While you may be able to find some success getting decent airplay for your music, your online presence is still likely to suffer without a proper visibility boost. Here we look at how DIY artists can employ Search Engine Optimization to increase their content’s chances of being discovered via organic…
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BeatChain Brings Tools, Data Musicians Need Into One App
BeatChain brings both the data and tools that musicians and labels for marketing in a single spp. Using an expanding toolkit, artists can build an engaged fanbase who get everything direct including tracks, content, tickets, and merchandise. Ben Mendoza, the CEO of BeatChain, joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on…
7 Reasons Teenagers Love Instagram (According To A Teenager)
Established as the social media darling of the under twenty set, the post offers an insider’s understanding of why it is that Instagram is so popular among teenagers, as detailed in seven points by University of Texas student Andrew Watts. ____________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 If…
Discovering The Music Fan – Gimme Radio Links To Spotify
Recently the popular music discovery platform Gimme Radio launched a new feature which allows its users to link their apps with Spotify, adding their favorite tracks to a playlist. Given that Spotify could, in many ways, be considered a competitor, why would Gimme radio do this? Here Tyler Lenane explains…
Converting Weather Into Music With Dark Sky, Spotify For Tycho
In a unique algorithmic twist, Tycho recently teamed up with Lee Martin to craft an app which employs the user’s local weather forecast in order to create custom weather-based playlist. Here Martin walks us through the process of the app’s creation, and how it works. __________________________________ Guest post by Lee…
How To Get More Fans On Instagram
As with most social media platforms, bands and musicians operating on Instagram often struggle with getting their posts to stand out on amidst a crowded field, even as the platform’s nuances become increasingly inscrutable. Here, we offer a helping hand in growing your follower base on the platform, and getting…
Apple Music For Artists Exits Beta, Available Free To All With Enhanced Analytics, Shazam
Apple Music For Artists has long lagged behind Spotify and Pandora with the tools and analytics that it offers artists. That changed overnight with the public launch of a toolkit that insiders have been playing with for months. Apple Music For Artists now offers all musicians and their team a…
You Can Now Edit Your Soundcloud Profile On Mobile
SoundCloud has added mobile profile editing to its iOS app. Profiles are used by SoundCloud creators to showcase work to potential collaborators and the industry, as well as to connect with fans in real-time. SoundCloud offers creators more control of their online profile than most other streaming services. Now they…
Incubus Guitarist Michael Einziger’s Startup Mixhalo Raises $10.7M To Improve Concert Sound Quality
Live music audio startup Mixhalo has raised $10.7 million in Series A funding. The company was co-founded by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and his wife, violinist Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger. The new funding was led by Foundry Group, alongside Sapphire Sport, Founders Fund, Defy Partners, Cowboy Ventures, Red Light Management, Another…
TikTok Acquires AI Music Pioneer Jukedeck
TikTok parent Bytedance has acquired UK based music AI startup Jukedeck, according to multiple reports. The purchase, which could offer AI-created music to TikTok’s 500 million global users even as the social video app continues contentious re-licensing with the major labels and battles performing right organizations. The Jukedeck site is…