Music Pages Reign On Facebook, But Are Big Numbers Enough? [ANALYSIS]
It’s clear by now that music is huge on Facebook. So huge in fact, that 7 of the 10 most liked pages on Facebook belong to musicians, averaging 43 million likes. Additionally,. Continue reading
Little Known D.I.Y. Artist Linda Chorney Networks Her Way To Grammy Nomination
Though the Skrillex path to getting 5 Grammy nominations seems powered by building a huge, enthusiastic fanbase and making the underground accessible to the masses, Linda Chorney's path is quite. Continue reading
StoryAmp Launches To Connect Indie Artists With Journalists [GET 3 MONTHS FREE]
In August, StoryAmp released an ebook titled "Amplify Your Story: Getting More Press through the Art of the Pitch" that articulated the founder's perspective on the need to focus on. Continue reading
ReverbNation Launches Facebook Marketing Tool “Promote It For Shows”
ReverbNation has launched "Promote It For Shows", a Facebook promotion tool design to help music venues drive attendance. Promote It is currently in open beta, but an earlier version that. Continue reading
Does Google+ Hope To Be The Next MySpace Music?
This guest post is from Jason Calacanis’ tech news blog Launch. Japanese pop group AKB48 is leveraging the social functions of Google+ to regularly host Hangouts with fans and broadcast. Continue reading
Twitter Begins Brand Page Rollout
Twitter is introducing brand pages and just as many of us haven't yet experienced the new Twitter account changes, the first brand pages being rolled out aren't even necessarily viewable. Continue reading
Rolling Stones & Fugazi Launch Digital Archives with Radically Different Approaches
Musicians have been using the web to amplify and extend their careers in a variety of ways. One still emerging solution is to create digital archives with content ranging from. Continue reading
The 10 Point Skrillex Plan For Getting The Grammy
For a lot of people Skrillex came out of nowhere despite the fact that he's been steadily building for quite some time. I discovered him when walking by the Asheville. Continue reading
3 Microsites for Aggregating Your Band’s Social Media & Extending Your Web Presence
The core of a musician's web presence should be your own website that functions as a homebase of operations for news, content development and ecommerce that fuels your social media. Continue reading
Alicia Keys Demonstrates The Art Of Tumblr
Alicia Keys launched a Tumblr blog and it's an excellent reminder that the rich or, in this case, celebrities are not like you and me. The up and coming artist. Continue reading