In this piece, Ari Herstand walks us through the rise of Virginian hip hop artist Lucidious, and how he managed to go from about 150 monthly listeners to 500,00, without relying on playlist placement. ______________________________ Guest post by musician and author Ari Herstand of Ari’s Take Three years ago the…
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Pandora Adds Detailed Song Credits As Recording Academy Plots ‘Behind the Record’ Campaign
Pandora has added full detailed song credits to users across all tiers of its service on the web and on new desktop apps for Mac and Windows. Starting today, the first few credits are visible on a song’s Pandora details page. To view the full list of credits, users click…
Artists Can Now Pay To Promote New Releases On Spotify Including To Paid Premium Users
Spotify announced today that artists and labels will be able to buy paid placements across both its paid Premium and free ad-supported tiers to promotes new releases. Dubbed "Brand New Music For You," this US only test marks the first time that Premium Spotify users can be targeted with paid…
How to Take Care Of Yourself, Your Music Career [VIDEO]
No matter where you turn, people are always telling you to work harder in pursuit of success, but the reality is that it can be just as important to take time off from your work, and nonstop hustling can be detrimental in the long run. ___________________________ Guest post by James…
Why Streaming Royalties Will Always Stay Too Low To Make A Living Off Of [Video]
Disc Maker’s Tony van Veen details why he believes that streaming services will never pay independent artists enough in royalties for them to make a comfortable living in the way that physical CD sales once did. ____________________________________ Guest post by Tony van Veen of Disc Makers I’m afraid I have…
Bandzoogle Names Dave Cool VP Of Business Development
Musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle has promoted Dave Cool, an 8-year veteran at the company, to Vice President of Business Development. Cool was instrumental in the recent Bandzoogle partnership with CD Baby that led to thousands of musicians’ Host Baby sites migrating to Bandzoogle. In addition to a passion…
T-Pain Shares Truth About Most Cancelled Tours That Other Artists Try To Hide
Rapper T-Pain has cancelled his 1UP DLC and in a moment of candor on social media, revealed that low ticket sales were a key part of that decision. “I was advised to lie about this and say that I needed some time, or I needed some alone time or me-time…
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Marketing Strategies Need To Know As A Musician
With a new year fast approaching we look at five key no brainer marketing techniques for artists looking to gain exposure and widen their fanbase. ______________________________ Guest post by Jaimie Watts of the Symphonic Blog So, you’ve got a career in music and you’re living the dream. This is amazing…
Pandora AMP Turns 5: Artists Using Free Artist Marketing Platform Up 688% In Last Year
Pandora’s free Artist Marketing Platform (AMP) is now five years old and the robust music marketing toolkit has much to celebrate. Artists using the free self-serve platform grew 688% in the last year alone. As of this month, artists have delivered 4.5 billion audio impressions of free messages recorded by…