3 Critical Steps For Musicians To Build Fan Engagement
C. Vincent Plummer ( @cvpmusic ) is a Musician, Co-Founder, & Social Strategist for Bedloo. Over the years, I've sat at a lot of breakfast tables with local musicians recapping. Continue reading
Squarespace Adds Audio Collections For Musicians To Its Full-Featured Site Platform
Squarespace is a website-building and hosting platform with beautiful templates, excellent customer service and a variety of features including blogging and digital/physical ecommerce. They recently announced Audio Collections, the first. Continue reading
DeliRadio Raises $9.35 Million In Funding, CEO Wayne Skeen Shares The Big Picture
Today web radio service DeliRadio announced that they've raised $9.35 million in funding from investors. This impressive achievement will allow DeliRadio to start hiring more engineers and grow their technical. Continue reading
Why Is A Culture Shift Important For Musicians?
Many artists feel helpless today. Tommy Darker paints a picture of musicians crawling around the digital music world – laws and the status quo have changed radically, along with the. Continue reading
Zippo Partners With Bandsintown For Music Merch and Virtual Lighter Tour Dates
Zippo continues its involvement with music by partnering with Bandsintown to power concert listings on its Virtual Zippo Lighter and to provide musicians with their own customized lighters for merch. Continue reading
CUREative Content Wins Dream Project Competition At Leadership Music Summit
Yesterday's Leadership Music Summit in Asheville included a business competition called The Dream Project. Four finalists presented their dream creative and/or business ideas involving music. Attendees voted and a panel. Continue reading
7 Music Marketing Truths ALL Musicians Should Know
Knowing how to market yourself and your music is a crucial piece of the new music business. In order to maximize your exposure you must carefully plan and implement practical. Continue reading
Reverb Builds Thriving Music Instrument Marketplace
Reverb is a well-thought-out online marketplace for instruments and gear said to be inspired by founder David Kalt's own problem selling used instruments on Ebay. Kalt, who also acquired and. Continue reading
Musicians: Why Your Self-Presentation Is An Important Part Of Your Music
A recent study showed that volunteers could more accurately identify the winners of music competitions by watching video without sound rather than video with sound or audio alone. It raises. Continue reading
7 Ways to Avoid The Psychological Hazards Of Music Entrepreneurship
Building a career in music is often much more about becoming an entrepreneur than getting a job. And like entrepreneurs in other fields musicians face many emotional ups and downs. Continue reading
Marketing Your Music Through Your Local Library
NPR recently ran a feature about local public libraries building streamable and downloadable collections of digital music from local musicians. It's a powerful way for libraries to serve members of. Continue reading