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Can Everyone Hear My Song?

One of the greatest advantages of being a Broadjam member is having such a large platform on which to showcase your music. Moreover, you’re amongst thousands of other members who are just waiting to hear it - so just make sure that they can.

Once you’re on your song edit page (by way of the floating menu bar at the bottom of your profile page), you’ll notice a column on the right-hand side that reads “Status.” For each of the songs you have activated, there will be an icon in the shape of a padlock under the “Status” column. If the padlock is open, that means that other members are able to look up your song and listen to it. If the padlock is closed, that means your song is invisible to others. This function can be turned on and off anytime you’d like by simply clicking on the padlock.

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So, if you want more ears on your music, make sure it’s unlocked!

Posted by Broadjam on Feb 8, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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The Studio Devil Song of the Month Contest

We’ve updated the Broadjam Monthly Contests to have a new format. Now, the monthly contests will have a sponsor, new each month, allowing us to award more prizes to winners than ever before. Studio Devil has kindly sponsored the two contests for this February.

The first contest is The Studio Devil Song of the Month Contest. This is open to ANY song, regardless of genre, style or content. The second is The Studio Devil Love Song of the Month Contest. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, this contest is open to all songs that have to do with love.

This month, three artists in each contest will win, so enter now.

Posted by Broadjam on Feb 2, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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The Floating Menu Bar – Your Primary Access Point

We blogged about this a few weeks ago and wanted to mention it again. Broadjam recently updated the profile menu on the member profile page. You can now use the floating menu (located at the bottom of your profile page) to access many of the features on Broadjam. The menu is separated into four sections: My Content, My Account, My Messages and My Broadjam. Here are a few of the features you can access:

My Content

  • dd/Edit songs, photos, videos, etc.
  • Edit your bio page

My Account

  • Edit your username and password (under “Account”)
  • Access your Hosting Admin (including your Sync button)
  • Manage which licensing notifications you wish to receive (under “My Privacy”)
  • View your Sales and Purchases pages

My Messages

  • Check your mailbox
  • View your connection requests

My Broadjam

  • Renew/Upgrade your membership
  • Access your previous licensing and contest submissions
  • View previous music reviews

The floating menu makes Broadjam interface easier so you can have more time to make music!

Posted by Broadjam on Jan 29, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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The 7th Can

Now that the 2009 6-Pack Contest has come to a close, we’re doing some updates. At the suggestion of several members, we are renaming The 6-Pack Blog to The 7th Can. This is in direct response to all who have affectionately referred to this blog as such.

As always, feel free to use this as a place to reminisce on past competitions, offer feedback for future improvements, share your music and music of others, or just keep in touch. And, when the 2010 6-Pack begins, your competitive banter can carry on!

Posted by Broadjam on Jan 26, 2010 in The 7th Can

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Peer Review System for Licensing Opportunities

Are you involved in Broadjam’s peer review system? You should be, especially if you’re also taking advantage of our music licensing opportunities. Once members submit a song to a licensing opportunity, they have the option to conduct peer reviews for other songs that have been submitted to the same opportunity. Members that complete at least two sets of peer reviews for an opportunity will be able to see the percentile ranking of the song they submitted.

In other words, if you complete the reviews, you can see for yourself how your song is ranking amongst other submissions. When opportunity providers are presented with the submissions, the songs will be ordered by the percentile rankings, but the providers will ultimately make the final decision. We encourage all of members to complete these reviews, but they are not required.

If you’d like to complete a peer review for a licensing opportunity, go the “My Submissions” page, find the opportunity you’re interested in and click the “Review” button on that line (note: if there is no review button, it means that this opportunity is no longer accepting reviews or that reviews have not opened yet).

Once you reach the “Review Opportunities” page, you’ll see that there are three anonymous songs listed at the top of the page. To complete the reviews, you just need to listen to all three of them and rank one as “Good,” one as “Better” and one as “Best.” Once that is done, just click the “Submit” button. And remember, in order to see your song’s percentile ranking, you need to complete at least two sets of reviews per song submission. When you repeat the process, you’ll be given a new set of songs to rank.

More info on music licensing can be found here. Again, these reviews are not required. This is simply another feature we have on Broadjam that allows members to get more involved in the process. Thanks for helping out!

Posted by Broadjam on Jan 25, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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12/31 Weekend Quickie Winner

The Hillbilly Hellcats won the 12/31 Weekend Quickie contest with their song “I’m a Bowler.” The group currently has two CD’s and one EP, all of which have had great international success. Their amusing lyrics are playful and rhythmic. In 2009, they experimented with a rockabilly/hip-hop EP, titled “Hollywood Heaven.”

The new Sonoma Wire Works Weekend Quickie Contest launches today! It will be open for submissions through Sunday, the 24rd at 12:00 PM Central. Reviews will then be open until the following Thursday, 12:00 PM Central. The winner will be announced on Friday.

Posted by Broadjam on Jan 21, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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World Help For Haiti

World Help for Haiti is a global movement for performing musicians to ply their talents to benefit Haitian disaster relief efforts, now. All proceeds go directly to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, Bill Clinton’s Haiti Relief Fund, and the American Red Cross International Response Fund. If you’d like to help the people of Haiti and learn more about this organization, click here.

www.worldhelpforhaiti.org

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Posted by Broadjam on Jan 19, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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Instruments into Kids’ Hands

Please consider donating a few CDs to help put “Instruments into Kids’ Hands.” Broadjam will be auctioning off gift baskets of donated CDs from our artists to raise funds for the Madison Area Music Awards Inc. (MAMAs) in Madison, Wisconsin. See www.themamas.org for more information on their mission of “Putting Instruments into Kids’ Hands.” We encourage Broadjam members around the world to consider donating a copy or two of your CD releases to this great charity. CDs must be received by March 1st, 2010. As always, we appreciate your support!

Please send copies of your CDs to:

CDs for Charity
c/o Broadjam Inc.
6401 Odana Rd.
Madison, WI 53719

Your donation to the MAMAs 501(c)(3) organization may also be considered tax deductible. Requests for a receipt of your donation can be sent to cdsforcharity@broadjam.com.

Posted by Broadjam on Jan 13, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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12/23 Weekend Quickie Winner

Congratulations to Andre Kerek for winning the 12/23 Weekend Quickie Contest with his song “A Midnight Lover.” This smooth love song is perfect for setting the mood of a romantic evening.

Thanks to everyone for their participation in the Weekend Quickie Contests. There will now be one weekend quickie contest per month during the second weekend of each month, so be on the lookout!

Posted by Broadjam on Jan 8, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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Floating Profile Menu

We recently made some upgrades to the website, including the profile menu bar that appears on each member’s profile. Members can now use the floating menu bar to access many of Broadjam’s features, including song, video and photo uploads. It is also the access point for editing your profile content, checking on your licensing submissions, syncing your hosting website, upgrading/renewing your membership and many other features.

The menu bar is located at the bottom of the profile page and allows quicker access to more menu items. Always feel free to contact us with any questions and we will be happy to help.

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Posted by Broadjam on Jan 6, 2010 in Broadjam Blog

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