Be True To Yourself Or Listen To Others?
People like me spend a lot of time telling musicians to "be true to themselves". Much the same advice is given to entrepreneurs and other would be leaders. After all,. Continue reading
New Podcast: Online Marketing Tools & Video Trends
In our ArtistDish Podcast #4 Duncan Freeman, Pat Woodward and I discuss some of the more common online tools available to artists, with an emphasis on video broadcasting trends as. Continue reading
Staff Cuts At Sonicbids And eMusic
The slowing economy has hit two more online based music firms. Sonicbids has laid off 9 of its 58 staff members. The cuts touched every department except Member Relations including. Continue reading
How Are Your Building Your Music Tribe?
How you are building your tribe?. Whether its fans or team members at a label, management firm or start-up we’re all trying to build tribes. Is Facebook. ArtistData or Basecamp. Continue reading
Derek Sivers Got $22 Million For CD Baby
Entrepreneur Forms Musician’s Charitable Trust $22 million. From a one man operation in his garage to a $22 million sale to Disc Makers in ten years. It’s a story that. Continue reading
From SF MusicTech Summit: Don’t Forget The Data
It’s no secret that music fans are hungry for all the artist information they can get, from lyrics to liner notes to every other piece of meta data imaginable. Artist. Continue reading
ReverbNation Adds Digital Distribution, Songvest
Lower costs and and increased availability of digital distribution for all artists is evolving rapidly and ReverbNation has joined the race adding flat fee distribution to its suite of artists. Continue reading
ReverbNation Gets $3M To Expand Music Services
ReverbNation, a marketing platform for indie music, has secured $3 million in Series B funding led by new investor ETF and follow-on investments from Novak Biddle and Southern Capitol. Hypebot. Continue reading
ArtistData Expands Free Music Data Synch Service
ArtistData, which I named one of the Top 10 Indie Music Marketing Tools has expanded its free service that enables bands to enter shows once to have their calendars updated. Continue reading