This site is my notebook—I keep all my music info and links here so it’s normally up-to-date. This page tells you roughly what’s new so you can catch up on new resources and changes. If you find any dead links or other problems please let me know. Thanks.
| 28 | CD postage costs updated (CD costs). CD calculation updated to show MCPS before VAT rather than after VAT (CD costs). Sitemap updated to show recent additions. Popular delusions edited. The money sponge finished for now. |
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| 27 | Music biz news updated. |
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| 26 | A few tweaks to The money sponge and it probably needs a few more to flow better. Also split the Music web zines etc. out of the Independents page. |
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| 24 | Rewrote The money sponge but didn’t split it. |
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| 20 | Full site edit, additions and some reshuffling. The money sponge article needs a rewrite and I’ll probably split it up next. |
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| 19 | New home page look! Getting started diagram colours tidied up. Music biz news updates. |
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| 13 | Music business news updated. Stylesheet menu cursor anchors changed. Some other additions. |
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| 9 | A new page Getting started to introduce the DIY section. Some minor additions. I renamed links directory (Music biz links) to match-up with the rest of the August redesign. |
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| 6 | Weekly updates to Music business news. Some minor additions and tweaks elsewhere. |
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| 31 | Link check. Harbottle Bluebells link replaced with MusicTank seminar, Simple Machines Guide replaced with newer pdf link, BPI Music Education Directory site deleted. Pitchfork, Gajoob and Starpolish all having what look like temporary problems. |
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| 29 | Additional material for Royalties and licenses. Some cosmetics and minor additions. |
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| 25 | Additional material for Royalties and licenses, Collection societies, Music copyright and Facts and Figures. |
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| 23 | Recording and Download formats revised to reflect the split. |
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| 20 | A small aftershock: Download formats split out of Recording. A major re-write of download formats next. Minor tweaks and additions. The new layout is appearing in Google already. |
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| 19 | Proof-reading corrections to the new site. Additions to Royalties and licenses, Collection societies and Labels and publishers. Other minor additions. Some dummy pages put back to help with the main 404s. |
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| 14 | Link check using BLT. It works OK but doesn’t seem to multi-thread—I’ll probably buy it anyway. 2 dead links deleted (Jesus Jones book, Carlos Presents) ElectronicScene renamed ArtistServer, and some others reset. A few remaining format glitches fixed. |
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| 13 | Some format corrections and new text. Additions to the Site map and FAQ. Spellcheck. |
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| 12 | So, on my Google 3rd birthday: here’s The Big One. First an apology about your bookmarks—I had to move everything this time. The old pages just got too big. The furtive shuffling of the past few months is now out of the closet.
The menus have been renamed and the files are now in the right place with the right names. There are some additions to the content but the main difference is the new menus and organisation. You can see my stylesheet—not because it’s great, just in case it helps.
4 files have gone completely: Music biz notes, Digital dead ends, Opinion diary and HTML entities. Most of the other files have been split (there are twice as many pages now) and the contents are better organised. A lot of stuff has been moved and improved. I’ve been using the site for about 4 weeks offline and it’s a lot easier to get around. The Site map and FAQ are completely rewritten and there’s more info in the Glossary.
There’s less duplication and it will be quicker to update. Google search will be behind for a couple of weeks, so expect a bit of mayhem with that. I’ve also made a complete review of all the text so it’s bang up to date. |
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| 25 | More links in the Glossary. Contract jargon moved to How do I get signed?. VAT threshold updated to £60,000. Some other text changes. |
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| 24 | The first 100 Glossary entries are now complete and all the main links are done. I renamed the Site map Find… to reflect its extra options. The whole site is now centred on music biz, DIY and the web. |
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| 22 | Music biz diagrams improved to match Music biz 2. |
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| 19 | Finally got round to colouring the original Music Biz diagram arrows. More improvements to the Glossary and some other tweaks. |
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| 15 | New music business diagram in Music biz 2. More additions and tidying in the Glossary. |
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| 14 | Daily tweaks to the new site layout and updates to the Glossary this week. |
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| 10 | New site layout to make space for some more content and organise things better. All your old bookmarks will still work. My music pages will be turned into my new band site and won’t be on this one. |
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| 2 | New Opinion article Common misconceptions about the music business and record industry. Fixed the “jump to menu” icon on the Opinion pages. |
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| 27 | New site email address to sidestep the spam. I’ll change this fairly regularly (I’m also cutting over to spam-free email, so if you have another address it might lapse). The address on the site will always work but it won’t stay the same. |
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| 25 | Fairly major directory tidy-up. Apologies, but you might want to update bookmarks for Sitemap , Links, the DIY list, the About page and this page. Link check and updates (goodbye to Laura Holson, James Wilcox, Cody Chesnutt, Besonic, AFIM and e-pack). |
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| 24 | Minor information updates, some links fixed and some cosmetic tweaks. |
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| 11 | Major rework of The Beatles recordings page. The dates now show the original UK releases (they were a bit of a mixture) and I added a clear release list. |
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| 8 | General updates and a few glitches from the stylesheet work fixed. |
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| 5 | Fixed the multi-coloured tables stylesheet and tidied up their main Music biz and Beatles pages. Also, checked The Beatles’ singles dates—no two books agree entirely, but I think I improved the accuracy of the list. |
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| 4 | A few cosmetic changes and some updates to DIY and Indie. |
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| 3 | Completed adding stylesheets and hacking out the hard formatting today. Also checked through all the text and made a few improvements. Some links checked and updated. |
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