5 Types of Music Publicists That Indie Artists Should Avoid
By Laura Goldfarb on Sonicbids Blog It's time for me to come clean – at one point or another in my career, I've been guilty of being all of the types of publicists below, and as. Continue reading
2014: The Year Nothing In Music Broke, and Nothing Got Fixed
By Cortney Harding on This Week In Music Tech. This was the year of the treadmill. I mean that both for me personally (ever train for an ultra-marathon during a. Continue reading
Indie Artists Receive +50% Of All GRAMMY Nominations For 5th Consecutive Year
A recent release by American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) recognized and congratulated the noteworthy talent coming from the independent music sector. For five years in a row, independent music. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Spotify’s Secret Weapon 3 Things The Music Industry Can Learn From Virgin America's Cyber Monday Fail Let’s Be Pigs Not Hogs: How to Thrive in the Age of Digital. Continue reading
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
The Many Realities of Touring as an Independent Artist: What’s Right for You? 10 Things You Had Totally Wrong About Music Publishing 14 Ways to Make Money From One. Continue reading
Our Virtual Panel Looks Back At 2014: Cortney Harding of Muzooka
Cortney Harding, strategist at Muzooka and co-host of Hypebot.com's Upward Spiral Podcast will be kicking off the 2014 Hypebot.com Year End Virtual Panel. "Much like cab drivers love to whine. Continue reading
Why Streaming (Done Right) Will Save the Music Business
By Jason Epstein and Rob Glaser, members of the board of directors of Rhapsody. “There’s somethin’ happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear … ” — Stephen Stills When. Continue reading
4 Jobs You Unknowingly Take On When You Become a Band Manager
By Shaine Freeman on Sonicbids Blog Great managers are hard to find – especially when you consider that it's one of the few professions where no experience or license is required to negotiate contracts and. Continue reading
The Many Realities of Touring as an Independent Artist: What’s Right for You?
By Chris Robley on CDBaby.com Jack Conte of Pomplamoose wrote a blog post last week about how his band toured for a month and grossed $135,983, but still LOST money to the tune of $11,819. The piece. Continue reading
10 Things You Had Totally Wrong About Music Publishing
By Alex Badanes on Songtrust.com 1) Music Publishing is the business of music journalism and Music PR The word “publishing” can throw some people off, but music publishing is actually the business. Continue reading