TUESDAY 10.29.19
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Category archives: Indie
What You Need to Know About Music Modernization Act and CASE Act
The Music Modernization Act and CASE Act are two of the most important pieces of U.S. legislation for musicians in decades. This week Rachel Stilwell from Stilwell Law joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert in the music business weekly podcast to explain everything you need know about both. How do…
Marketing Tips For Touring Artists
It may be a busy and demanding time for a musician, but letting your marketing slip because you’re on tour is a huge mistake. Here we look at some key tips for how artists can keep their marketing game strong while on the road. ____________________________ Guest post by Ainsley Lawrence…
29 Ways To Market Your Music Immediately
With this set of actionable bullet points, Chris Robley fires off twenty-nine ways in which bands and artists can promote their music right now. _____________________________ By Chris Robley from CD Baby’s DIY Musician Make a lyric video. Create a playlist of artists who influenced the new album or single. Pin…
Why Right Now Is The Best Time To Launch A Music Career
While it’s been a tumultuous past decade for the music industry, and things are showing no sign of calming down, all the chaos has created a tremendous amount of opportunity for artists across the music business spectrum. ____________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix The music industry is an…
Everything Spotify Wants You To Know About Q3 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Spotify just posted another marginally profitable quarter for Q3 2019. With it came solid user growth and an increase in podcast listening. The streamer produced an infographic to illustrate the generally positive results and omitting the continued decline in average revenue per user. MORE: Spotify Passes 113M Paid Subscribers As…
MON. BRIEF: Spotify Beats Expectations – Triller Overtakes TikTok – Apple’s House Band – More
MONDAY 10.28.19
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How To Craft A Killer Facebook Video Marketing Strategy
While many artists may consider YouTube to be the go-to for video marketing, Facebook is actually a far more effective platform. Here we look at how to use Facebook to execute the ultimate vide marketing strategy. __________________________ Guest post by Randi Zimmerman of the Symphonic Blog For many of us,…
This Week In Music Commentary
This week, commentators inside the industry stepped up to the mic to share their thoughts on why streaming royalties will always be too low to make a living off of. and why musicians need to learn to say no, plus T-Pain shares the truth about cancelled tours that most artists…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
This week, we unleashed a whole deluge of useful advice for DIY artists, ranging from the upsides of releasing your music on cassette, to how to take care of both yourself and your career, to essential marketing strategies you have to know, plus much, much more. Starting A Band Means…