“I have known Chuck for many years. He’s still one of the finest guitarists on the planet. Glad he is back on the scene”.

-Jimmy Bruno, Internationally Renowned Jazz Guitarist

For the past 8 months I’ve had the pleasure of working with one of the world’s greatest teachers and composers of the jazz guitar, Chuck Anderson. We’ve really come a long way over this period of time and chuck is using his blog and social media to spread the word and teach the word about his unique teaching methods. He’s even given me inspiration to finally get off my butt and pick up the guitar for once and for all, and I look forward to our future Skype lessons! Here’s a little background info on Chuck and links to his works, where you can see some of the work we have done together.

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Luckily for you guys we snagged 10 free accounts (a $99 value) that are available on a first come, first serve basis. The only deal is this – if I give you one of the codes, I need your feedback! I’ve known about the product for a few months now and, while I was skeptical about it at first, actually playing around with it changed my mind.

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A new report published this week claims that Apple’s iTunes has grown even more to take a nice 28% of total music sales in the United States, with Amazon and Walmart tying for second place; digital sales now make up 40% of the market. Record labels are pissed, as their empire of over-priced CD product continues to dwindle.

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Gritty Hard-Hitting Rock N’ Roll is what Diablo Royale is all about. With their sophomore release, GREEDY DOGS, the New York City based five-piece band further hones their sound into something original and “in-your-face”.

When guitarist Eric Choy and drummer Mike Sankari met guitarist Gerard (G-Man) Steixner, the seeds of what would become DR were planted. The three hunkered down in their basement rehearsal studio appropriately named “The Sweatshop” to write songs and find other musicians. As Choy recalls, “We wrote and auditioned twice a week every week for two hours every rehearsal…we must have seen over 100 people.” So after countless auditions over the course of nine months, the trio finally met vocalist Adrian Barrios and Diablo Royale was formed.

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One of the things Greg and I have been working on for some time is creating a more tight knit community for our members to participate it in. While the forum we have is a great way for all of us to communicate with each other, we know when it comes to shooting quick updates or links out for the rest of us to view and share, it could be done in a simpler fashion.

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Smash City Gauntlet’s new EP, There Goes The Neighborhood, keeps the carbon footprint off the globe with environmentally friendly hip-hop. This Earth Day, Smash City Gauntlet wants you to think about hip-hop and the environment.

There Goes The Neighborhood, features 5 pollution free hip-hop cuts produced by Optiks (Blitz the Ambassador), Abbott and Sneaka Freak.

“With so much noise pollution in hip-hop we wanted to put something out that gave back to the environment and made people excited to listen to hip-hop as loud as they can in their headphones,”

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Here’s a wake up call to musicians – you’re not going to make a lot off selling just your music online – you gotta have a real business model. Thanks to Information is Beautiful for putting together the research.

Cherry Suede operates differently than most bands. They distribute their music for free. They play shows at fans’ houses. They mentor other artists. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when they entered a contest that could get them an opening slot at a Bon Jovi show, they would find an innovative method to help them win.

Bon Jovi’s SuperBAND Tonight contest gives local bands a chance to open a Bon Jovi show for their hometown crowd. The contest is set up as a series of battles pitting four songs at a time against each other. Fans rank the four songs from best to worst, and then move on to another battle. The band with the most popular song wins the opening slot for the show in their city.

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Multi-faceted hip-hop artist, rapper, at times a singer depending on the hook, all-around descriptive, well-spoken, and delivers the heat in unique style with vocal clarity. Having overcome many obstacles and striving for self-betterment each year, Koom the Ripper brings substance and style to hip hop.

He is concerned with doing justice to the song; not concerned with feeding a starving ego. Diverse subject matter is the foundation for each focused song, featuring head-nodding instrumentals, and fresh delivery on the “American Muscle” record.

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Quiet Entertainer is a one-man project from Greg Freeman. He's an producer & DJ who creates ambient electronica music while blending it with hip-hop. His music has been explained by his fans as a combination of DJ Shadow, Boards of Canada, & Blue Man Group. Q.E.'s signature release is his Machismo EP, featuring both his sonic, ethereal production and Nashville area rappers to complement the tracks.

Q.E. makes you dance & trip out

Quiet Entertainer has steadily been doing shows and building a reputation for giving an amazing live performance every time. For booking, you can email greg@quietentertainer.com

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I’ve has the pleasure of working with a number of artists over the past year or so, whether it’s having a conversation over beers, teaching them through Label 2.0, or actually working for them. Below is a list of the latter, artists who have hired me to create a killer web presence. While a lot goes in to their development, I’ll let my work speak for itself.

Oakland, CA’s MC Azeem

John Gillette & Megastar Records

Brent James Rock

Learn Jazz Guitar with Chuck Anderson

Fudge Rock Band Devi

Hello students & clients of mine – whether you’re just jumping on board the Evolvor train or have been with me for a few years, I hope I’ve proven through working with you that I have the knowledge and ability to help you in your music endeavors. It’s a tough, tough world out there I know, and without a zillion dollars to dump into marketing and advertising, trying to “make it” seems near impossible. And I would agree that it is.

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I want to first thank Chris from Bandzoogle for approaching me to do an interview for them; anytime I get asked to do an interview I gain a new found confidence in what I preach and teach and it feels good to know that people are paying attention.

It’s taken years of hard work to be able to understand all the different facets of the digital music business (not to mention marketing online in general to back it all up), and every interview I do I get to introduce many musicians and industry professionals my perception of how to get your name out there and get people’s attention.

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Alice in Chains, who are in the middle of a massive North American tour, will be taking the time to interact with fans on their Livestream profile on Wednesday March 10th at 7 PM EST.

With Livestream as the exclusive streaming provider for the chat, the player widget for the webcast can be embedded anywhere. Integration with Facebook and Twitter allows viewers to engage in an online conversation with other fans and the band. For more information on the chat visit www.livestream.com/aliceinchains or the Alice in Chains Facebook page.