Bands: Stop Using Flash On Your Website
Flash was once a hugely popular platform used to create streaming audio and video players, animations, and other multimedia content for websites. Now, its popularity is waning, as it struggles. Continue reading
Publishing And Selling Cover Tracks As Remixes
By Dan Adler (@EDM_Hero) of the indie EDM business blog EDM Hero. You’re interested in making a remix of a track you don’t own, and the original artist or record. Continue reading
“Has Your Music Been Featured In The NY Times?” A Look At Automated Music Submission Services
There are many musicians that have been preyed upon by businesses. James Moore suggests staying away from one type of service in particular: automated music submission services. He believes that. Continue reading
How To Build Facebook Likes With Dropify [Case Study]
Guest post from the Dropify Blog. By the time indies saxophonist Reeves stumbled upon Dropify, he had roughly 1,700 fans on Facebook. His mixtape had already been promoted on several. Continue reading
Countering The Commoditization Of Music By Giving Credit And Creating Value
By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). Ubiquity drives the commoditization of music and other intellectual property, lowering value and decreasing discovery. Giving credit, or attribution, counteracts this effect. Continue reading
Indie Musician Mandy Is Hacking Blindness And You Can Help
By Paul Lamere of Music Machinery. Meet Mandy. She’s a musician and a multimedia artist. She’s also losing her vision. She is on a quest – to push forward interfaces. Continue reading
The Most Overrated Things In A Musician’s Career
Many musicians try to play shows at industry festivals like SXSW in order to break into the industry. However, there is no guarantee that this will happen and some musicians. Continue reading
Ryan Holiday Shares The Simple Truth For Musicians Who Want Media Attention
I spoke last week with Ryan Holiday, author of "Trust Me, I'm Lying," a book with which I took issue as I do with many of Holiday's clients. However, though. Continue reading
How To Make The Freemium World Pay
Guest post by Alicia Yaffe (@thespllbndgroup) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I saw a great tweet recently from a satirical Twitter account which said: “Welcome to the. Continue reading
Tips From John Vanderslice’s Kickstarter Campaign That’s $40,000 Over Goal
John Vanderslice is Kickstarting not one but two album releases, originals on "Dagger Beach" and a cover of David Bowie's album "Diamond Dogs," and he's already gone way over goal.. Continue reading
