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A Few Reasons Indie Musicians Should Hope Spotify Succeeds
Editor’s note: This blog is published along with a sister article on Spotify by Cameron Mizell at MusicianWages.com. Click here to read Cameron’s blog “Spotify from a Musician’s Perspective”. Both Hypebot and Digital Music News have been reporting recently on concerns from indie musicians regarding Spotify’s streaming royalty payouts and a handful of indie labels pulling their catalog from Spotify’s database of available music. I’m also hearing a growing chorus of concerns from musicians I talk … Read entire article »
How Should I Pick the Cities for My Tour?
From About.com Music Careers: Let’s say you’ve decided to bite the bullet and book your own tour. So, you pull out a map and, uh, what now? The world is a big place, so where exactly should you focus your hunt for the perfect gig? Consider the following when you’re picking your short list of cities to hit up on your tour: Your first choices should be cities in which you already have a following, or at … Read entire article »
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10 Ways to Trade a Song for an Email Address
I measure my success as a recording artist by the growth of my mailing list. The best way to get someone to subscribe is to offer something in return, and a great song is a powerful incentive. Here are ten techniques to negotiate that delicate exchange: 1. The classic squeeze page. You’ve probably stumbled onto one of these before: a fine-tuned infomercial-style pitch with a clear call to action and no exit links. The sole goal … Read entire article »
The Internet Radio Opportunity for Independent Musicians
Internet radio is now attracting 60 million listeners, every week! Bridge Ratings projects weekly listeners of Internet radio will hit 77 million by 2015. That’s a lot of music fans! I personally listen to Internet radio at least 10 hours a day and find it a very powerful tool for discovering new artists. Radio airplay has been used as one of the primary ways to promote an artist and their music since the beginning of the … Read entire article »
The Benefits of Looking After Your Health as a Musician
Being a healthy musician has three benefits; it helps you produce better quality music, it helps you write more quality music in less time, and it allows you to write quality music for longer. Those three areas can roughly be summarized as 1) improving creativity, 2) improving productivity, and 3) longevity. Being Health Improves Your Productivity When Richard Branson was asked what his number one tip on productivity was, he replied “work out”. Exercising, and maintaining a … Read entire article »
