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D.I.Y. Radio Promo: How To Contact Radio Stations
For artists, a great way to reach a new pool of fans and build relationships with tastemakers, independent radio can be an excellent promotional avenue to pursue. Here we look at how musicians can go about contacting independent radio stations for promotion. Guest post by D. Grant Smith of Soundfly's Flypaper As a musician, there’s a lot of ...
Do You Really Want A Record Deal? How To Legally Ensure An Artist Can Even Sign One
As the music business has changed, so too has the process by which artists sign a 'record deal'. Here Justin M. Jacobson looks at the legal infrastructure artists must have in place in order to make sure they can actually sign to a label. Guest post by Justin M. Jacobson, Esq. on the TuneCore Blog While ...
How To Use Word-Of-Mouth To Drive Music, Ticket Sales
As consumers become increasingly bombarded with advertising, that advertising gets increasingly easier to ignore, meaning bands and artists need to seek new (or in some cases old) ways of promoting their event. Thanks to the rise of social media, word-of-mouth promotion is seeing something of a resurgence. Guest post by Rachel Grate of Eventbrite With the ...
How To Boost Ticket Sales With Broader Distribution
While purchasing tickets has become significantly easier for consumers than in pre-internet days, there is still a lost opportunity when it comes to distributing your event across the web. Here we look at how sales can be boosted by promoting them via commerce sites. Guest post by Katie Sawyer of Eventbrite Thirty years ago, buying tickets ...
5 Must-Dos Of Email Marketing
Although many may believe otherwise, email marketing is far from dead, and is in many ways ahead of channels like social media when it comes to effectively capturing the attention of potential consumers. Here we look at how to maximize the effectiveness of email marketing. Guest post by Chris Appelgren of Eventbrite Despite what some folks may ...
4 Reasons You Should Use LinkedIn To Advance Your Music Career
While most musicians take the time to actively develop their presence on sites like Facebook and Instagram, many artists may not bother with what the perceive as the more 'corporately oriented' LinkedIn. This could be causing them to miss out on a number of beneficial connections, however. Guest post by Paul Loeb from CD Baby's DIY Musician So ...
When Is The Best Time To Release An Album In 2018?
As with every other aspect of marketing yourself in the music industry, when you choose to release your music can make all the difference. In this article we break down the best months in which to drop your new record as well as those months which will ensure a flop. Guest post by Janelle Rogers of ...
Distribution And Label Service Company Ditto Music Expands
One of many music aggregators out there, Ditto is growing to become one of the bigger players in distribution and label services, and has been rapidly expanding to become one of the major player in digital distribution along with companies like TuneCore and CD Baby. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 There are plenty ...
10 Free Tools For Automating Your Social Media
A lot of artists may not have the either the time or the patience to meticulously curate their social media presence across a multitude of different social media platforms. In such instances, these handy automation tools can help make the job that much easier. Guest post by William Grigsby If you are tired of routine tasks and ...
5 Lessons From A Music Business Supermensch
\Here talent manager and producer Shep Gordon shares five important lessons from his autobiography They Call Me Supermensch, which details his series of misadventures as an artist manager beginning in the 1970s. Guest post by Stephanie Grimes of William Patterson University from Musicbiz 101 Shep Gordon’s story begins as a boy growing up in Oceanside, Long Island who spent ...
