Direct-to-fan subscription services like Patreon can be an excellent and fulfilling way for artists to make a living of their music, but when done incorrectly can also be a potentially career ruining disaster. Here we look the top ten best ways to insure you get what you want out of…
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Spotify For Artists Now Available FREE To All Musicians, As Streamer Drops 250 Follower Requirement
With the launch of Spotify For Artists yesterday, the streamer bundled features like analytics and profile management tools that any musicians or music marketer will find invaluable. And with the elimination of a previous 250 follower limit, made those tools available free to all artists and their teams. _________________________________ Spotify’s…
Concert Series Murmrr Takes Over Temples, Underutilized Spaces For Cost-Effective Shows
Through their use of unconventional and underutilized venues such as museums and churches, the promotional group Murmrr out of NY is able to keep the cost of their shows low, allowing for cheaper tickets for fans, and more money for the artists. _____________________________ Guest post by Taylor Mims of Amplify…
5 Reasons Teaming Up With Another Band Can Provide A Mutual Tour Boost
If touring with a band is great way to bring everyone together into a tight-knit musical community, touring with two bands can provide an opportunity to connect with even more artists, and buoy the tour on to greater success in the process. ___________________________ Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on TuneCore…
Relieving Stress Through Singing
Letting loose and belting out your favorite song at a karaoke bar can be an excellent way to reduce stress in your life, and leave you with an energized feeling of positivity. That said, the public nature of karaoke can be unappealing to some, so here we look at some…
GarageBand Is Now FREE For All Apple iOS & macOS Users
Apple’s hugely popular Garageband recording app is now free for all iOS and masOS users. While notable, the change may not have a major impact given that both have been free for the last five years with hardware purchase. iMovie, Keynote, Numbers and Pages now also free for all iOS…
Increase Your Audience Reach, Album Sales Using Pinterest
Although using various forms of social media to promote new music or an upcoming tour is par for the course by this point, many artists may be neglecting to consider the power of Pinterest, which can be a great resource for inexpensively building your audience and driving web traffic. ______________________…
Survival Of The Shortest: Did Streaming Kill Song Intros?
While lengthy, dramatic intros used to be commonplace in the power pop ballads of a few decades ago, a recent study has revealed that the hits of today have significantly more truncated, something for which consumers shortened attention spans are likely to blame. _______________________________ Guest post by Misti Crane of…
Fan Insights Rebrands As Spotify For Artists, Now Available To All Artists and Managers
In November 2015, Spotify released Spotify Fan Insights, a dashboard to help artists better understand their Spotify listeners. Today, it exited beta as Spotify For Artists combining analytics, profile management tools and some new features. ____________________________ Spotify Fan Insights has rebranded as Spotify for Artists and is available to all…
Facebook Owns 4 Of 5 Most Downloaded Apps
Facebook’s march to world domination continues. New research by app analytics firm Sensor Tower shows that Facebook’s WhatsApp, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Facebook owned Instagram and (those guys who refused to sell to Facebook) Snapchat were the most downloaded apps worldwide for the first 3 months of 2017. Related articles Facebook…