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Yeah yeah, we know: we’ve already showcased great guest posts of 2010, but there was too much to chose from, and we just couldn’t leave these out.

Behind The Blogs was one of our first recurring features, and with it we tried to provide a look at how bloggers, some of the newest and most important players in the digital music ecosystem, viewed the industry.

Originally, we expected to spend a lot of time chatting with a lot of lonely dudes who live in their parents’ basements. Boy were we wrong.

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Professionals in the music industry love to get together to share ideas with each other. After all, like The Beatles sang, we get by with a little help from our friends.

Festivals and conferences this year have been fantastic ways to network with all sorts of people and learn from each other. We were lucky enough to be able to attend some of those events this year and share with you, our loyal readers, what went down.

Best Production Tips

by WAMM on December 23, 2010 · 5 comments

One of the biggest coups we had this year was securing the services of Simon Langford.

If you don’t follow dance music, Langford’s name might not ring a bell. But Langford, who’s produced several top 20 hit remixes, including official releases for artists like Britney Spears and Rihanna, knows his way around a studio, and we’ve compiled his best work for you. [click to continue…]

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2010 Highlights: Best Features

December 22, 2010

Even in this newfangled new media landscape, it’s still about quality over quantity. Whether you’re blogging, tweeting, vlogging, checking in, or hosting live chats in your basement after your mother’s gone to sleep, what you’re saying is far more important than how quickly you say it, which is why we’ve decided to show off some [...]

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2010 Highlights: Best Guest Posts

December 20, 2010

Ever since this site launched back in March, we’ve spent a lot of time trying to solicit expert advice. As a new site, this can be difficult. People had no idea who we were, and they were upset by our constant begging, by our late night phone calls, by the oil-smeared, battered boxes we’d leave [...]

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End Of Year Roundup: Our Friends’ Bests

December 17, 2010

All week, we’ve been hitting you with some top-shelf reviews of all the wonderful things that have been done by and happened for independent musicians. This is the recap.

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End of Year: Worst Artist Marketing Ideas

December 16, 2010

As much as we love to recognize and celebrate the wonderful work done by others at the end of a year, we also really, really like making fun of their mistakes. Here, without further ado, are some of the worst marketing moves made by bands this year:

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