Drummer Hunter News

Our friends are throw a pretty great music fest right before SXSW. So you should double up and go to both! Here’s what it’s all about right from their maw.

For one incredible weekend, some of modern music’s most eclectic and electrifying bands will be drowning out the mainstream in Savannah, GA. Immerse yourself in the sound served up from over 70 bands that are changing the sonic landscape of the indie scene. Get close to the stage and take all the phone pics you can, because this will definitely be the last time you can say you saw them first.

For ticket information visit: www.savannahstopover.com. Like them on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/SavannahStopover

Radical.fm is part Pandora, partturntable.com. When it launches later this year, this personalized streaming music service includes the ability to “RadCast” streams in real time. A related service,Radical Indie will offer a free, worldwide internet radio service for musicians and fans of unsigned artists. A DJ feature allows musicians to host their own programs and speak directly to fans.

How Indie Artists Can Get Involved Now:

Got videos of your band? Want to make a little passive cash. Slap some ads on that hoss. Here’s how.

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I was at a digital music event earlier this year, and was shocked to find out how many people had not heard how easy it is to monetize your YouTube channel through Ads.  YouTube will pay you for doing what you already do! Take your money!

Here’s how it works…..

YouTube offers revenue sharing for their ‘Partners’ through advertising that they show on your videos and pages.  You are eligible (in fact, they want artists!) to become a partner by filling out the Partner Application.

Please note that you cannot become a Partner if you cover songs on your channel!  You need the global rights to all video, images, and audio used on your channel.  Just don’t use anyone else copyrighted content and you will be good!

The main benefits of being a YouTube partner:

• Gain advertising revenue
• Advanced channel branding and design (Customize Top Banner and Side Box - See Example)
• Access to YouTube’s Content ID, which lets you track, monetize, or block any uploaded videos using your songs

Kind of a cool little doc about crowdsurfing. Lot’s of accents and weird names for things…watch it, and you’ll see what we mean.

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Ever wish you could sneak a peak at real major label record contract? You can, thanks to Benjamin Burnley, frontman of hard rockers Breaking Benjamin. He’s fired the band guitarist and bassist, Aaron Fincke and Mark Klepaski, and filed launched a lawsuit against them. Burnley claims they have making decisions on behalf of the band, like releasing a greatest hits and remixing some tracks, without his authorization. They’ve countersued, but the real winners are the musicians who get to look at this major label contract between the band an Disney’s Hollywood Records.

The entire court filing is available thanks to Tunelab. The actual record contract starts on page 25.

If the external PDF isn’t loading correctly into the viewer below, you can view a version hosted directly by Google Docs.

These Breaking Benjamin court documents are public record. These are the court documents in full, with the exception of sensitive personal information being redacted.

Via Hypebot and Tunelab