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5 Ways To Get Music Discovered In The New Digital Age
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While the ways in which people discover music have changed dramatically in many ways, some avenues remain the same. Here we offer advice to artists on how to get their music discovered in the digital age by consulting with industry experts on where they go to find new music. Guest post by Jeremy Young of Soundfly's Flypaper Recently our friends over at The Outline published a great piece called, “Finding New Music in the Algorithm Age.” The article collects input from six experts and ...
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5 Small Business Tips For Music Industry Pros
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Small businesses make the music industry go round, and whether you're a record label, marketing agency, or management company, we here offer five essential tips for achieving success as a small music business in 2018. Guest post by Jeanette Keats of Symphonic Distribution and the Symphonic Blog Small businesses keep the music industry running. If you own a management company, record label, event company, or anything else, you are important! We want to help you make 2018 your best year ...
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Not Ready For A Music Manager? Try An Accountability Team
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While you may not yet be ready to employ a full-time music manager, that doesn't mean that, as a DIY artist, you need to totally go it alone. In fact, there are a number of ways you can expand your team and advance your career without having to fully invest in a manager. Here we look at five things an accountability team can do for you. By Chris Robley of CDBaby from their DIY Musician blog. Okay, I don’t know for ...
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Choosing The Best Font For Your Musical Brand
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Becoming a successful artist will, on some level, always necessitate a certain amount of branding, and a huge part of your visual identity comes from the font you choose. In this piece we look at how to determine which will work the best for you. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Everyone in the music business is ultimately a brand, and the ones that develop theirs are ultimately the most successful. Artists, bands, musicians, producers, even indie record ...
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How To Think, Act Like A Successful Music Entrepreneur
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Being an entrepreneur of any kind is hard work, and requires a certain set of skills to do well. Here we look at the top seven qualities of a successful musical entrepreneur, and how you can further develop any of the skill should you struggle with them. Guest post by Bree Noble of Soundfly's Flypaper One of my main goals in the work I do is to enlighten musicians on the fact that we are all entrepreneurs. As musicians, we are the ...
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Running Out Of Things To Say? Idea For Musicians To Write About Online
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While communicating with fans is important, simply posting for the sake of posting doesn't make a lot of strategic sense, and since everything you write online is on some level of form of marketing and establishing your brand, it's important to take some time to think about what you post. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Just posting on any platform online just for the sake of having posts probably strategically isn’t a good idea. You want to ...
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How A Growth, Confidence Mindset Can Alter Your Career In Music
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D. Grant Smith digs into how transforming your mindset to one focused on growth and confidence can effectively reshape your career in music for the better. Guest post by D. Grant Smith of Soundfly's Flypaper It’s all in your mind: your success, your growth, your opportunities, your pathway forward. Sure, there’s work involved too. There are tasks and to-do items to take care of on a weekly basis for you to reach your goals and achieve your dreams. But in the ...
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5 Tips For Crafting A Captivating Newsletter
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Capturing (let alone keeping) the attention of your followers on social media has become and increasingly difficult task, particularly if you're unable to shell out the necessary cash in order to boost your posts. Luckily, the newsletter remains as reliable standby. Here we look at five ways to create the most engaging newsletter possible. Guest post by Angela Mastrogiacomo from the Symphonic Blog Tell me if you’ve heard this one before—your social media algorithms are against you and unless you’re paying ...
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