Instagram Debuts Music Feature For Stories

Popular photo+ sharing platform instagram recently introduced a new feature which allows its users to choose from a variety of popular licensed songs to employ in their stories. ________________________________ Guest post Jeanette Keats of the Symphonic Distribution Blog Instagram has launched a brand new feature that allows its 1 billion…

Breaking Through In The Social Media Age

Since its humble origins these many years ago, YouTube has made more than a few stars, and continues to do so even now. The platforms ubiquity, however, has made it that much harder for artists to break through the clutter and get noticed. Here we look at a few success…

GENIUS: A Lyric Community Every Musician, Fan Should Join

Ben Gross, Chief Strategy Officer from Genius.com, joins Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on the Music Biz Weekly podcast. The Genius community has grown into an influential force of over 2 million contributors, editors and musicians who discuss and deconstruct their favorite songs. As a result of their collective music…

Complete Facebook Event Strategy To Sell Out Your Next Show

While most artists are likely using Facebook in some capacity to promote their show or event, a few half-hearted posts aren’t going to cut it. Here we look at how to utilize the full potential Facebook’s marketing capabilities. __________________________ Guest post by Rachel Grate from Eventbrite If you’re just doing…

Instagram’s IGTV Allows Artists To Post Longform Videos, As Long As They’re Vertical

In this piece Chris Robley walks us through exactly how artists and bands can set about utilizing Instagram’s new IGTV in order to easily upload longform video – provided its in vertical form. ____________________________ By Chris Robley from CDBaby’s DIY Musician blog Musicians, now you can share your FULL music…

BandsInTown Adds Events Landing Page For Social Sharing

Concert discovery and marketing app BandsInTown has added free Events Landing Pages to its BandsInTown manager platform that are shareable on social media via a custom shortlink. _________________________________ Bandsintown has launched new Events Landing Pages that display all an artist’s tour dates and are shareable on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter…

BandsInTown Adds Events Landing Page For Social Sharing

Concert discovery and marketing app BandsInTown has added free Events Landing Pages to its BandsInTown manager platform that are shareable on social media via a custom shortlink. _________________________________ Bandsintown has launched new Events Landing Pages that display all an artist’s tour dates and are shareable on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter…

Facebook Takes Swipe At YouTube, YouTube Strikes Back

Facebook owned Instagram’s launch of it’s new long-form IGTV has been one-upped with YouTube’s launch of several new features including channel sponsorships and direct-to-fan merchandise sales. Regardless of who comes out on top, the competition seems to be benefitting creators, at least for now. ___________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski…