8 Ways Musicians Can Gain Media Coverage Indirectly [Kosha Dillz]
By indie rapper Kosha Dillz (@koshadillz). It's not all the times that promotion promotion promotion of your brand/band will get you where you want to be. In fact, real tastemakers. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Fake Twitter Followers? 50 Cent And Diddy Included On Researchers' List Troy Carter: Technology Will Disrupt Terrestrial Radio & Increase Concert Income 100% Legendary Colorado Promoter Barry Fey Dies Nettwerk. Continue reading
CMT ‘Dog Pound’ Social Media Team Share The Secrets Of Real Time Fan Engagement
On the surface, this guest post by CMT's Kacey Stark is more about TV than music. But the lessons learned by CMT Dr. of Social Media Chis Nelson and his. Continue reading
Top 3 Tips For Music Marketing With Vine
Vine, the 6 second, string 'em together, looping video app for iOS made popular via Twitter's acquisition (which led to lots of media attention), has become an established media tool.. Continue reading
From Bruce Springsteen To Beyonce, Artists Donate Tickets To Fight Poverty With Global Citizen
A variety of forces in the music industry, from big stars to big brands, are coming together to support the Global Citizen Ticket Initiative. Global Citizen is an education and. Continue reading
Fake Facebook Likes Causing Problems For Bands That Didn’t Buy Them
A new and perhaps more important perspective on the fake Followers and Likes issue was raised this week by Heavy Blog Is Heavy. Fake Facebook Like services appear to be. Continue reading
9 Tips For Throwing An Awesome CD Release Party
By Musician and Marketing Consultant Solveig Whittle (@shadesofsolveig). I did something important this weekend. It was important because I’m dying. Not anytime soon, mind you, but someday I won’t be. Continue reading
Exclusive: Banana Stand Cofounders Discuss New CD Baby Sponsorship Of Live Album Releases
Banana Stand, a project focused on recording live shows of Portland bands, is today announcing CD Baby's sponsorship of a series of live albums including digital distribution and production of. Continue reading
Direct-To-Fan Holds Much Promise, Many Problems
By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. The notion of artists selling music directly to their fans holds a powerful allure. Why pay to distribute. Continue reading
Marketers Look Forward To Twitter #Music Data Trove
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Twitter is a data goldmine, one reason its awesomely-designed new music app has a fighting chance even though it doesn’t see the whole internet.. Continue reading
