Incubus Manager Opens Music Industry Mentoring Platform
Steve Rennie, the longtime manager of the mega-successful American rock band Incubus, has created an “online Mecca” for musicians and music professionals looking to break in to the business by launching Renman. Continue reading
Your Affiliation Matters: How To Make Money From Music With GeoRiot
Guest post by Tierney Stout, Director of Interactive Marketing at The Orchard. Do you use music affiliate programs? Do you know what an affiliate program is? If you answered ‘no’. Continue reading
7 Things To Do 1 Week Before Your Album Release
Guest post by indie rapper Kosha Dillz writing for Audible Hype. If you are anything like me, which is an obsessive compulsive hustler that would rather sort through 500 business. Continue reading
scoreAscore Connects Musicians With Commercial Licensing Opportunities
A variety of music sites focused on creating a marketplace for low-cost music such as video and commercial scores now exist. Though many of the new entrants follow an open. Continue reading
Want To “Borrow” Another Band’s Fans? ReverbNation Enables Facebook Fan Targeting
ReverbNation has added a new update to their PROMOTE IT product – a platform that simplifies and adds a layer of analytics to Facebook advertising for artists, labels and promoters.. Continue reading
Musician Website Quick Fix #8: Use a Contact Form
Guest post from musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. When musicians put contact information on their websites, most will include a hyperlinked email address. It seems like the easiest, most logical. Continue reading
The Value of Fans Sharing Brand Messaging: Insights Into Social Currency [CASE STUDY]
Guest post by Eric Hahn, Fame House Marketing Mgr. We’ve all seen how direct-to-fan principles have been successful for established artists, but not so much for artists that don't yet. Continue reading
Moving Past Kickstarter: Equity Crowdfunding & The JOBS Act
Guest Post by Jack Kelly, CEO of Adva Mobile, a mobile marketing and technology firm for Artists, successfully crowdfunded via IndieGoGo. Crowdfunding is this decade's new tool for helping Artists. Continue reading
A Place For Jazz: Moving Beyond Audience Development
A discussion broke out on the web about building audiences for jazz. It began at the Huffington Post (with a blogged prelude elsewhere) and continued on NPR at A Blog. Continue reading
Hypebot Presents The Upward Spiral Podcast Episode 2 [LISTEN]
Hypebot presents the second episode of The Upward Spiral Podcast, which features Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs (and former Hypebot Editor), music industry consultant Jason Spitz (Former Director of. Continue reading
