Slank's Songs Reverberate in USA

Slank is one of the best band in Indonesia today, which last year released the English Version Album titled "Anthem For The Broken Hearted". the launch of this album is one step for Slank to initiate steps for go international. and now, this album beginning to reap success. How not, Slank's english lyrics songs has reverberate and become public consumption in the United States of America (U.S.A.), because often to playing on the local radio, mall, casinos, and other public area.

Proud! That is now perceived Slank band, and the whole Slankers (as fans slank) and all music lovers in Indonesia.

The song "Too Sweet to Forget" is a song that often playing in LA, even in Las Vegas, At the casinos and also played in the mall. English version album of Slank has been prepared since last year (2008). The recording process worked from July through August 2008 in Los Angeles, USA. Before the release in the country (Indonesia), this album was released in the U.S. before.

For their new album, Slank has a great way to promote. The way they think works to suppress piracy songs that have not fully eradicated. Slank, chose to promote their album by "selling merchandise" and get bonus that is Slank's album (Anthem for the Broken Hearted), plus VCD of Slank World Tour 2008.

"With sales by this way, is a form of  Slank resistance to against piracy", said Kaka (vocalist)

Hopefully, this success will followed by other Indonesian Bands/Singers who can penetrate the American music market or widely.

Utilizing Facebook for Music Promotion

As we know, Facebook is a social media that world's most popular on the internet today. Facebook fever swept almost all walks of life from children to old poeples. According to some writings, Facebook users around the world recorded more than 130 million people now. Higher than any other social network visitors are more popular once like MySpace or Friendster. even, Elected President of the United States, Barack Obama, also using Facebook for president campaigne, others make own website.

Creative workers (Musician) in Indonesia was a lot later use Internet technology as an alternative and even now as a trend in musical exploration. most of them come from the independent or indie musician - who was tied with a big record label (major labels). Therefore they become very creative in maximizing the existing limitations. this is one way of harnessing technology for the promotion, distribution, and sale of music works, also reach the fans as much as possible through an increasingly digital world rapidly.

Utilizing Facebook with a page on Facebook, or make some applications for music promotion, is a technique that is a favorite campaign moment. one of the applications for promotion of music through facebook is My Band. This application is a third-party applications from ReverbNation (ReverbNation is revolutionizing the music ecosystem by bringing together artists, fans, venues, and record labels to forge relationships around the music) and, still many other ways to explore music on Facebook.

See example image of My Band application on Facebook below :

Facebook is now no longer the site just to make a friendship, dating, or relationship (initial goal was established), but has become a new trend and become one of the "important vocabulary" in the social life everyday. Started politicians, celebrities, businessmen, students, school students, and housewives in many countries in the world, also in Indonesia, which is now practically ridden Fecebook fever. so, Facebook will be useful if used for positive things.

How to Free Download Videos from YouTube

YouTube is one of the most popular social media on the internet. YouTube is a video sharing site, where everyone can upload, watch, share, and even download any video for free. Generally the videos on YouTube are music clips (video clip), thriller movies, TV shows pieces, and a video home made of the users themselves.

However, there is little problem if the internet access that we use are slowly. because to watch videos directly from YouTube will slightly reduce the comfort for the stuttering image (loading). to overcome this problem, the only way to watch the videos smoothly is to download the video file from YouTube to your PC. because in addition to smoothly, we are not burdened by the cost of Internet access.

Here are some tips on how to download videos from Youtube.

1. Go to YouTube website at www.youtube.com, then input text on the search box in YouTube, for any video you are looking for.

2. After that search results will show the videos that you are looking for, then select one of them and see video demo.

3. And, after feel right and like that video, then copy the video URL address.

4. after that open a new browser, and go to this site. after the open, paste the URL address of that video and click "Sedot Video".

5. Wait a moment for loading process, and after that will appear the URL file link below. Save as that link to your HD/PC. (after the download file is completed, the file is in FLV format)

6. If you have the FLV Player, the download process is completed. but if you want to change the file format to formats of AVI, MPEG, even MP3, etc, you should download the application at smallvideosoft.com (free). Download one of these applications (eg Freez Flv to AVI / MPEG / WMV Converter), and follow the steps very easily.

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How to Sell Your Own Song/Music Online

To sell your own song/music online on the internet, of course there are things that must be properly prepared and necessary strategies and campaigns telling, in the hope that our songs more widely accepted from around the world.

How to Sell Your Own Song/Music Online?
Prior to the steps of strategies and promotional, technical issues that must be prepared is as follows:

1. Song/music itself is must original. 
"This is the most important things" of the entire process of selling the song/music. because it is impossible to sell a song, if you do not have the song creation itself :-). the song itself of course must be original, and has the quality.

For terms of quality here, is the technical or quality of the resulting record. good assessment of whether or not of a song is relative.

2. Quality of song.
As mentioned in point 1, the quality here is the sound produced should be a professional recording standards. that through several processes such as tracking, editing, mastering, balancing, etc.

3. Duration of song.
The duration of a song actually is not a rule. but in commercial music industry, the duration of a song is important because the demands of the media (TV & Radio) who has to restrict the broadcasting and broadcast songs with a variety of reasons. duration of a commercial songs ranging from 3 - 5 minutes. 

4. File Format.
Your songs in the form of digital files, with the MP3 format (44.1 kHz - 320 bitrate or higher), or WAV format (44.1KHz, 16 bit samples, no compression).

5. Online Payment.
For this thing is a must, to do a variety of online financial transaction. almost all the sites to make transactions online using Paypal. Sign-up Paypal for free here..

6. Digital Art.
This is quite important that useful as a cover album, can be a photo or image art. must in digital image quality for maximize results.
 
That's all I can share. if you want to add more info or any question, I wait your comments below.

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