Rapper T-Pain has cancelled his 1UP DLC and in a moment of candor on social media, revealed that low ticket sales were a key part of that decision. “I was advised to lie about this and say that I needed some time, or I needed some alone time or me-time…
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Marketing Strategies Need To Know As A Musician
With a new year fast approaching we look at five key no brainer marketing techniques for artists looking to gain exposure and widen their fanbase. ______________________________ Guest post by Jaimie Watts of the Symphonic Blog So, you’ve got a career in music and you’re living the dream. This is amazing…
Pandora AMP Turns 5: Artists Using Free Artist Marketing Platform Up 688% In Last Year
Pandora’s free Artist Marketing Platform (AMP) is now five years old and the robust music marketing toolkit has much to celebrate. Artists using the free self-serve platform grew 688% in the last year alone. As of this month, artists have delivered 4.5 billion audio impressions of free messages recorded by…
Improve Your Artist Site Search Ranking with Image Alt Tags
For any artist or band, having a high ranking is incredibly important to maintaining your online presence and being discoverable by your fans. Because of this every slight edge you can gain when it comes to SEO matters, including the implementation of image alt text. ______________________________ Guest post by Bobby…
Soundcharts Launches ‘Mentions’ Tracking 2M Artists
Music data analytics platform Soundcharts today launched what it’s calling its biggest product update since going online in 2016. A new feature dubbed Mentions enables global media and web monitoring of two million artists with geotargeted data from tens of thousands of sources. Mentions is designed to help to spot…
How To Save The Money You Need To Hire A Music Publicist [KOSHA DILLZ]
How do you spend money on press and pr? You have the money I promise you. It might not seem like you have the ability to pay for these things, but you probably do and need to reallocate your life. If you are an independent artist, you might be spending…
The Value Of Merch For Today’s Working Artist With Joey Stucky [INTERVIEW]
Here award-winning musician, personality, and engineer Joey Stuckey discusses the success of his music and the important role merch plays in branding his act and drawing in valuable revenue. _____________________________ Guest post from Disc Makers Blog Being blind hasn’t stopped Joey Stuckey from living a life of intention, joy, and…
Fender, Apple Music Partner For Fender Songs App Powered By 7Digital
[UPDATED] Fender has partnered with Apple Music to launch the Fender Songs app which allows users to stream, practice, play along and perform to millions of songs on guitar, ukulele or piano and provides learning paths, lessons with instructors, video-on-demand, chord charts, tablature and more. Users can also reference targeted…
10 Ways To Enjoy Yourself More On Tour
Touring, particularly that of the DIY variety, brings with it countless challenges and stress-inducing mishaps, and can at times be hard to remember when you wanted to be on the road in the first place. Here, Ellisa Sun reminds us of ten key ways in which artists can have more…