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The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business
Yesterday, I launched a new blog series titled The Composer’s Guide to Doing Business at DennisTobenski.com. The new series is aimed at composers looking to become more entrepreneurial, and who want to learn more about the business aspects of the … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, blogs, business, composer, composer's guide, composers, dignity, distribution, doing business, engraving, fairness, music business, pricing, publishing, retail, rights, sales, scores, self-promotion, self-publishing
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Doing Business: DRM and Piracy
Every couple of months, the topic of Digital Rights Management (DRM) rears its ugly head when I’m talking to a composer or new music enthusiast about the NewMusicShelf. How does NMS ensure the security of the composer’s scores once someone … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, business, distribution, doing business, DRM, fairness, income, music business, newmusicshelf, piracy, pricing, publishing, retail, rights, sales
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Pricing: A Practical Approach
In an effort to make pricing my scores easier and less subjective, I’ve been tinkering with a series of formulas to tell me what I should charge, and I think I’ve come up with some good stuff. However, before I … Continue reading
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Pricing: The Goldilocks Zone
When I’ve talked to other composers about self-publishing and selling their own works, one of the most consistent stumbling blocks is the issue of pricing. It can be very difficult to evaluate whether a given price is too high or … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, affordability, business, competition, fairness, growth, income, music business, overhead, pricing, publishing, sales, scores, self-publishing
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