is credibility. Never heard a car dealer and local business is going so bad – the fact is that we all have. The car dealers spend so much on advertising, and with all other forms of advertising, as well as indoor. Obviously, it iswork to some degree for them or he would not. But the question is what the factor of credibility with the car dealerships? The answer is probably not so good. The next question is: what is most important, is that kind of money to the ceiling and spending on advertising? If you're like the vast majority of us, you're not, you need a business that can not only remember, traffic to your door, but the credibility of Major League players in a costEffect way.

How do I build the credibility factor and increase my sales in my radio and TV advertising? You do that through the use of media experience and the production music, angles are in the best interests in mind and no sale or wallet, rip your not qualified to write effective copy protection and the production definitely do business with. Check the small business guy through the two all the way up to national brands – that say that are usedmuch. You can still study, should not exceed costs in line with the budget – but it will be a starting point. Here in ReelMusicianPro We are proud of writing for small businesses to national giants.

Even with the onset of computers and software are cheap enough music, you'd be surprised at the incredible difference in quality and musicality. Do not play with about $ 300 special. Most of these kids musicKeller is writing a bedroom or do not Have the know-how in marketing and music production, and can not give you the marketing edge – the price may be right, But you're much better to spend a few dollars for component run it done right, with a copy that attracts music and sung, that long after the commercial. The odds are good serve, advertising cheap and poorly written anything good will, and get closer to your goal, revenue, visibility and credibility – issimply will not happen. Basement Sound Productions basement, cellar and come across as if you go this way, more than likely, the results will cellar. Get your business properly made and not only see growth in the short term but long for your company.

Looking up this week from getting a reggae backing to sound like St Ann rather than St Felicity, I spotted the small dark mist in the usual corner behind the left monitor speaker. I have sometimes believed absolutely that this is my best muse, back from a pizza run to the outer starbelt. Or maybe just the golden ring around Uranus. Anyhoo…It seems to bring inspiration in a dark way: more Keith Richards than Cliff Richard, and I feel the urge to write something that involves leather, whips and a snare drum that sounds like Pavarotti hitting the water from the top board. I dig out my file called Heavy Riffs That AC/DC Lost Under The Driver’s Seat. It would help if the word MURDER appeared in the first lyric line: that always gets the bowie knives out. As Sam Goldwyn said: Start with an exploding volcano and build up from there to a climax.

I can’t emphasise how important the first two lines of the first verse are, in any song.This is where you the artist set the hook in their miniscule attention spans or not. If you simper your way into a song, as per a style I like to call Captain Cliche, you’ve probably lost them before the second guitar comes in. Please avoid a first verse that goes like this: ooh I love you, yes it’s true, what am I supposed to do, baby I know without you, all my dreams are down the loo…blah blah…

Anybody still awake? The only thing that might just save that song would be a beat strong enough to flip Lazarus out of the grave and over the horizon. I never thought that the years I spent writing ad copy for various ad agencies would be worth so much to me now. The rule in advertising is: when you’ve written the headline, you’ve spent 80c of your dollar. It’s got to hook them. It’s gotta say something different about a subject you’ve heard a million times. Take the neverending subject of LOVE ( also known as LURV…the NASTY…and BUMPING UGLIES) If I taught songwriting, one of the first projects I would set would have to be: write a song about LOVE, but make it interesting.Make it different. Make the listener say: I never thought of it that way before. Now Paul McCartney, being famous, doesn’t have to work as hard as the rest of us. So he calls it: Another Silly Love Song. With a chorus that goes: iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou. Phew, Macca…time to open the window!

Here’s how I do it: my song is called: If You Were Icecream… and the first verse is: If you were icecream, I would eat you, with a very small spoon… if you were starlight, I’d go to meet you, halfway to the moon… I think that’s a lot more interesting than Paulie’s but hey, he’s famous, and I’ve just started kicking at the door. For more examples of how I approach first verses and songs in general, scoot along to my new site or click on the link below.

Must get into town for some new acoustic guitar strings. Haven’t changed them for a year, and No..there’s no direct link between underwear rotation and guitar strings. And-a one…two…three…

Copyright 2005 Bill Dollar

Bill Dollar is a survivor of the record company wars. He currently lives on a small farm somewhere in the southern hemisphere, amongst cats,dogs and cobras.He writes songs he likes, because he’s not hearing anything worthwhile on the radio. Hear what he calls music at Bill Dollar Music

Alternate picking: Why do it?

