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How I Raised $40K With My Email List Of Fewer Than 2K Subscribers
Indie musician Cheryl B. Engelhardt recounts how she successfully raised $40,000 with a record funding campaign, and why its important to change the starving musician" mentality when it comes to your email list. By Cheryl B. Engelhardt from CD Baby's DIY Musician The first time someone (who didn’t share my last name) contributed to my record-funding campaign, I was floored. ...
9 Tips For Increasing Social Media, Streaming Likes
Summer is the slow season for some, but Ariel Hyatt of CyberPR believes that it is a great time to connect with fans and gain new ones. Here she looks at generating more Likes across social media and streaming sites. By Areil Hyatt of CyberPR Summer is ON! And it’s a great time to increase social ...
Duck Baker On Thelonious Monk
Duck Baker Plays Monk (Triple Point Records) Duck Baker (Richard Royal Baker IV) may not be a household name among jazz devotees at large, but in his career of more than four decades he has become a hero to other guitarists. He has led or been involved in dozens of recordings of folk music from all ...
How To Optimize Your Music Tour Logistics
Regardless of how big your tour may be, it's important that your manage your tour logistics carefully, or else sabotage your bands chances before it's even had a chance to get off the ground. Here we look at how you can optimize your tour logistics for maximum effectiveness. Guest post by Anand Srinivasan of Hubbion Big ...
Change Needed Before Net Can Drive Creativity and Prosperity, say Musicians, Academics
In this except from a submission made to the EU's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a coalition of performers, musicians, and academics issue a plea to restructure the web as a place where creative culture can thrive. Guest post by Neil Turkewitz, this first appeared Medium This is an excerpt from a submission made to the NTIA ...
From Ownership To Access: Disruption In Music and Media [Mark Mulligan]
The music and video industries are often cited as prime examples of digital disruption and resurrection. But while plotting comparable paths towards access-based models, a closer look by MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan reveals some very telling differences. By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry blog Last Wednesday we held the third MIDiA Quarterly forum, ...
T-Bone Walker: T-Bone Blues
In the early 1940s, when African-Americans in the South and Southwest moved north to the Midwest and west to Los Angeles in search of job opportunities at war-time factories, they packed their souls. As the Great Migration filled cities such as Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland and South Central in L.A., transplants from places such as Mississippi ...
7 Tips For Musicians To Write Emails Fans Will Adore
Gone are the days when the only thing you had to be good at as a musician was music. Artists are now required to do their share of marketing and management, something which doesn't always come naturally. This article provides advice on how artists can craft effective emails which their fans are guaranteed to adore. By ...
Fan Pyramid: How to Identify 5 Levels Of Fans, Engage Them
Think of your fans as a pyramid with your most devoted and loyal fans at the top. Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert discuss the five levels of the Fan Pyramid and how to recognize and engage fans at each level. The number one things your fans want is recognition, according to the Music Biz Weekly podcast ...
Guide To Getting Songs Placed In TV, Movies
As a musician, chances are you want to get your music heard, and for it to have an emotional impact of some kind. One of this best way to make this happen is to get your music placed in TV and film. Here we look at the best way of making this happen. By Annabelle Short from Symphonic ...


