Tag: Do it yourself

Finding The Holy Grail For The New Music Business

Guest post by music industry veteran David Sherbow who blogs at MyMusicLife. The music business is like our Congress – full of factions who can’t work together and special interests trying. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/08/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (8)

Tags: Action Bronson, Artist, Dave Grohl, Disc jockey, Do it yourself, independent music, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Marc Ribot, music industry, record label

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5 Things That Smart Musicians Do Every Day [Best of Hypebot 2014]

By Dylan Welsh on Sonicbids Blog The sheer number of tasks that need to be completed on any given day can overwhelm anybody involved in music professionally. In today's industry, most musicians end up wearing many. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/02/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Kindle, Borg (Star Trek), Capital punishment, Costume Contest, Do it yourself, Email spam, Hal Leonard Corporation, music industry, Plan of Attack, Sonicbids

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8 Steps To Building Your Personal Music Brand [Best of Hypebot 2014]

As the year draws to a close we're sharing some of Hypebot's most read posts of 2014. Neil Patel freely shares his "Complete Guide To Building Your Personal Brand". Continue reading

Nia R Jones on 12/31/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Alex Day, Christmas, Do it yourself, Facebook, Google, Hypebot, Instagram, Internet traffic, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Online and offline, Pinterest, PlayStation Network, Sony, Target audience, Twitter, Xbox Live, YouTube

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15 Simple Rules for Making It in the Music Industry [Bobby Borg]

By Bobby Borg on Sonicbids Blog There are literally hundreds of tips on making it in the music business, and we all know how overwhelming that can be. If you're wondering which. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/22/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Borg (Star Trek), Costume Contest, Do it yourself, Email spam, Hal Leonard Corporation, Los Angeles, New York City, newsletter, Plan of Attack, Sonicbids

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Bandcamp Launches Indie Label Portal

Direct to fan digital sales platform Bandcamp has launched an accompanying portal designed to better serve independent record labels. The new Bandcamp For Labels adds unified accounting and stats across. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advent calendar, Artist, Chief operating officer, Compact disc, digital marketing, Disc jockey, Do it yourself, Dubbel, independent music, record label

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4 Way Musicians Can Accept Credit Card Payments at Shows

By Chris Robley on CD Baby Blog You’ve played a great show. Fans are lined up at your merch booth. You’re taking cash, making change, and signing CDs. Then a guy walks. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/12/2014 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: California, Do it yourself, IOS, Jack Dorsey, MasterCard, Michigan, PayAnywhere, PayPal, Point of sale, San Jose, Square, Troy

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6 Ways To Kill Your Music Career

By Bobby Borg on Sonicbids Blog Most artists spend months writing, recording, and finalizing their songs, merch, and live performances for the marketplace, only to make repeated mistakes when it comes to promoting themselves. Don't let this be you. Here are six career-killing. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/03/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Kindle, Borg (Star Trek), Costume Contest, Do it yourself, Email spam, Facebook, Hal Leonard Corporation, Los Angeles, Merriam-Webster, Plan of Attack

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ToneDen Adds Social Features and Downloads For SoundCloud Follows To Music Marketing Platform

ToneDen has come quite a ways since launching out of beta in February. The site offers a number of features like EPKs and artist profile pages plus tools like embeddable. Continue reading

admin on 09/22/2014 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Do it yourself, Electronic music, Facebook, Follow-on, Hypebot, music tech, Soundcloud, toneden

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Fader: New Editor-in-Chief, International Expansion, Future Fader Festival

Fader has a new Editor-in-Chief, Naomi Zeichner, and she intends to keep print going strong while beefing up editorial content on the web. Fader is also expanding internationally. They've been. Continue reading

admin on 09/22/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BuzzFeed, Do it yourself, Fader, Hypebot, Jon Cohen, Naomi Zeichner, Rob Stone, Verge

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Spin Editor-in-Chief Craig Marks Exits As SpinMedia Receives $7.5 Million In Funding

A "restructuring" is in progress as now former Spin Editor-in-Chief Craig Marks is out. Marks says that, though his recent time at Spin was brief, he had a positive experience. Continue reading

admin on 09/18/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Craig Marks, Do it yourself, Editor-in-chief, New York Post, Spin (magazine), SpinMedia, Stephen Blackwell, Vibe

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