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ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM: 210 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM: 210 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center
The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 210 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs…

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How can an upcoming band fund a trip abroad without signing to a record label?

Money can be generated by the artist through music sales but this revenue is never going to be very high until the band has loads of fans! Usually the actual recording will cost more than the sales revenue so there is no spare money to pay for other things. Without considering a record label as an option (we want to go it alone, we don’t believe in labels) what other ideas do people have for generating enough money for the primary purpose of funding a trip to play gigs abroad?