Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
The 3 Most Profitable DIY Revenue Streams: And Why Many Artists Succeed At Only One Of Them Midem: Indie Labels "In Shock" Over MySpace "Free Ride" Licensing Policy Jonathan Coulton. Continue reading
Richard Marx Demonstrates The Fine Art Of Brand Self-Destruction
By Timothy Geigner of Techdirt. A year ago, Mike [Masnick] presented at Midem, discussing how being more open, honest and awesome to the public and to your fans is a. Continue reading
Lyrics Freaks and Streaming Programmers feat. Emily White (WVAU): Upward Spiral 18
The Upward Spiral is back! This episode catches the guys with writer, pundit and college radio GM Emily White, as she joins to discuss how lyrics are ripe for a richer. Continue reading
Using Old-School Art Forms to Get New Exposure
If you think creating a splash in the digital age is all about making good use of new technologies, think again. Sometimes it's better to take an old, sometimes forgotten. Continue reading
The 3 Pillars Of Music Fan Engagement
In a previous post I talked about why it’s important that musicians interact with their fans. But how often should this be done? And for how long? Can managers, labels,. Continue reading
Finding The One Key Metric That Matters For Your Career As A Musician
From time to time concepts and approaches from the world of tech startups have relevance to indie and DIY musicians. Recently the concept of "One Key Metric" has been making. Continue reading
#MIDEM 2013 Music Marketing Competition Winners
The Midem Marketing Competition is an international competition for global creative agencies and brands, highlighting the best use of music in a marketing campaign and the best placement of music. Continue reading
Music Discovery Is A Burned Out Phrase
By freelance music writer Tyler Hayes (@thealbumproject). Previously only for those seeking out new music, music discovery is now something forced on the average Internet citizen from companies looking to. Continue reading
Webdoc Relaunches As Urturn: Social Platform For Direct To Fan Campaigns #MIDEM
This weekend at midem 2013, creative platform Webdoc relaunched as Urturn with a focus on "Expressions." By offering ways to create content on the web bound by specific limits, Urturn. Continue reading
Can Short Video Apps Like Strum, Viddy, VJAM, Snapchat & Vine Be Used For Music Marketing?
Though it's easy to be attracted to every shiny new mobile app that comes down the pike, and I'm certainly prey to such Jackdaw thinking, most photo apps are only. Continue reading
MTV Announces “Artist To Watch” Music Discovery Campaign
MTV has unveiled a new list that they call simply “MTV Artist to Watch”, a new artist / music discovery initiative and campaign that spans across all of MTV’s television. Continue reading