Alternate picking is used in many styles of guitar. It’s most often used when you want to play at an extremely fast rate. Instead of just getting one note every time you move your picking hand down, you get two. It can easily double your playing speed, if you can do it well.

How to alternate pick

To actually do the basics with alternate picking is not hard. Pick down away from you on any one string, then pick up back towards you. That’s pretty much it. Make sure you don’t move your hand too far – if you can keep the pick close to the string, it can increase your speed. I personally find it easier to keep the pick under control by resting my hand against the guitar, underneath the string(s) I’m playing. Try to keep the pick flat when it strikes against the string, not angled. This makes it easier to move across the string in both directions.

Exercises to try

Here are a few exercises you can use to perfect your alternate picking technique. The first one is the most basic. This is good to do as a warmup.

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Start with a downstroke on the first note, then alternate each note up and down. If you have a metronome, use it to make sure you’re playing at a constant rate. This is crucial to get a clean sound – make sure you play evenly.

This next exercise is very good to perfect your synchronization between right and left hand. It may sound familiar to you.

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The trick to this one is to memorize it, then practice it. Start slowly, then gradually speed up. Make sure your notes all stay clean! It’s easy to crank up your speed, but if you don’t keep your alternate picking clean, it’s not worthwhile. Clean chops are much, much better than fast sloppy ones.

From here the next step is to alternate pick across multiple strings. The best way to do this is to pick one of your favorite scales – NOT a minor or major pentatonic, though. The pentatonics are not good because with these you don’t have to adjust picking direction on each string, since you only have two notes on each string. You want a scale where you have to pick in different directions when you change strings. This will help you adjust to keep your alternate picking moving across strings.

The Sweep Technique

If you’re going to cross strings often, you may want to learn the sweep technique. The sweep technique is used anytime you’re playing the last note on one string with a downstroke and you want to change to a higher string, or playing a note with an upstroke and changing to a lower string. Instead of alternate picking, you keep your hand moving in the same motion. So if you play a note on the B string with a downstroke, if you’re playing the next note on the high E, play it with another downstroke. This takes a lot of practice, but it can help improve your speed.

Crank up the speed!

Once you get your alternate picking down cleanly, you’ll notice your chops improve immensely. Just keep practicing with it, and you’ll keep getting faster. Remember to keep it clean, keep a constant tempo, and you’ll become a guitar master in no time!

Alan Marquez is a guitarist with over 10 years of experience. He plays on a weekly basis and has taught guitar for over five years. See his reviews on online guitar lesson packages at http://LearnGuitar.ReviewsOfStuff.com/

As my teenage contemporaries redecorated random homes with vast strands of bathroom tissue, I was cloistered away fervently practicing my violin five hours each day. My mother never once had to remind me to practice.

Musicians advocate that practice is of utmost importance in the development of any player. Jascha Heifetz, possibly the 20th Century’s most amazing violinist, said, If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

For something that is so crucial to musicians, it is surprising that so many players resist it. Telling a child to practice can be like asking him/her to eat brussels sprouts or to clean his/her room. As a violin teacher, I deal with the dreaded P word every week. (This also applies to adults!)

What’s so terrible about practicing?

Priorities: The common complaint is I don’t have any time to practice. Really, in the end it’s not a matter of having a full plate. The amazing players who practice every day are not working with 28-hours a day. Students who practice regularly have simply made practicing a priority. These dedicated individuals enjoy practicing and its benefits so much that they sacrifice other activities to make time for their playing.

This doesn’t mean you have to give your right arm as an offering to the merciless practice gods. You may get a bit less time on the tv or computer, or maybe you have to ignore the ringing phone until you’re done. A nip and tuck here and there can add up to a lot of previously unavailable time.

Be Inspired: The key to enjoyable practicing is inspiration. For example, when a musician feels inspired by a favourite song or role model s/he is compelled to practice. Inspiration frequently emerges while attending a live concert and meeting a famous musician. Just ask anyone who’s seen a famous musician play live in concert.

Perhaps the materials you’re working with are too dry for your tastes? Maybe you’re not being challenged enough? Discuss any inspirations or lack thereof with your teacher or another musician to get you back on track.

