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		<title>Exclusive Contracts vs. Non-Exclusive Contracts with Music Libraries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This topic has been coming up a lot lately and also I had the opportunity to hear about this from some of the bigger libraries recently and thought I&#8217;d weigh in on it. In my experience, most non-exclusive deals are also re-titling, where the library creates a &#8220;derivative work&#8221; simply by giving your piece a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmazzei.com/2010/04/14/exclusive-contracts-vs-non-exclusive-contracts-with-music-libraries/</link>
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		<title>Is a professional composer an artist?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently my music was forwarded to a high powered game composer agent.  I heard him speak at the TAXI road rally in Nov. 2009 and he explicitly said that he didn&#8217;t need anything he already had, and to avoid sending him anything like that.  In the process of doing research on game music in preparation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmazzei.com/2010/02/11/is-a-professional-composer-an-artist/</link>
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		<title>Free Download!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a free download of a moody, electro/orchestral piece. As always, I hope it evokes images and feelings for you. Enjoy! http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2268920]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmazzei.com/2010/01/17/free-download/</link>
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		<title>Week 3: Optimize my website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I actually upgraded my website before I started the CyberPR blog contest/challenge and now I&#8217;m catching up with my blogging so here goes: Welcome to my new, updated, optimized website!! On Ariel Hyatt&#8217;s recommendation, I hired Nick from Skyrocket Websites http://skyrocket.me/ and I&#8217;m very happy with how it turned out. I&#8217;m going to make a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmazzei.com/2010/01/17/week-3-optimize-my-website/</link>
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		<title>Going up?  15 second elevator pitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Evocative Music for Media. Electro/Orchestra, Ambient, Electronic. Emotional, Dramatic, Powerful, Quirky, Soft. John Williams meets Trent Reznor at Bernard Hermann&#8217;s restaurant for lunch.&#8221; That&#8217;s my 15 second pitch. Does it give a good impression of who I am and what my music sounds like? It&#8217;s tough to boil it all down to a simple, concise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmazzei.com/2010/01/17/going-up-15-second-elevator-pitch/</link>
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		<title>Goals!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, those pesky goals!  I&#8217;m participating in Ariel Hyatt&#8217;s 9 week blog contest based on her book and the first week is the goal setting week.  How propitious that this is happening at the end of the year, right when lots of folks do their New Year&#8217;s Resolutions. I&#8217;ve had a love/hate relationship with goals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://johnmazzei.com/2009/12/21/goals/</link>
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