How to Build your Fanbase (And Why The End of The Traditional Model is a Good Thing)
It all starts with a fanbase. Without fans you do not have a career. In addition, a fanbase will attract the interest of managers, agents and labels, if that’s the route you’re hoping to take. Nobody gets a deal in the modern music industry without showing that they have done the groundwork themselves. Here’s how!
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How to Make Professional Sleeve Artwork in Minutes
Today we’re launching an iPhone and iPad app that we’ve designed and built with an Indie musician and an App developer. It is a simple to use yet very powerful album sleeve design tool that makes creating your digital album artwork quick and easy. It uses templates based on classic album deigns to make the process even easier. Read on!
Continue readingHow to Build a Prospect List (Like a Marketer)
This is a guest post. Vincent Clarke is a singer/songwriter and Content Marketing Specialist for USB Memory Direct. Granting a licence for the use of your music to media outlets is a great way to generate significant revenue and help give your career a boost. Films, TV shows, video games and advertisement agencies are always […]
Continue readingPut all Your Music on YouTube!
Now that the latest YouTube changes are in effect and every musician can have a channel that resembles those of the hallowed ‘Partner Channels’, it is time for every musician to create a channel and to post all their music to it. And I don’t really want to debate it. We touched on this in […]
Continue readingDo you have any Talent?
And does it matter? Can you learn and practice to become a better musician, songwriter or performer – or are you stuck with the level of innate ability that you were born with? I’m a firm believer in the theory that you can improve through long term concerted effort and practice. Constantly honing your skills […]
Continue reading5 Rules of Fan Engagement in Social Media
It’s all very well expecting your fans to be loyal and follow you to the end, but we live in a fast consumerist society where even your most loyal fan will let their attention wander unless you become a master of what social media experts like to call ‘fan engagement‘. The thing is, it’s not […]
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