MusicMaster Blog

See You in Chicago?

The NAB Radio Show is fast approaching and we are looking forward to spending some time with our existing clients and making new friends. If you are planning on going to the show and have some specific questions we can answer for you about MusicMaster, we would be happy to schedule a personal appointment. If you aren’t planning on attending the convention, but would like to meet with us in the exhibit area we have a limited number of VIP Passes. Contact Mark Bolke.

College Radio Day

Several members of the MusicMaster staff got their first hands-on radio experience at a college station. Today we have many college radio stations as clients, which makes us proud to be a supporter of College Radio Day 10-11-11. So far over 150 college and high school stations have registered to participate in the event to increase the awareness about the role these stations play. Complete details can be found at their website: www.collegeradio.com

Genius Workshops World Tour

It was great seeing everyone at our Genius Workshop held just prior to the Conclave in Minneapolis! If you couldn’t make it to Minneapolis pack your bags and join us in Potsdam!

Thursday and Friday November 10-11 Potsdam, Germany Attendees for this workshop will have the opportunity to choose between one of three courses. There will be a beginners track for users relatively new to MusicMaster, a more advanced group for those users who want to take their skill set to a higher level, and and the third track will focus on special techniques for our television/video programmers. More information and registration information is available here. If you have additional questions contact Rainer Eichhorn.

Industry Event Calendar

If you are planning to attend any of these upcoming events let us know. We would love the opportunity to say hello, share acup of coffee, or help with any questions you may be having.

• Monitor Latino Convention August 15-18, Guadalajara, Mexico
• IBC 2011 Amsterdam, September 8-13
• NAB Chicago, September 14-16
• Broadcast India, Mumbai, October 20-22
• CBI Fall Convention, Orlando, October 27-30

MusicMaster 4.0 SR-23 Now Available

The latest service release for MusicMaster 4.0 is now available. This update features a long list of corrections, useability improvements and minor enhancements. We recommend that all clients keep their software up-to-date, and apply this latest service release as soon as possible. To do so, simply click the Check for Updates link on the MusicMaster Help menu. If you have any questions about the new update, please contact your Music Scheduling Consultant.

MusicMaster Pro-Team: Bill Jacobs

Jacobs Media is the nation’s leading rock consultancy firm. Fred Jacobs created the Classic Rock radio format in 1983. Since then, Jacobs Media has expanded its services to include Rock, Alternative (“The Edge”), and Public Radio. With a commitment to innovation and customized strategies, the Jacobs Media team of consultants keeps clients aware of new trends, using nationwide online polls, focus groups, and ethnography, going beyond the numbers and observing real people in real life situations. Station services include strategic development, cluster strategy, music management and architecture, production and positioning, personality coaching, and promotional, contesting, and tactical concepts and execution. Jacobs Media’s SmartSuite analytics package helps programmers better understand their stations’ music design and on-air presentation, as well as tracking the competition.

The MusicMaster Pro-Team is comprised of experienced broadcast consultants and programmers who are available to assist MusicMaster clients with programming advice. Their services are available under this cost effective program with no long term commitment required, and can be added to your existing software support plan. Information on each MusicMaster Pro-Team member is available below. If you would like to retain the services of one of the MusicMaster Pro-Team members or have questions about the specifics of the program contact Mark Bolke Vice President/COO at (651) 405-9119 or mark@mmwin.com.

See the complete MusicMaster Pro-Team Roster.

Quick Tip: Library Analysis

You can quickly see the makeup of your data by reviewing Library Analysis.  Call up your active categories then right click on any field selecting Library Analysis.  It will open showing you the stats on that field.  You can use the drop-down to select a different field.  This is especially helpful on coding fields so you can determine what your current data contains as well as finding mistakes in the coding.  If you’ve ever wondered if you have too much of this or not enough of that, Library Analysis is the easy way to wonder no more.

You can find many more MusicMaster tips like this one on the MusicMaster Blog.

Recent Feature Article from the MusicMaster Blog

Emergency Preparedness
By Marianne Burkett

In the light of the unusually severe weather we’ve experienced this summer, I thought it a good time to discuss being prepared to “cut and run” with your stations database, your dongle and a copy of the MusicMaster software application safely tucked away… (Read more.)

Music Master of the Month

Steve Green
Senior Producer /
Music Programmer
CINC 105.5/NCI-FM
Winnipeg

“My favorite feature of MusicMaster has to be the Rule Tree Wizard … helps you find those things you may have ‘hurried’ over when setting things up.  I am a big fan of double checking and MusicMaster seems to do that for you … awesome feature.

“We chose MusicMaster because it plays with everyone … we can continue to use it no matter what software we run our ‘On Air’ side with.  It’s just a versatile and easy to use program, well done.

“Our website is www.ncifm.com. Stream by clicking ‘listen live’.”