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Don't Broadcast: How To Make Social Media Fun
As an artist, having to bother with a multitude of social media accounts can seem like a chore, particularly when you'd rather be working on your music. Here we look at social media use form a different perspective, and explore how it can become a positive and enjoyable experience for both artist and fan. Guest Post ...
Tight Budget Tips: Marketing With Less Than $100
Having a solid marketing plan is essential to finding success as an independent artist, even if you have to do it on a budget. Here we offer some clever marketing tips for those musicians who may not have a massive wad of cash to throw at their career. Guest Post by Terence Jordan on Trill Trax Often ...
A Musician's Essential Guide To Social Media
As an artist, social media should hardly be your only means of promotion but it is a valuable resource, and like anything thing else there is a right and wrong way of using it. Whether you're using Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, here are some valuable do's and don'ts to keep in mind. Guest Post by Scott ...
Pandora Launches AMPcast: Free Direct To Fan Audio Messaging
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 ...
Guide To Being Your Own Music Publicist: Part 2 [Ariel Hyatt]
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 ...
How To Build An Indie Music Dream Team
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 ...
Launching A Music Startup? Enroll In UCLA Music Innovation Institute
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 ...
Selling Merch: The Musician's Essential Guide
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 ...
How To Make Your Band Discoverable Online
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 ...
