About

Hello. My name is Andrew Apanov, and this is my blog about living, marketing, managing, and discovering music in the digital era.

The Blog

There is quite a few things this blog is aimed to provide you with. Things like unique promotion showcases, tools for your music marketing needs, managing tips, top-notch music business news, inspiring interviews, and lifestyle hacks.

Sounds too fuzzy? The main idea behind the blog is actually pretty simple.

Here I’m trying to write about what I would love to read in one place as a musician myself, put in a simple and entertaining way (and interesting to music lovers and anyone connected to music business as well).

Dotted Music is where this industry is today and where it will be tomorrow. We live in an on-going digital revolution, fascinating times when things change very fast, and I’m so freaking happy to be a part of it.

The Author

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As you already know, my name’s Andrew, and I’m Russian (at least it might be obvious). For my entire life I’ve lived in Kaliningrad, the most western part of Russian Federation locked between Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea. I’m almost 24 and happily married.

I’m an editor-in-chief of Ultimate-Guitar.com, literally the biggest guitar tablature website in the world. Surprisingly (huh?), I don’t play guitar (but studied accordion for 5 years!) and rock is not my primary genre (while I adore my job). The thing is, I also happen to be a drum & bass DJ and an events promoter. These are my hobbies though… If you want to learn more, head over to my rarely updated (nowadays) MySpace page and check out the bio section.

As a whole, so far I’ve seriously been into music for almost 6 years.

What else? I invite you to read my blog. Eventually I hope to create a special place here, a very little and cozy world, where you will have a desire to stay at.

Don’t hesitate to follow me on Twitter, or add as a friend on Facebook and LinkedIn! I do want you to become my friend.