FREE INVITES: Musician Friendly Blogging Platform StageBloc Enters Beta
StageBloc is a new blogging platform described by cofounder and CEO Tom Giles as being somewhere between Tumblr and WordPress. It offers hosted websites that are designed to be simple. Continue reading
Zoe Keating Tries To Make Sense Of The Performance Royalty System
Guest post by Zoë Keating. As a DIY artist it's up to me to educate myself about the music business. I do my best, but some elements of it seem. Continue reading
12 Guidelines For Long Term Indie Music Success
Vinnie Ribas, the Founder and CEO of Indie Connect, recently shared "12 Srategies For Long Term Success As An Indie Artist." They're actually worth considering for anyone who's a freelancer. Continue reading
How Do Musicians Really Earn Their Living? [CASE STUDIES]
The Future of Music Coalition has released data from its Artist Revenue Streams research project, where financial case studies drawing from 4-12 years of accounting data provide information about how. Continue reading
GETTING IT DONE: This Week In D.I.Y.
GETTING IT DONE Musician Ryan O'Neal On Spotify, Kickstarter & Leaving Interscope To Go D.I.Y. Sell Your Band: Directory Of Services For DIY Musicians Denison Witmer Plays Single Song Concerts. Continue reading
Sell Your Band: Directory Of Services For DIY Musicians
[Updated] Sell Your Band is a newly launched website featuring a directory of services for DIY and indie artists. It's a nice looking site that covers a broad range of. Continue reading
Lessons Learned From Three Successful Kickstarter Music Campaigns
Crowdfunding has been around long enough now to begin to recognize patterns of successful campaigns. Different music campaigns reveal different aspects but, if one compares notes, certain principles seem to. Continue reading
Musician Ryan O’Neal On Spotify, Kickstarter & Leaving Interscope To Go D.I.Y.
Guest post by Tyler Hayes, founder of Liisten.com, an independent music discovery site. Liisten: What do you think of renting (spotify) music vs. owning and buying music? RYAN: I feel. Continue reading
Seth Godin On The New Music Industry – Part 2 [Video Interview w/ Ariel Hyatt]
(UPDATED) As Ariel Hyatt shared in Part 1 of her video interview with marketing guru Seth Godin, it's hard not to become overwhelmed by ongoing upheaval in how music is. Continue reading
How Indie Artists Can Get More Fans And Get Paid On New Artists.MTV
Last week MTV announced Artists.MTV, a web platform that allows both established and emerging musicians the opportunity to claim their profiles on MTV and monetize them with services provided primarily. Continue reading
