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Guide To Being Your Own Music Publicist: Part 2 [Ariel Hyatt]
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In part two of how to be your own music publicist, we look at how to research and determine which music blogs to target, set up an email management system, and properly prepare and organize promotional content in advance of your release. Guest Post by Ariel Hyatt on Cyber PR PART 2: YOUR MESSAGES AND YOUR TARGETS In Part 1 of “How to Be Your Own Music Publicist”, we took you through all the different elements of an effective digital press kit. ...
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Pandora Launches AMPcast: Free Direct To Fan Audio Messaging
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Direct to fan massaging seems to be the theme of the day. This morning, Bandsintown launched a free direct messaging tool. Now, Pandora has announced AMPcast, a mobile app that allows artists to send audio messages to their fans among the music service's 80 million active listeners. Pandora today announced AMPcast, a new tool to help artists engage and grow their audiences on Pandora. The new feature, available as part of Pandora’s free Artist Marketing Platform (AMP), lets artists message their ...
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How To Build An Indie Music Dream Team
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Even if you plan on becoming a successful artist without the backing of major label, it's unrealistic to think you can do it alone. Here we look at how to build the kind of indie music team that will allow you to propel your career forward. Guest Post by Tyler Allen on W Tyler Consulting Here’s the thing about teams in the music industry.. A record label used to be the only way to record your work. Now it seems as ...
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Launching A Music Startup? Enroll In UCLA Music Innovation Institute
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For those interested in exploring how the technological innovation is influencing not only the music business, but the entire process of how we create, UCLA's Music Innovation Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity to earn credit and meet industry innovators. Guest Post by Dae Bogan on Dae Bogan Music Join us this summer at our Music Innovation Summer Institute at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music: Earn 8 units of UCLA credit while meeting innovators in music and technology. Learn to ...
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Selling Merch: The Musician's Essential Guide
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Selling merch can be a huge part of an artist's revenue, and doubles as way to promote awareness of the band, but settling on a marketing strategy and deciding where to get your merch made can be complex and confusing. In the following article, we help to elucidate this process. Guest Post by Dave Kusek on the Sonicbids Blog Merch is something any musician can (and should!) use to drive revenue and spread awareness for their music. But there are definitely a lot ...
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How To Make Your Band Discoverable Online
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Given that most listeners rarely discover a band through Googling, the value of focusing on your SEO is somewhat questionable. That said, there are plenty of things you should be doing to make your band discoverable, such as getting featured on music blogs and establishing yourself on social media networks. Guest Post by Mike McDearmon on Soundfly's Flypaper In an era when music discovery spans so many technological channels, it’s about time we rethought what aspects of SEO are actually worth your effort and energy ...
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Building A Successful Tour: Tips From A Former Booking Agent [Part 2]
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In part two of her touring guide for emerging artists, Sharyn Goldyn discusses how bands can get on festival bills, how they can get the attention of booking agents, and some of the bigger mistakes she's seen bands make when first touring. Guest Post by Sharyn Goldyn on ReverbNation Blog - Part 2 of 2 ReverbNation CONNECT artist manager (and former booking agent with The Windish Agency) Sharyn Goldyn lays out the ways that emerging artists can make the most out of their ...
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Creating Your Own Album Artwork
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The artwork which you choose for your album can greatly influence how listeners feel about your music, and simply not bothering to include any is a lost opportunity for personal branding. The following article offers tips and suggests several tools for creating engaging and original album art. Guest Post by CD Baby team member Priscilla Shaw on The DIY Musician As a CD Baby rep, I see a lot of album covers. I also see a lot of artists trying to submit their music for distribution WITHOUT album artwork. ...
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