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Understanding Streaming Music Income
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In this piece we look at the details of streaming music royalties, how they're determined, and why the initial parameters which we once used even as recently as in the time of downloading, no longer apply in the streaming era. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 In Part 3 on my series on streaming music royalties, we try to make sense of streaming income as we look at why it varies so much and why the sales parameters we set ...
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Booking Career-Building Shows: What Many Bands Don't Understand
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As and independent artist, your time, energy, and money are all limited, meaning you can't afford to play too many shows that don't in some way help you build your career. Here we look at the sort of characteristics which a career-building show has, and how to recognize a good opportunities. Guest Post by Liam Duncan on the Sonicbids Blog One of the most important things I’ve been learning as an independent artist is the difference between opportunities and good ...
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Get Your Music Into YouTube Content ID: A How To Guide
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Although YouTube's Content ID system certainly has its fair share of detractors, it's important to keep in mind that the system can be useful to artists, and gives them a degree of agency and control over their work. Here we examine the process of getting your music into the Content ID system. Guest Post from the Future Of Music Coalition Whenever YouTube describes its efforts to fight back against copyright infringement and discourage misuse, it’s always quick to point to ...
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7 Ways To Be A Happier Musician
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The life of an independent artist comes with plenty of physical and emotional challenges to overcome, and staying positive can, at times, be incredibly difficult. In this piece, we look at seven practices that can keep you from getting to down in the dumps and jeopardizing your career. Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on the Sonicbids Blog The spectrum of potential difficulties and hardships you'll face as an independent musician are vast, from physically grueling tours to financial struggles to the ...
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The Ulimate Checklist For Travelling Musicians
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Travelling by air with a musical instrument is never easy. If you check in your instrument on a flight with one or more stopovers, there is always the chance that you reach your destination and find that it has been offloaded at another intermediate stop, or worse, has been damaged as a result of rough handling. If you plan to carry it with you as part of your cabin baggage, you have to make sure that you use a high ...
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How To Use Shazam To Market Music
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Although music fans have been using Shazam to identify tracks awhile now, the app can also be used to connect with fans, making it a unique and highly effective marketing tool to utilize in your next promo campaign. Guest post by Dylan Lewis of The Orchard on The Daily Rind Shazam has been a staple on smartphones for years. For the best part of the last decade, people have been holding their phones in the air to discover what music was playing ...
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Why Album Art Is Critical For Success In 2016
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\Although the commercial decline of the physical album means that fewer listeners are getting the full visual experience when they consume an artist's music, the following article suggests that album art has in fact become more important than ever, and makes huge difference when it comes to selling music. Guest Post by Scott Parsons on Landr Seeing will always be part of hearing. I remember hanging records on my wall when I was a kid. The art on the covers created ...
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4 Reasons You Should Turn Your Band Into A Company
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Although at first it may not seem to jive with the rockstar lifestyle, there are a considerable number of practicalities that accompany turning your band into an LLC, from to tax breaks. Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog When you’re a musician, there’s a lot you need to worry about. Staying relevant on social media, booking shows, giving it your all onstage, finding ways to make a few extra bucks so you can pay the bills, and then actually ...
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