How I Got 96 Album Cover Designs For $145 (and why I’ll never do it again)
Album art is important – it represents you and can become iconic. How many times have you seen Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon cover? However, quality graphic design. Continue reading
MTT Weekly Recap: Music Marketing Basics, Twitter Fans, Independent Musicians
Where The Music Industry Thinks Out Loud Ariel Hyatt: 3 Musician Marketing Basics: Newsletter, Products & Polls Brian Hazard: Prescreen Your Future Fans with Twitter Rich Gordon: Is this the. Continue reading
This Week on MTT: How To Make $50,000 a Year
Several great essays appeared on MTT this week: Chris Seth: Want to Make $50,000 a Year In Music? Brian Hazard: A Mastering Engineer's Guide to Final Mixdown. David J. Hahn:. Continue reading
Types Of Fans, Fan-Funding, Giving The Web A Voice, Cheaper Music, & Engaging Newsletters
This week on Music Think Tank, Jonathan Ostrow helped artists break down their fans into different categories. Brian Hazard argued against fan funding and offered advice on how to benefit. Continue reading
An Argument Against Fan Funding
Brian Hazard argues that artists do not need much money for a project because they are all limited by free market pricing which states: People are only willing to pay. Continue reading
How Artists Can Get Feedback On Their Music
Want feedback on your music? Brian Hazard tests out Soundout, a music service that compares your song to 50,000 others from major and indie labels to tell you how good your. Continue reading