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With MySpace shrinking where can musicians go?

Musicians and bands need the best tools to promote their music business which includes Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation and your own website. MySpace announced this week they are laying off 47% of their staff. EOL MySpace

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Musicians and bands need the best tools to promote their music business which includes Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation and your own website.

MySpace announced this week they are laying off 47% of their staff.

The death of MySpace can’t be long off. What will that mean to musicians on MySpace for fan reach?

That is one more indicator that musicians who want to control their business success have to maintain their own websites from which they can interact with fans, sell music and swag and create a unique place to belong.

Musicians have already migrated to Facebook and 1 million of them to Reverbnation. Continue reading →

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NJN Network donates Blue Christmas proceeds to Schizophrenia Society

Stephen Pate editor and owner of NJN Network has recorded the Elvis classic Blue Christmas and is donating all proceeds to the Schizophrenia Society. Even internet downloads or sharing will generate a donation.

PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 20, 2010 – Stephen Pate, editor and owner of NJN Network, has recorded the Elvis classic Blue Christmas and is donating the proceeds plus more to charity.

“Christmas is supposed to be a happy time,” said Pate “but for the many people suffering from mental disabilities it can be a time of deeper anguish.”

“The song is about a boy who misses his girlfriend at Christmas. We thought it would be nice to donate the proceeds to the Schizophrenia Society who help people with mental illness and resulting disabilities.”

“Since file sharing is popular these days, we are donating $.10 cents for every person who listens to the song or downloads it for free. When the song is purchased for $0.99 we will donate $1.09.”

NJN Network has also donated all production costs and the copyright royalty to this project. The musicians donated their time. Avolve Technology donated their graphic design for the cover art. Continue reading →

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Blue Christmas from NJN Network

Merry Christmas from NJN Network with our version of the Elvis Presley classic song

We’ve been working on our Christmas present to you for over two weeks. Now it’s ready for you to listen and enjoy.

The band mates who performed on the song are Denis Larocque (guitar), Ronnie “Bunnie” MacLean (drums), and Tom LeClair (bass) and myself (guitar, vocals). Full credits and special thanks are covered after the page break.

You can share the song with this link. You can also download it for free by clicking on the download button on the Reverbnation site.

Many people are more than blue at Christmas. We’re encouraging a voluntary donation to the Schizophrenia Society of PEI, P.O. Box 25020,Charlottetown P.E.I. C1A 9N.

Or you can donate online in Canada or the United States. Any proceeds from sales of the song will be donated to either group depending on their origin.

As a matching donation, NJN Network is donating $0.10 for each time you listen to the song.

We had a good time recording this song and hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

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