Helpful tips and good advice are in abundance this week, as we offer indie artists ideas on how to step up their image game, promote a music video when the view counts stop rising, get their music in indie games, and much, much more. Image Matters: Making Every Gig Memorable…
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Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Music Marketing • Make Your Next Gig Memorable • Tackle Ticketing Rip-Offs • More
Recently on MusicThinkTank, we examined how artists create a memorable onstage look, why the industry needs to combat secondary ticketing rip-offs, fun music industry jobs, and more. Grant Genske | Music, Marketing, Me Rachelle Wilber | Snazzy Fashion Ideas To Make Your Next Gig Memorable Alison Lamb | The Music…
Image Matters: Making Every Gig Memorable
Although performing in a band should, of course, be all about the music, there’s no denying that the visuals are also of great importance. Here we look at some interesting ways that bands and artists can start to cultivate a unique onstage image. ________________________________ In this recent piece from MusicThinkTank,…
10 Ways To Promote A Music Video When View Count Doesn’t Budge
Investing an exceptional music video is hardly any good if no one sees it. In this article we look at ten different ways in which artists can work to promote the popularity of the music video when the view counts begin to slow to a trickle. ____________________________________ Guest Post by…
Music Industry Reacts To UK EU Brexit
It is too early to know the full affect of yesterday’s vote by Britains to leave the European Union, but its almost universally believed that the musicians and the music industry will be hit hard. Here’s the latest Brexit reaction from across the music industry. _______________________________________ The Music Industry Reacts…
Pandora Listeners Added 1 Million New Music Stations In First 24 Hours
Pandora’s New Music Stations surpassed 1 million station adds in 24 hours after launching last Wednesday. That’s an impressive milestone and great exposure for the emerging artists added weekly to these stations. _____________________________________________________ Last week Pandora added 9 curated weekly playlists of newly releases designed to promote music discovery. In…
5 Ways To Make Your Band Rehearsals More Effective
For any band trying to hone their sound and become performance ready, practice time is critical, unfortunately, most bands don’t use this time as effectively as they ought to. Here we look at some ways to make practicing more efficient and productive. ___________________________ Guest Post by Casey van Wensem on…
Music: The Ultimate Industry Disruptor [Op-Ed]
This week’s Make Music Day 2016 surpassed all milestones with people in more than 700 cities and across 120 countries re-imagining their cities as stages, using music to engage, unite and educate. Two industry leaders involved in this global reminder of the power of song reflect on just how essential…
Spotify Merchbar Partnership Means BandPage Is Out
[UPDATED] Alongside today’s announcement that Spotify would be selling merchandise from 35,000 artists thanks to a new partnership with Merchbar, was a mention that offers from BandPage would no longer be offered on the music streamer. __________________________________________ BandPage "offers," which include t-shirts and merchandise alongside VIP events at concerts and…
Aphex Twin Hires 12 Year Old Unknown YouTuber To Produce First Music Video In 17 Years [WATCH]
Apex Twin has not released a video since 1999’s "Windowlocker." That changed when AT’s Richard D. James stumbled across Ryan Wyer’s YouTube channel. With less than 900 subscribers, the 12 year old’s YouTube presence is far from overwhelming. But James liked what he saw and commissioned him to do a…