Promoting Music Without Breaking The Bank

Creating the best music in the world is no good if no one ever hears it. Here we look at key ways in which independent artists on a budget can take proactive steps to effectively promote their music using a social media and a personal website. ________________________________ In this latest…

Apple’s New Clips App Creates Social Videos To Share On Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

Apple usually creates apps and other products that enhance its own product ecosystem. But Clips, announced today, empowers the creation of short creative video clips made to share on outside social networks. Or is Apple creating the tools it needs to launch its own social channel? ______________________________ Apple today announced…

Ed Sheeran Goes To Bat For Musician Who Covered His Song

Known for cultivating a strong positive connection with his fans, Ed Sheeran appears to have taken things one step further by going to bat for a fan who recently posted a video of herself covering a Sheeran song to Facebook, only to have it taken down and her account suspended….

CD Baby Adds Free Marketing Tools via Show.co Acquisition

Last year when CD Baby aquired Show.co, it said that it had "big plans" for the digital music marketing platform. Now we know what they are – free integration into the CD Baby artists dashboard. _______________________________ Indie music distributor and royalty administration service CD Baby, is integrating the marketing services…

3 Top Instagram Tips For Musicians

For bands and artists looking for a straightforward way to promote their music on Instagram, we’ve put together a few handy tips on how to tailor your Instagram feed for maximum effectiveness. ___________________________ Guest post by Ta’Rikah Jones of SymphonicBlog Looking for a simple way to promote you and your…

Peter Hollens On How He Changed The Music Industry From His Living Room [INTERVIEW]

In this interview, Danny Ross speaks with music industry success story Peter Hollens on his already impressive career, from staring in The Sing Off, to using Patreon as a way innovating the music business, to the popularity of his self-produced videos on social media. ___________________________ Guest post by Danny Ross…

Best Time, Frequency For Sending Your Event Emails

An oldie but a goodie, email remains one of the most effective and powerful tools in your event promotion toolkit, but to optimize its effectiveness, one must plan for the best times and proper intervals at which to send said emails out. ___________________ Guest post by Maddie Veal of Eventbrite…

How Snapchat Will Change The Music Industry In 2017

While social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube have a sordid and lawsuit-filled history with artists, Snapchat has taken a different approach and cultivated a much more mutually beneficial relationship, one which will continue to grow and shape the industry into 2017. ___________________________ Guest post by Emma Miller Copyright violation…