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- Wrangling with the Web, Part Four: How one smart band does it
The tools now available to any musician via the digital revolution are both mind-blowing and soul-crushing, and few are the resources to help sort the good from the bad.
Canasta is one of the smartest and hardest-working bands on the local music scene, and violinist-vocalist Elizabeth Lindau and bassist-vocalist Matt Priest graciously agreed to a series of interviews conducted via GooglePlus Hangout to answer these questions: “What advice can you offer younger bands about wrangling with the Web? And what are your thoughts on the best and worst digital tools now available to musicians?”
The fourth part of our five-part series addresses Canasta’s dealings with the performers’ rights organizations ASCAP and SoundExchange and streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify, in addition to its thoughts on good old-fashioned physical product.
Canasta can be found on the web at www.canastamusic.com, as well as on Twitter and Facebook. The group performs a free show at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora at 9 p.m. Friday.
If you enjoyed this series, you may also want to consider Sound Opinions Presents: Everything You Need to Know About the Music Industry in 2014 at the Old Town School of Folk Music starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 5. Tickets and more details can be found here.
Earlier in this series
Part One: Facebook, iTunes, CDBaby, All Music, Twitter & MySpace
Part Two: The frustrations of YouTube & Rumblefish
Part Three: The frustrations of MTV, festivals, SonicBids & other scams
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