The DIY Tips section is a collection of useful information and best practices for independent artists aggregated from some of the best music business focused websites and blogs.

Community members can add tips in addition to being able to comment on and rateother posted tips.

What's New:

The Musician's Guide To Facebook Fan Pages by Ariel Hyatt (02/05/2010)

Preparing for Tour with an Independent Musician by Elliot Jacobson (01/29/2010)

Free Music = Free Advertising = Smart Business (01/27/2010)

Rock Band Network for Dummies? by Brian Hazard (1/26/2010)

Web Based Watermarking tool in beta - Come try it out! (01/20/2010)

My First ReverbNation Street Team Mission by Brian Hazard (1/19/2010)

Online Music Marketing: 38 Metrics and 7 Tools To Measure ROI (01/17/2010)

5 Marketing Books Every Musician Should Read by Greg Rollett (01/15/2010)

How To Work With Your Manager by Heather McDonald (01/07/2010)

The Case for Online-Only Promotion by Brian Hazard (1/4/2010)

The 2009 DIY Tips Year in Review (1/1/10)

Getting Past The 'But Artists Should Just Be Artists' Myth (12/18/2009)

Video Tech For Working Bands (12/11/2009)

Digital Music Distributor's Fees Compared (12/04/2009)

Money Can't Buy You Love by Brian Hazard (10/14/2009)

D.I.Y. MUSIC COPYRIGHT (11/18/2009)

Notes on Music Licensing from Film-Maker Colin McIvor (11/06/2009)

The Indie Maximum Exposure List by Ariel Hyatt (10/30/2009)

Preparing for the Recording Studio by Cameron Mizell (10/23/2009)

12 years with Taxi by Brian Hazard (10/14/2009)

Twenty Questions for New Artists by Chris Castle and Amy E. Mitchell (10/09/2009)

How To Get Blog Love By Allison Outhit (10/02/2009)

Why your press photo bores me to tears! (09/25/2009)