An Uncommon Career as a D.I.Y. Musician
In 2005, Josh Phoenix, 25, sold cell phones by day and retreated to his home studio by night. This is a situation that many D.I.Y. musicians find themselves in. They. Continue reading
A/B Testing for Musicians: A Study in Facebook Ads
This guest post is written by Chris R. at CD Baby's DIY Musican blog. You can’t trust your friends! Musicians are a suspicious lot. We tend to hold fast to our gut instincts. We. Continue reading
The Case Against Artist Management
This post is by Robin Davey of The Hoax and The Bastard Fairies. Interview. Managers don't know more than you about the music business. They may know more people in the business, but it doesn't. Continue reading
Tuncecore Poll Shows 44% Of Musicians Don’t Copyright Their Music
A new Tunecore Soundcheck poll shows that a surprising 44% of musicians do not protect their work by copyrighting it. Reasons varied from "I don't know how. to "cost ($35. Continue reading
CASH Music’s “Seed” Is Creating Free Digital Tools For Musicians & You Can Help
What WordPress did for bloggers, non-profit CASH Music hopes to do for musicians. They've been creating free open source digital tools for for several years, and now they are reaching. Continue reading
Facebook’s ReverbNation Block Was Just “A Mistake”, But Serves As Reminder Of Larger Issue
Yesterday, ReverbNation told its tens of thousands of active artist users that Facebook had disabled RN links on their site. "This was a mistake in one of our automated systems. Continue reading
Sonicbids Adds Its Own Facebook Profile Builder Plus A Video Tour
RootMusic is getting kudos for its program that creates great looking Facebook Profiles and ReverbNation has a popular tool that makes it even easier by pulling from assets already stored. Continue reading
Why You May Want To Wait Before Getting An iPad To Take Payments At Merchandise Table
Thinking about using an iPhone or iPad to process credit card payments at your merchandise table? After all, Intuit and others have created very affordable systems and are even giving. Continue reading
#MIDEM 2011: Like It Or Not, It’s A D.I.Y. World
It was a busy Sunday at MIDEM. Making contacts and doing deals on the trade show floor was the focus for many. Others went looking for answers and presenters in. Continue reading
Video: #Midem Panel With Imogen Heap & OK Go’s Damian Kulash
Saturday I had the pleasure of hosting a MidemNet panel with OK Go's Damian Kulash and Imogen Heap. Both artists have developed impressive careers in large part because of new. Continue reading
