For artists trying to promote their music online, the internet can be a harsh and unforgiving place. Here we look at three ways in which the nature of the online music industry makes life harder for DIY artists doing their best to circulate their tracks. ______________________________ In this piece from…
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Optimizing Your Band Website For SEO
For musicians who care about being discoverable online, having a website is critical, but simply building a website will do little to drive traffic to it. Here we review how artists can optimize their online presence in such a way as to draw fans in. ________________________________ In this recent post…
5 Tips To Help DJs Play Your Music
If you’re in the business of making music, there’s a good chance you have, at one time or another, tried to get your music into the hands of a DJ, but this hardly guarantees they’ll actually play any of it. Here we examine five tips for increasingly the liklihood of…
Releasing A Slow Burn Album: Oh Wonder Tries A Different Approach
With many foretelling the death of the conventional album format, artists like Beyonce and Frank Ocean have been trying different stunts like dropping surprise visual albums, but by releasing one song off their album every month for a year, Oh Wonder took a different, and surprisingly successful approach. ____________________________ Guest…
Country Music By The Numbers: A Statistical Look At Country’s Stars, Fans And What They Care About
Country music is one of the most popular radio formats in many parts of the U.S. and Nielsen took a look at the numbers behind the music – from the crossover appeal of its talent to the fans themselves – and found some surprising stats. __________________________ click on image to…
More Than Half The World’s Internet Users Are On Facebook [CHART]
During Facebook’s latest quarterly earnings report, which exceeded all expectations, the social media giant reported that 1.78 billion people are logging in on a monthly basis, with 2/3rds checking in daily. That means more than a half of the world’s internet users are on Facebook. Statista via Business Insider Related…
The Essential Album Release Checklist
As an independent musician, releasing one’s own music requires a massive amount of work, and it can be easy to forget something or misstep along the way. One thing which can help an artist avoid screwing up is to compile a checklist which they can refer to along the way….
7 Common Themes To Secure Music Blog Coverage
Building a press list for your band can often seem like an overwhelmingly difficult task, made all the more thankless by not knowing if it will result in actual useful press. Here we look at seven guidelines to set your band up for good blog coverage. ____________________________ In this newest…
How To Write An Effective Musician Bio
For artists, the bio page is one of the most important on your website, bu also one of the hardest to do right. Having a good bio is key to making a positive first impression on any potential fan. Here, we go through the process of putting together a bio…
Musician’s Starter Guide To Pinterest
Here we take a crash course for musicians on how to utilize the popular virtual board image sharing site which recently hit 150 million monthly users, as well as examine some ways in which Pinterest can specifically be tailored for music-related postings. __________________________ Guest Post by Victoria Morris on the…