Booking a DIY tour can be a painful and arduous task, but is a necessary one. Here Jeremy Young explains why, when doing so, it can actually be beneficial to go ahead and organize two at the same time. ________________________ Guest Post by Jeremy Young on Soundfly’s Flypaper For most…
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Track Your Direct-to-Fan Music and Merch Sales with Flyt’s Free Url Shortener
Flyt, a new tool for artists and labels looking for help navigating a direct-to-fan sales landscape, flyt acts a url shortener and sales tracker for artists using services like Shopify and Magento. __________________________________ Guest post by Clyde Smith If you’re a musician or label seeking new tools to navigate a…
Ariel Hyatt On Music PR And Crowdfunding [INTERVIEW]
In this edition of In the Hot Seat with Larry LeBlanc, he speaks with Ariel Hyatt, the founder and owner of Cyber PR, a boutique public relations firm working to help artists and business entrepreneurs with their social media and content strategies. ____________________________________ Guest post by Larry LeBlanc from Celebrity…
Fundraisers Planned For Bankrupt Team Rock’s 73 Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Prog Staffers
A fundraiser for the 73 staff made unemployed by the abrupt closure of music magazine publisher TeamRock and its brands Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Prog, the Golden Gods Awards and the Classic Rock Awards.is to take place in London on Thursday Jan. 5th. The gig has been organized by British…
Marketing Your Music Using The Instagram Story Feature
With the recent introduction of its Story feature, Instagram has given its more entrepreneurial users a new feature through which to market their music to fans with a convenient ‘instant communication’ tool. ___________________________ Guest post by Michelle Aguilar from the TuneCore Blog Think about the last time you hung out…
Signing Up With ASCAP, BMI Not Enough
While many in the music industry are quick to bemoan the difficulty of earning significant income from music publishing, the reality is that there more opportunities than ever to do so, although simply registering with ASCAP and BMI probably won’t cut it. ____________________ Guest Post by Chris Robley on DIY…
2016: A Look Back At Deaths In Music
In this mournful but important look back at a tragedy filled 2016, the Soundfly Team take a moment to remember and reflect on the all to numerous contributors to the music industry who passed away during the year and the legacy which they left behind. _____________________________ Guest Post by the…
Tidings Of Comfort, Joy, Forgiveness & Success: A Four-Part Exercise For Musicians
As 2016 comes to a close and a new year filled with possibilities begins, music pr maven and author Ariel Hyatt suggests pausing to reset and refresh your attitude, expectations and plans for 2017. _____________________________________ Guest post by Ariel Hyatt of CyberPR It’s been one crazy-town year for many of…
How To Go Global On Social Media In 4 Just Steps
Although social media has the ability to draw fans out from all corners of the world, doing so requires that a band or artist take a specific set of steps, from choosing the right social networks to using internal advocates. __________________ Guest post by Sarah Dawley of Hootsuite Social media…
Shazam To Add Songkick Concert Listings In 2017
In a year end letter, Songkick CEO Matt Jones shared some impressive direct to fans ticket sales stats and an announcement that Shazam would be joining Spotify, SoundCloud and Pandora in distributing its concert listings. Pandora’s current concert listings are primarily limited to shows from its own Ticketfly ticketing platform….