Music Promotion

Actually, yes you do! And it is the single most annoying issue that I have to deal with time and time again with every musician, apart from perhaps those who refuse to listen to constructive criticism about their material. I think it stems from the misplaced belief that when you believe that what you’re doing [...]

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7 steps to break your band in 2012

by Ian on December 31, 2011

Another year over and what have you done? That imperfect Lennon quote is the question that every musician will be asking themselves as this year ends and the next starts. If you feel or know that you didn’t achieve what you wanted with your music in the previous year, what are you going to do [...]

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How to promote music on Spotify

by Ian on November 4, 2011

I’ve been looking at how to promote music on Spotify. There’s a couple of things that I needed to sort out for artists that I work with relating to their presence on Spotify. That led me to start to make some decisions about the basics of using Spotify for promotion as a musician – so [...]

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What if you could track every play of your music on radio or TV, anywhere in the world….in real time? What could you do with that information? Would it make a difference to your music marketing and promotion efforts? And, what else might you learn if you had this information? Well, you’re about to find [...]

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What’s the best way to get your music noticed online? Is it a Facebook page, a thriving Twitter presence, YouTube videos, your own site? They are all a factor (and I’m always banging on about how essential your own site is – because that’s true), but the one thing that any musician can and should [...]

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DIY Musician – how Florrie did it

by Ian on May 6, 2011

This is a tale of a DIY musician who hasn’t quite made it yet, but  is well on their way. There are lessons that everyone who reads this blog can take from her story so far. This is the sort of post that I’d normally put on our Daily Tips for musicians site – kind [...]

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