While marketing across social media platforms is an essential part of an artist’s marketing toolkit, overdoing it and pumping your identical message through every known channel can often be too much, and ultimately have more of a negative impact than anything. Here we look at a better way of doing…
Category archives: D.I.Y.
How To Get People To Follow Your Spotify Playlists
After spending many laborious hours crafting the perfect Spotify playlist, it can be understandably disappointing to discover next to no one one is following. Rather than let all that careful curation go to waste, we here look at several key tips and hacks to drive traffic towards your playlist. _________________________…
Reading A Record Deal: A How To Guide
Being offered a record deal can be a huge game changer, and is an exciting step in the development of your musical career, but while it may be a time for celebration, it is also a time for close and thorough scrutiny of the contract which is offered up. _____________________________…
How Facebook’s 2 Billion Monthly Users Compare To Other Social Networks [CHART]
Last week Facebook announced that it has past 2 billion monthly users. We all know that Facebook is the #1 social network, but how does that compare to other social networks? Only Facebook owned apps and YouTube come close, and this chart tells the full story. _______________________________________________ via TechCrunch Related…
The Current State Of AI: Artificial Intelligence In Music, Movies & More
As a followup to part one of his guide to computational creativity for those in creative fields, Thomas Euler looks at the current state of artificial intelligence today, and what sort of role it can and will play in the creation of music, writing and film. _____________________________ Guest post by…
How To Create An Online Fan Contest In 3 Steps
For an artist, their online presence can provide a variety of promotional opportunities. Launching a contest is one of them, and can be an excellent method for increasing fan engagement. ______________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 One of the great things for an artist about being online…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Music Therapy • Get Out Of The Garage • Protect Your Music • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we looked at the health benefits of music therapy, how to successfully get your band out of the garage, what keen musicians do to protect their music, and more. Dixie Somers | Tones For The Troubled: 5 Health Benefits Of Music Therapy Emma Sturgis | Get…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
Back up the advice truck, this week Hypebot unloads a slew of tips on which Instagram posts to hide, how to successfully pitch your music, the best way to manage your rights on YouTube, and much, much more! 6 Types Of Posts Musicians Should Archive On Instagram Getting Out Of…
6 Types Of Posts Musicians Should Archive On Instagram
We all make mistakes, and when your social media presence is tied to your livelihood, the ability to hide these mistakes should be taken advantage of. Here we look at six instances where artists should take advantage of Instagram’s new ‘archive’ feature and conceal their posts from the eyes of…
How to Manage A Release Across Multiple Territories [PODCAST]
This week on Hypebot’s Music Biz Weekly podcast, Michael and Jay tackle the problem of releasing your music in multiple territories. They explore how to do it correctly along with the obstacles and hurdles that you might encounter. They share what you can do to stay in control of multiple…