For artists and musicians, email marketing can be a tricky beast, and while may think your email marketing campaign is doing just fine, given that emails are being opened and tickets are being sold the reality is, you could be losing out to the competition – here we look at…
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Select A Project Manager and Stop Meeting By Committee [Music Biz Weekly Podcast]
Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert discuss the pitfalls of holding conference calls and meetings with groups of people and not having a single point of contact who is responsible for managing your project on this episode of the Music Biz Weekly podcast. Don’t get sucked into the hole of wanting…
New Colossus Int’l Indie Music Fest Sets March NYC Debut
Six independent music venues in lower Manhattan are teaming up in early 2019 to host the New Colossus Festival. The festival will take place from March 7-10, and features performances by a host of eclectic domestic and international acts that includes The Natvral (Kip of The Pains of Being Pure…
How Spotify Pre-Save Is Leading A Shift In Digital Music Marketing
Catering to your fanbase is a key part of successful music marketing, and Spotify’s new pre-save option – which gives fans the option of adding as-yet unreleased music their library, allows artists to engage with their listeners early, and ensures listeners don’t miss out on the latest tracks. _________________________________ In…
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this roundup of the past week’s music industry news, we revisit the evolution of third party playlists and what they mean for streaming, Amber Grimes’ move from Spotify to Capital, a judge’s confirmation of a five million ‘Blurred Lines’ judgement against Robin Thicke, and more. The Evolution Of 3rd…
How To Decide Where To Promote Your Music
Although necessary, promoting your music is usually an pricey proposition. Social media platforms, however, provide a largely inexpensive, risk free space for artists to hawk their wares. But, as CD Baby’s Chris Robley explains, this still requires a careful, measured approach in order to be successful. __________________________ By Chris Robley…
Indie Label Market Bigger Than Ever And Continuing To Grow
It appears as though an ever increasing number of bands and artists are avoiding traditional record label and instead taking the indie path, sometimes by choice and sometimes because of difficulty of signing with a major label. Whatever the reason, indie labels are soon set to contribute to 40% of…
Alison Wenham Steps Down As CEO of WIN, A2IM CEO Burgess Offers Praise
Alison Wenham is stepping down as the CEO of The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) after 12 years with the global independent music industry trade group. Prior to joining WIN full time in 2016, Wenham was the CEO of the UK’s Association of Independent Music (AIM), the organisation she started in…
Art Of Asking: 5 Simple Ways To Engage Fans
Communication is a two-way street, something which is just as true when it comes to the artist/fan relationship as any other. This means that, while it’s important for artists to reach out to fans, they also need to be able to listen and get a sense of how fans are…