GETTING YOUR MUSIC ON BLOGS Having been recently popped out of the Penn State toaster, Chris Bracco has decided to serve up his Business Management skills by creating a comprehensive play-by-play handbook to help DIY musicians learn how to effectively promote their music in the world of blogs. His handbook is completely free and is ...…
Stop – Collaborate and Listen! Creative Commons is moving forward with their great invention. They have invented a non-profit organization for artists that has turned the Copyright industry on its side. This movement includes the concept of Copyleft which is appropriately taking Copyright licensing in a new and different direction which is being fueled by ...…
It’s always helpful knowing how musicians view the music industry and how they use their understanding to prosper. I was given the opportunity to interview the English duo, Georgia Wonder, on their musical pursuits and tricks of the trade. They had insightful things to offer: Interview Zach: Georgia Wonder’s social networking is evident in their ...…
Hitting the music-biz streets this week was an update from the online music community WaTunes (the same company that will get your music in iTunes for FREE). They have unveiled a new “digital marketplace” which enables artists to sell their music for their fans to buy – all in an organized and convenient manner. If ...…
As I am sure a lot of you know, the Harvest of Hope Festival is just around the corner (March 12-14) and I am extremely excited that I’ll be able to take part in the eclectic array of musical finesse throughout the weekend! Earlier this month I was privileged enough to be able to conduct ...…
New Roads With musicians in every direction you look, music marketing in 2010 has become a very high-traffic environment for musicians to discover new and dry ground to get them out of the muck. Shinobi Ninja have found dry ground and joined the touch-screen community as a means of marketing with their new iPhone Application ...…
So this is the second segment of Great Friend of Mine’s merchandise which includes visuals and procedures on how we produced our album design and presented our form of marketing to our audience (read part 1 of the DIY design here). Please keep in mind we deal with the underground punk scene that is deeply ...…
Design For Your Music There are so many different windows of opportunity that musicians can open to fulfill their sense of creativity that it might actually become overwhelming because their freedom allows them so many different choices. Don’t let the freedoms of creativity defeat you as a daunting task. Explore what other musicians have created ...…