Set Goals: Many players also thrive on setting and meeting goals, such as to play with an advanced group, to learn a challenging piece, or to perform well in festival or an upcoming concert. My best music making has come from feeling inspired and by achieving personal aspirations.

Each summer I ask my students to set goals for the following fall and also for 1 year, 5 year and 10-year. Their responses are impressive; more than half aspire to teach violin someday and most others just want to be more confident players and to play for pay!

Check-Points: My job as teacher is to help the students make their goals a reality. We create appropriate time-lines for the goals, including check-points to make sure the players’ actions are aligned with their end goal.

For example, if a student’s goal is to master a concerto, we make sure they’ve have outlined the steps to learning the piece along with the technique and skills required required. I’ll practice these exercizes for two months, and by December I will be starting on 5th position.

Sometimes this practice involves excercizes, scales and theory, but other times it’s as simple as completing a book or gaining more confidence through public performance. By setting up check-points at comfortable intervals to make sure you are on the right track and to make the overall goal seem less daunting.

And besides, life is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the journey to meeting your goal and once you get there you’ll have plenty more road ahead to explore.

Goals Can Change: I’ve always got a list of short to long-term goals for myself, ranging from one-week, one-month, six-month, and 1, 2, 5, 10-year goals. Sometimes the goals change, which is okay because I am constantly learning and growing. What was important to me 10 years ago may not be a big deal to me now. The important thing

Incentives: Everything we work for has reward. Just as brussels sprouts contribute to physical health, practice contributes to better musicianship. However, musicianship just isn’t tangible to 5-year-olds.

Thus, teachers and parents are prompted to offer fun incentives for practice. Kids are rewarded with stickers, ice cream coupons and other treats. My students can earnFiddlebucks for their practicing, which can be used to purchase trinkets and toys.

These programs work for most children, but even stickers can become pass? after a while. Children should be encouraged to aspire to higher goals, thus setting higher rewards. As my students progress, they curb their spending to save Fiddlebucks for long-term rewards, like lunch with the teacher, which takes over a year to earn.

How to Practice: Though students understand the benefits and rewards of practice, many do not know exactly *how* to practice. Each teacher has particular requirements and expectations, but generally my start/focus/playtime routine works best.

Start: The student stretches and warms-up with long, clear tones, then scales and arpeggios, and finally a warm-up piece or exercise.

Focus: Here the student works on new and challenging pieces, paying close attention to detail and correcting mistakes but also focusing on his/her strengths. Focus allows the player to make improvements and build confidence simultaneously.

Playtime: Saving the best for last, Playtime is when the student reviews favourite songs and has some fun. Tasks such as playing with the radio (ear training in disguise), recording yourself, composition and improvising are all enjoyable assignments that can motivate a player.

Homework: Sometimes I assign violin homework to students of all ages. The assignments vary from draw a picture of your violin, to play a concert for your family andwrite a report about your favourite or a famous violinist. Interestingly all the children love these special assignments and become increasingly inspired and motivated to practice.

For example, one of my students e-mailed Natalie MacMaster for an essay project and was encouraged by Natalie, herself, to play the fiddle each day. The Cape Breton Canadian fiddler said, it really does make things better.

Consistency: I don’t know how many times I’ve heard, I meant to practice, but it slipped my mind. Consistency is the most important step to enjoying successful practice. The truth is that practice is best done and easiest when done consistently. The more we practice, the more we are inspired to practice.

Have a hard time with consistency? I’m sure you still manage to eat and sleep every day, so you’ll find a way to get the practice in if it works around one of those schedules! Play just after waking or right before bedtime. Eat your lunch halfway between your warm-up and pieces. When you make it a routine it’s harder to leave out of your day and you’ll actually get it done! No more guilty lessons!

Sometimes it’s not possible to play every day, but it does make a tremendous difference. For players just starting a consistent routine it’s best to do two shorter practices rather than one long one. Going at it full steam can tire a player out and make them less inclined to want to do it again. You’ll be left with more energy after a couple of shorter practices and will gradually lengthen them.

Family Support: It is of utmost importance that parents or spouses of aspiring musicians provide encouragement for the player. Never poke fun at sour notes or say things like, if you don’t practice we’ll take away your lessons. Through thick and thin the family’s job is to support the player as they master their art.

