D.I.Y.

Homeless Street Musician Goes Viral On YouTube, Gets A Record Deal, & Turns His Life Around

(UPDATED) Remember that YouTube video that when viral of a homeless person singing Radiohead's "Creep" on the Opie & Anthony Show? That video went on to garner 1.7 million views.. Continue reading

admin on 12/15/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (30)
Share on:

1,000,000th Band Joins ReverbNation

Late last night, ReverbNation registered their 1 millionth artist to the platform. To celebrate this event, the staff at the company are rewarding the Latin group PANA! with a package. Continue reading

admin on 12/15/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
Share on:

Interview: Indie Band Survival Guide Authors Pt. 2

This is part two of my interview with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, who are authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician. As. Continue reading

admin on 12/14/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
Share on:

YouTube Star Charlie McDonnell Explains Why File Sharing Is Helping His New Music Release

Charlie McDonnell has released a D.I.Y. album and uses his promo video (with 809,00 views) to share his thoughts on file sharing.  Mike Masnick of Techdirt pointed us to this. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/14/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (5)
Share on:

Interview: Indie Band Survival Guide Authors Pt. 1

Recently, I spoke with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, who are authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician. As well, they're lead members. Continue reading

admin on 12/13/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
Share on:

INDIE Has Arrived: 273 GRAMMY Nominations for Indies! Congratulations… Paul McCartney?

This post is by Dave Cool, creator of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians." Read his Hypebot Interview. So there was a. Continue reading

admin on 12/09/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
Share on:

A True Story: What It’s Like To Intern For Puff Daddy

Back in the day, Lenny Santiago, VP of A&R for Def-Jam / Roc-a-fella, interned for Puff Daddy, Diddy, or whatever. He anwsers how to be a music industry intern and. Continue reading

admin on 12/06/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
Share on:

How To Use Data, Testing & Buy Buttons To Improve Online Music Sales

This guest post comes from Peter Tanham of Amp Music Marketing. We run a large number of websites for a wide range of musicians at Amp Music Marketing from gospel. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/02/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)
Share on:

SoundCloud Adds Instant Record & Share

Soundcloud has added an instant record and share button to its site and free iPhone app that should become popular with artists wanting to grab a guest solo or send. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)
Share on:

Grab A Free Copy Of The New Rockstar Philosophy

The crew at The New Rockstar Philosophy wants you to take their book while it's still free. On November 30, they're taking the download off their site. In the meantime,. Continue reading

admin on 11/15/2010 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
Share on:
Top