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6 Reasons Why Your Social Media Channels Aren’t Growing
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Are you a proactive user of social media, but find that you're unable to gain the kind of traction with fans that you'd like? This article offers some suggestions about why you may not being seeing significant growth in your social media following. Guest Post by Tyler Allen on Sonicbids It's no shocking revelation or mind-blowing insight that a thorough and clean social media presence is key to your success as an artist in today's industry. The DIY and indie ...
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6 Tips For Promoting Your Music On Spotify
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As streaming becomes a more and more popular method of listening to music, being able to effectively promote one's work on services like Spotify is critical to success. Here are some useful tips for getting your music front and center. Guest Post from Ditto Music How do bands promote themselves on Spotify? I can't promise that you are going to be an overnight superstar, but I can guarantee that if you follow these 7 steps you will give yourself the best ...
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6 Sensational Reasons To Keep Your Fans Updated
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Keeping your online presence up-to-date can be a difficult and tedious process, particularly when there's no easily perceived benefit in doing so. Here we offer six compelling reasons why regularly updating a Pledge Music campaign is critical to its success. Guest Post by Paul 'Barney' Barnes on Pledge Music “All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions,” as George Bernard Shaw once insightfully declared. And while the “current conception” of streaming and MP3s have ...
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4 Tips For How To Be More Proactive With Your Band's Publicity
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It's not every artist that has the luxury of being able to hire a professional publicist, but there are plenty of things that can be done in order to get your name out there and be proactive about promoting a band or artist. Guest Post by Amy Sciarretto on Sonicbids Blog Music PR is not easy. It's a lot of work and is usually best left to a professional publicist. But sometimes, due to lack of funds, difficulty finding the right fit in ...
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Talking Artist Management With Paul Steele [Drew Holcomb, Judah and The Lion]
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For the final installment of Tunecore's Artist Management series they spoke to long time music industry player Paul Steele about how he got his start in the industry and what the current expectations are for an artist manager, both from the artist's perspective and the manager's. Guest Post by Kevin Cornell on Tunecore In the finale of our Artist Management Interview Series, we chatted with music industry vet Paul Steele, founder and CEO of Good Time, Inc. Paul has been working with artists ...
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3 Sure Fire Ways Musicians Win On Instagram
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Cultivating a large following on Instagram as a musician can be difficult, so here are three useful tips for creatively engaging with your audience in a way that will keep them interested in both you and your music. Guest Post by Florian Richling of Original Egg I talked to a befriended songwriter the other day, exchanging thoughts on the process of studio-work, collaborative songwriting and, next to songs and lyrics, the creation of high quality social media content. He was ...
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Five Post-MP3 Era Ways To Build Your E-mail List
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After a relatively brief run, the era of the MP3 is drawing to a close meaning that free downloads, one of the main incentives for getting fans to sign up for e-mails, no longer has much value. Here are a few other rewards that can be used to entice fans. Guest Post by Chris Robley on The DIY Musician Lately I’ve been referring to the years between the launch of iTunes and the launch of Apple Music as “the download decade.” ...
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5 Reasons Music Compilations Belong On Your Radar
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With the increased presence of “mood" playlists on streaming services like Spotify, musical compilations have been becoming more and more popular. These compilations could represent one of the best ways for an artist to gain notice in 2015. Guest Post by Allison Pitts on The Daily Rind Right now, compilations are more popular than ever before. Just open Spotify’s homepage and you will find a plethora of playlists including “Mellow Beats,” “Creativity Boost,” “The Indie Mix” along with hundreds of others to ...
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