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6 Ways to Persuade People to Sign Up for Your Band's Email Newsletter
By Hugh McIntyre on Sonicbids Blog These days, everybody's email inboxes are fuller than ever, and people are becoming more and more selective about what newsletters they sign up for. If it doesn't truly seem like something they want to read or provide some real value to them, most decide not to bother – which is a shame ...
Why and How to Find the Right Mentor for Your Music Career
By Janelle Rogers on Sonicbids Blog Are you struggling to get your music heard by new fans and those in the music industry who could be influential in your career? If you're like most serious musicians, you probably are, and finding a mentor could be in your greatest benefit. A mentor can save you time by teaching you the ...
12 Simple Ways To Be A Happier And More Productive Musician
By Bobby Borg on Sonicbids Blog Pursuing a career in the music business isn't easy, nor is it for the thin-skinned. In fact, with all the challenges one has to face to get noticed, it can actually be pretty darn depressing. Here are 12 quick, simple tips that can help keep your spirits high and your focus bright! Keep feeding your brain with knowledge ...
4 Habits of Successful People That All Musicians Should Adopt
By Hugh McIntyre on Sonicbids Blog If you're looking to make a living as a musician (or elsewhere in the industry), it can be helpful to look at what successful figures do during their everyday lives that have helped them get where they are. Sometimes, these tips are fairly common sense, while other times, they're counterintuitive or need to ...
3 Myths About the Music Industry That Most People Still Believe
By Dave Kusek on Sonicbids Blog In many ways, the music industry is much more accessible to independent artists than it ever was before. You can write a song, record it, distribute it, and promote it online, all by yourself, and be very successful. Despite this, the music industry can still be complicated, especially if you're facing it without the ...
Why Engagement Might Be The Most Important Metric For Artists
By Liv Buli of Next Big Sound. This article originally appeared on Forbes.com. Whenever the topic of social media is raised in any forum of the music industry, a choice discussion is always the practice of purchasing followers or views, allowing artists to game charts, rendering social activity unreliable and therefore less significant. But often overlooked in this dismissal of ...
Traveling With Instruments? The US Department Of Transportation Just Simplified Air Travel For Musicians
U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a final rule implementing section 403 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, requiring U.S. airlines to accept musical instruments as carry-on or checked baggage on commercial passenger flights, provided that certain conditions are met. The rule states musicians must store smaller instruments in an approved location either ...
Have a Music Publicist? Never Hesitate to Make These 3 Requests
By Laura Goldfarb on Sonicbids Blog Every PR firm and publicist marches to the beat of their own drum, and as a result, your campaignis going to look different from your friends'. That being said, for the sake of maintaining professional integrity, there are at least three basic requests that any artist at any level can (and probably should) feel comfortable asking ...
Small Things That Make a Difference in Musicians' Online Engagement
By Jake Anderson Social media and the Internet have opened up many opportunities for musicians of all backgrounds, allowing them to reach audience members they might never have met. If you have a website and a social media presence, you know how much work goes into keeping it on the cutting edge. Once the big things like ...
Everything Indie Musicians Need to Know About YouTube Music Key
By Keidra Chaney on Sonicbids Blog Recently, YouTube introduced Music Key, a music streaming service that the video hosting company had been hinting at for at least a couple of years. The company has experimented with revenue models and music industry partnerships to leverage its huge library of music videos since its 2005 acquisition by Google – including a partnership with Universal Music Group's video ...
