Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. & Indie Music
Google's Changing SEO Policies, How To Optimize Your Music Site 5 Essential Elements for Your Band's Website Contact Page Bandcamp Upgrades Ticketing Features Amadou and Mariam: A Special Kickstarter About. Continue reading
Vinyl News: New Promo Site, Vinyl Crowdfunding, Turn Your Ashes Into Vinyl?
Vinyl continues to be a growing music industry niche that refuses to bow to the propaganda of technological determinism. New Vinyl Release is a new site for promoting such activity.. Continue reading
Music Crowdfunding Tips from #IndiegogoToronto
I don't typically use hashtags in titles but I experienced yesterday's Indiegogo event in Toronto via Twitter so it seems appropriate. I didn't actually expect to do a post on. Continue reading
WeDemand! Tackles The Uphill Battle To Establish Concert Crowdfunding In The States
Queremos! is a music concert crowdfunding platform developed in Brazil that debuted in the U.S. last fall. Since then the U.S. site and parent company have been renamed WeDemand! and. Continue reading
Musician Uses Crowdfunding To Buy Back Music From Former Label
Canadian musician Amanda Zelina, known by her stagename The Coppertone, is using crowdfunding to buy back rights to her music from her former record label. Titling the campaign "Help Free. Continue reading
Importance Of The JOBS Act To Record Labels
By Miguel de Braganca from Berklee College of Music's Music Business Journal. The largest providers of capital in the music business, the major record labels, have been devastated over the. Continue reading
A Musicianʼs Mini-Guide to Crowdfunding – What Platform Is Right For You?
In 2012, many musicians used crowdfunding sites to try and create albums or finance other creative projects. With the various sites available, you may wonder what the differences between the. Continue reading
Tips From John Vanderslice’s Kickstarter Campaign That’s $40,000 Over Goal
John Vanderslice is Kickstarting not one but two album releases, originals on "Dagger Beach" and a cover of David Bowie's album "Diamond Dogs," and he's already gone way over goal.. Continue reading
Why Did Bjork’s Kickstarter Fail? It Was Lame
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt. Nearly two years ago, we had a post pointing out that it was silly for people to complain when the "rich and famous" made use. Continue reading
