How to avoid spending forever updating your myriad social networking pages
One of the problems involved with effective social networking and online promotion as a musician is the amount of time it takes. If you have a profile on all the relevant sites, and update your shows and news on relevant listings sites then you’ll slowly find yourself spending more and more time online and less […]
Continue readingDoes Live Music outpacing Record sales mean the end of your dream?
Last week in the UK, the International Live Music Conference took place, at which 1000 attendees from 57 countries debated the health of the live sector. It is, as it turns out, in very rude health. One speaker delivered an amazing fact, something that we all probably thought was coming. Live music revenues in the […]
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How Should You Approach A Record Label Or Manager?
What’s the best way to get the attention of a music industry executive when sending in a demo? Read this to find out.
Continue readingIs MySpace still important for musicians?
Is MySpace still as effective and as essential for musicians as it was a few years back? My honest answer is ‘yes’. I think it has passed its most dominant moment, but I actually do think it’s now more important than ever in the part that it plays in your career and promotion of that […]
Continue readingSeth Godin on the Future of Music
Just pointing you to something else to check out. Seth Godin is a web leader who talks and writes on all aspects of permission marketing, web 2.0 and god knows what else, but he has a particular interest in the music industry. You may well already have heard of him. He has just given an interview to […]
Continue readingA Brilliant simple Twitter viral marketing trick!
Very short post, but really very cool and worth thinking about how you can use it. I just stole this from Frank Kern, legendary Internet marketer (who you should check out if you don’t know him), but he in turn nicked it from Mike Filsaime – check him out too. It’s just a little bit of […]
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