Other Perks: For students who still find it difficult to keep a practice routine I suggest they opt out of washing dinner dishes and serenade the dishwashers each night. It’s amazing how quickly they jump to it when they know there is no more dishwashing! There are countless other perks (excuses to get out of work) to practice that can be sorted out with your family.

I spent my formative years either grounded or due for a grounding due to the occasional landscaping mummification. However, in the 542 times I was grounded, my kind mother never took away my violin. I could be heard playing my violin sadly from my bedroom prison cell: Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.

And I loved it.

**Rhiannon Schmitt (nee Nachbaur) is a professional violinist and music teacher who has enjoyed creative writing for years.

She currently writes columns for two Canadian publications and has been featured in Australia’s Music Teacher Magazine. Writing allows her to teach people that the world of music is as fun as you spin it to be!

Rhiannon, age 29, has worn the hats of businesswoman, performer, events promoter, classical music radio host and school orchestra music arranger in rural British Columbia, Canada.

Her business, Fiddleheads Violin School & Shop, has won several distinguished young entrepreneur business awards for her commitment to excellence. Her shop offers beginner to professional level instruments, accessories and supplies for very reasonable prices: Visit http://www.fiddleheads.ca

Rhiannon is also Founding President of the Shuswap Violin Society which promotes violin & fiddle music and helps young musicians in need: http://www.violinsociety.ca

Hip hop message forums are out there for you. If you have a love of hip hop, you probably want to shout about it. Well do it! Talk about your favorite artists and what they are up to on hip hop message forums. Throughout the web, you will find various places to do this. There are often great websites out there that you can express your feelings, talk about your thoughts or just find out what is up with your favorite bands.

Hip hop message forums are a great place to stop and talk. Like the lyrics to a certain song? Want to find out the inside scoop on what your favorite hip hop artist is up to? The message forums are the places to go to find this. All sorts of various artists are out there and every once in a while you may just find one stopping in for a chat or a message about them. Hey, that?s worth it!

Of course, you can also use hip hop message forums to get in touch with others out there that love hip hop as much as you do. This is a great place to make some friends and talk some music. Get in touch with them in a safe place where you can just chat without worrying about anyone preying on you. Make some great friends and talk to others that love what you love, hip hop.

Hip hop message forums are out there and available to anyone who is looking for them. Some of the hottest hip hop sensations have their own chats and message forums. There are also a number of great websites that you can get online with others about hip hop in general. There are a million fans out there just like you who are looking to find someone to connect to. Get in touch with others and show off your knowledge of all that has to do with hip hop. Hip hop message forums are just the right place to do it.

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As I clicked on a popular music business forum, I was greeted with a question. Why won’t commercial radio play music by Indie Artists?

My reply to this person was as follows:

As a former Operations Manager and Music Director on both the Comm and Non-Comm sides, Let me break the reason down for you.

Commercial Radio needs ratings to get paid from advertisers. Most advertiser’s, on radio, are ad agencies. Ad agencies base their buys (sponsorships) on a Cost per point (CPP) basis. CPP is based on how many thousands of listeners a radio station can capture in a 15 minute period (or cume).

Many commercial radio [Program and Music don’t want to put thier ratings at risk, by airing an ‘untested song’ on the air. So what these commercial radio directors do, is, air music based on the national charts provided by Radio and Records, Broadcast Data Systems (BDS) and Billboard.

These charts are mainly influenced by the major labels via promotions and strategic alliances.

Your best best is to do like Knarles Barkley. Knarles Barkleys’ single Crazy went #1 on the internet and radio couldn’t help but to get them the single on the air.

Get your music on music submission sites, make some noise on the net, and get a CDBaby.com account so you can get your music on iTunes and start promoting.

I suggested this because the music business is going digital. Clear Channel has a partnership with GarageBand.com where they will feature a certain amount of new artists every week in on their website. Since Clear Channel is the biggest and most innovative broadcaster in the music business, it’s just a matter of time before the other cowardly copy-cat broadcasters will follow suit.

The world is going digital, while radio continutes to operate using an analog business model. You can be successful in the music business if you change your marketing model from analog to digital.

by Jeronimo Black

Jerome C. Ford is a 20 year Radio and Records Veteran, Music Marketing expert and Vice President of Succeed In the Music Biz!