Amanda Palmer On The Power Of YES!
Responding to a recent Bob Lefsetz rant on The Power Of No ("You have to value yourself. You have to trust yourself."), Goddess Of Music D.I.Y. Amanda Palmer shared how. Continue reading
Noah Wall Combines Art & Technology For Manhattan Musical Scavenger Hunt
Noah Wall celebrated the release of his album HÈLOÏSE on LP and cassette with a scavenger hunt in Manhattan. The relatively modest concept was amplified by the web and media. Continue reading
9 Critical Things You Should Know About Music Publicity Before You Make Your First Move
By Ariel Hyatt, a regular contributor to MusicThinkTank, whose Ariel Publicity is an indie music focused digital pr firm and educational experience wrapped up in one very cool package.. I. Continue reading
Indie Artist Scotty James Goes Door To Door & Into The Music Industry
The story of Canadian busker Scotty James, who took his act door to door and in the process found a manager, is similar in some respects to that of radically. Continue reading
A Guy Named Brian Camelio Wants A Cut Of Your Fan Funded Project
(UPDATED) On February 8, 2011, ex-Journey studio musician and record producer Brian Camelio was awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,885,887 – "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work". Continue reading
RockStar Motel Opens Platform To Fans & Bands
RockStar Motel leaves beta today in the US, UK and Canada. The social network with game elements features a fan signing band approach in which fans are encouraged to become. Continue reading
Jonathan Coulton: Creative Commons, Coding & Being An Internet Rockstar [VIDEO]
D.I.Y. artist Jonathan Coulton has found real success as a musician by channeling his inner geek and appealing to the tech community. In this interview on Engadget, Coulton talks about. Continue reading
FanBridge Launches Social Digest – Earns 1 Million Subscribers In 24 Hours
Direct-to-fan marketing platform FanBridge recently launched a new feature called Social Digest, which curates the most popular social content from the web in a sleek email digest distributed to fans on. Continue reading
Hello Music Adds To Executive Team
Artist services and daily deals platform Hello Music, is stepping up its game with a major senior team expansion that includes the hiring of music industry and consumer product veterans. Continue reading
5 Tips from IndieHipHop.net On Why Musicians Should Be Blogging
While it's true that I think that every musician should have their own website at their own domain, I also think that such sites should either have a blog or. Continue reading