Here the well traveled American roots duo Smooth Hound Smith shares with us their top eight tips for successful touring, whether its learning basic vehicle repair or simply how to pronounce the name of the town you’re playing in. _______________________ Guest Post from the ReverbNation Blog Smooth Hound Smith, the…
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SoundCloud Integrates With Twitter Moments, Audio Cards
Now that SoundCloud has launched its long anticipated paid streaming music service, we expect to see a flood of innovation as it rushes to find its place in a crowded marketplace. First up, a more direct audio integration with Twitter. _____________________________________ SoundCloud today announced an integration with Twitter Moments via…
7 Promotional Stunts You Can Pull With Your Leftover CDs
While merch sales remain a strong source of revenue for artists, CDs no longer bring in the cash they once did. Still, compact discs can still serve a variety of valuable functions when it comes to marketing and promoting your band. ___________________________________ In this recent post on MusicThinkTank, Bjorgvin Benediktsson…
8 Common Email Newsletter Mistakes To Avoid
For artists, email newsletters are a great way to both keep in touch with fans and regularly market your content, but they must be handled delicately, as a poorly constructed newsletter can easily drive away fans and potential subscribers. _____________________________ Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on the Sonicbids Blog Your…
5 Reasons To Rewrite Your Songs
While emotion and enthusiasm are an important part of songwriting, being able to hone and refine your work is critical to developing a solid finished product. Here we look at five rules to keep in mind when transitioning from the creation space to the re-write space. _____________________________ Guest Post by…
TOP POSTS: Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
In some of Hypebot’s most popular articles from the past week, we speculated as to what Spotify’s new debt load means, looked at the most important tools for online music marketing, heard from several experts on how to communicate with fans, and much more. What Spotify’s Debt Means For Artists…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y And Indie Music
How to visually promote your music, get a record placement, and achieve success using inbound permission based marketing to fans, are just a few of the useful tips we have for the independently minded DIY artists out there this week. 9 New Rules For Success In The Modern Music Industry…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Portable Studio • Promotional Stunts With CDs • Give Your Music Away Or Charge? • More
This week on MusicThinkTank, we covered building portable studios, promo stunts you can pull with leftover CDs, when you should give away your music vs. sell it, and more. Jay Von K | 7 Things You Need To Build A Portable Studio Bjorgvin Benediktsson | 7 Promotional Stunts You Can…
9 New Rules For Success In The Modern Music Industry
As the music business continues to shift and transform as it has for the past decade, the rules which govern how artists and industry entrepreneurs measure achievement and success must also change to fit a drastically altered industry. _____________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 We’ve gone through…
On Composing Music [Excerpt From "Songwriting: Get Your Black Belt In Music & Lyrics"]
In this excerpt from Songwriting: Get Your Black Belt In Music & Lyrics, we look at how the musical composition process, and how the use of different scales can effect the feel and mood of a piece of music, as demonstrated by the California thrash metal band referenced here. _________________________________…