How To Make A GIF From A YouTube Video
Adding images to your social media posts, particularly gifs, are a proven way to boost views and shares. A free tool, GIF YouTube, makes the process of creating a gif. Continue reading
7 Ways You May Be Making Your Band Look Unprofessional
By Lee Duck from the Sonicbids Blog. Everyone seems to be in a band these days, right? Venue managers are bombarded with booking-related emails and phone calls every day, and. Continue reading
The Problems Musicians Face and How To Solve Them, Pt. 1
Written by Tommy Darker, originally published in The Musicpreneur. Travelling the world and chatting with fellow aspiring artists reveals astounding insights about the future of music. Here’s the deal: we. Continue reading
16 Essential Business Tools For Musicians
By Andrew Hall from the Sonicbids Blog. With technology and the many resources available online, independent bands and artists have a greater chance than ever for success. You must, however,. Continue reading
Are Low Music Sales Simply Due To Bad Music?
Guest post by Peter Getty. In 1991, Nielsen Soundscan started tracking album sales around the world. Back then, this data gave us valuable insight into current tastemakers, what genres were. Continue reading
Cellfish Media Rebrands As Bandsintown Group
Mobile and social application publisher Cellfish Media is rebranding as the Bandsintown Group. With the popular BandsInTown app already its flagship product, the move reflects the company’s three year effort to. Continue reading
CD Baby Free: Direct To Fan Download Sales Even If You’re Distributed By Tunecore, Others
CD Baby yesterday launched CD Baby Free – a Bandcamp-like direct to fan music download sales tool that opens the company's popular indie music store to all artists – even. Continue reading
New Value In Trading A Song For An Email Address
With album sales, broadcast radio, and many other mainstream revenue sources for artists fading quickly into "has beens", we are being forced into a new era of networking & promotion.. Continue reading
5 Tips For Musicians On Maintaining Great Relationships With The Music Press
By Jamie Ludwig from the SonicBids Blog. For an independent musician, scoring coverage in a media outlet may seem like the well-earned reward in a long cycle of pitching and. Continue reading
DIY Tour Tips: Surviving The Long Drive
By Matthew Ebel who is currently Kickstarting a new album. I’ve played concerts all over the USA and there’s one constant that most touring musicians already know: People don’t know. Continue reading
Musicians as Entrepreneurs
Today's music industry does not lend itself to a "one-size-fits-all" model of any sort. It takes experimentation and exploration to develop a strategy and to execute it efficiently. Times have. Continue reading
