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Setting Positive And Realistic Music Career Goals

While setting goals is important when it comes to progressing with your music career, it's important to do so in a way that is achievable, and that gives you a clear. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/03/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Antenna (radio), Artist, Do it yourself, Family of Barack Obama, Lollapalooza, music industry, musician, S.M.A.R.T., Sonicbids, time management

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5 Non-Musical Skills Musicians Should Work To Improve

Certainly improving one's musical ability is paramount when it comes to maintaining a successful music career, but music is a business, meaning that there are some non-music related skills artists. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/30/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Asset, Car dealership, Competition, Facebook, iTunes, marketing, musician, social media, Sonicbids, YouTube

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5 Methods For Avoiding Costly Band Merch Mistakes

Merch can be one of the best ways for a touring band to bring in some additional cash, but get it wrong and you can easily be saddled with an. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/29/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele (singer), Board of education, CafePress Coupon, Chief strategy officer, Colorado, Denver, iTunes, music industry, musician, YouTube

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Time Management: A Musician’s Guide

In many ways, time is like money, meaning it's important to develop a system through which you manage and budget your time. This can be especially true for artists, so. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/21/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising campaign, Austin, Budget, Chicago, Don Bartlett, Earned media, Facebook, independent music, music industry, musician, Texas

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The Orchard Partners With Baidu Music Owners Taihe Music Group For Chinese Music Distribution

Indie music and film distributor The Orchard has partnered with Taihe Music Group (TMG), the largest label group in China, in an exclusive digital deal that will bring The Orchard's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/19/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ana Moura, Android (operating system), Commentary (magazine), independent music, music industry, Music Think Tank, musician, Never Miss a Beat, Spotify, The Week

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y. And Indie Music

This week's bunch of indie and DIY tips include a list resources for online music production, five habits all musicians would do well to break, how to use SEO to. Continue reading

admin on 09/10/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ableton Live, Arlene's Grocery, Austin, Facebook, kickstarter, Kosha Dillz, musician, New York, New York City, Record producer, Texas

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5 Habits Musicians Need To Break

While bad habits are to be expected in some areas of a person's life, such vices in your musical life can at best be a hindrance to your career, or at. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/08/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Federation of Musicians, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Employment contract, Full-time, Gil Shaham, Instagram, Job (role), musician, Never Miss a Beat, Sonicbids

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FREE Bandzoogle eBook: “23 Ways Musicians Can Make Money”

Making some form of money is key to maintaining a career as a musician, although the ways in which artists earn income have changed quite a bit over the past. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/23/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Digital distribution, E-book, iTunes, music industry, musician, Nashville, Never Miss a Beat, Noisetrade, PledgeMusic, revenue, Tennessee

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Make Better Music Using Fan Feedback

One of the greatest challenges when it comes to self-improvement as a musician is being able to judge one's own music objectively. For this reason, it can be important to. Continue reading

admin on 08/18/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: African American art, Facebook, music industry, music video, musician, record label, social media, Spotify, Twitter, YouTube

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New Hashtags Dos And Don’ts

Promotion via social media is a complex and ever-changing beast, with little consistency. Here we look at several dos and don'ts when it comes to marketing using hashtags, such as. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/17/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Best practice, Facebook, Google, Great Comet, Hashtag, Instagram, musician, social media, Sonicbids, Twitter

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How To Sneakily Promote Your Music Without Actually Talking About It

While the idea of self-promotion without talking up one's self may seem backwards or impossible the reality is that, as an artist, more subtle forms of marketing and promotion can often be the. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/17/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Ed Sheeran, Facebook, Instagram, Learning, Musical ensemble, musician, Never Miss a Beat, Promotion (marketing), social media, Sonicbids

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