For unknown, up-and-coming bands, getting worthwhile music blog coverage in an overcrowded industry is a significant challenge. As it turns out, good timing can go a long way towards encouraging indie media outlets to bother taking notice.
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In this latest piece from MusicThinkTank, Janelle Rogers shares five different ways DIY artists can use good timing to their advantage and get useful music blog coverage as a result.
“Although newer is better, sometimes you can recycle an old song for a new topic. For instance, as I write this in October 2016, everything is about the current election and blogs are posting anti-Trump and pro-Clinton songs daily. Maybe you have a new song that could connect with a topic in the news that interests the outlet’s readers.”