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

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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

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Prescreen Your Future Fans with Twitter

On Music Think Tank, Brian Hazard posts an interesting strategy to increase your Twitter following and reach potential fans. He follows Ariel Hyatt and Carla Lynne Hall’s strategy where musicians. Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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MTT: Passive Promotion, Lost in Translation, The Music Manipulation Curve, & Fragmentation of Music

This week on Music Think Tank there were some interesting new posts: Brian Hazard started the week off with a post on WordPress plugins that allowed for passive promotion. Max. Continue reading

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