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20 Twitter Tip and Tricks To Simplify Your Life Online

Twitter can be an excellent resource to help artists new and existing fans and strengthen their brand online. But 11 years in, Twitter is still confusing, as well. Here we. Continue reading

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10 Steps To Making Touring Easier

Touring is a massive undertaking for a musician of any experience level, requiring a huge amount of planning, saving, and organizing. Here we look at ten key steps to follow. Continue reading

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10 Graphic Design Trends To Make Your Next Music Project Pop

I often advise my students at Berklee Online and the musicians that we work with at Skyline Artists that it is smart resource allocation to spend a little bit extra on. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/06/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

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How To Structure Your Website To Convert Fans To Customers

For artists and musicians, a website should act as a home base, providing interested fans with the most direct way of accessing you possible. Here we look at the best. Continue reading

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Tags: Advertising, Click-through rate, Forbes, Google, Monroeville, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Terms of service, Uniform Resource Locator, Website

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AM BRIEF: Music Biz, Google File DMCA Comments • Jay Z: 1st Rapper To Win Songwriter Award • EarIn Raises $3.5M • More

THURSDAY 2.23.17 Music Business News From Around The Web It's hard to overstate how important the battle to reform the DMCA is for both music and tech. Updated continuously under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/23/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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TuneCore’s New Refer a Friend Program Helps Musicians Earn and Save

[UPDATED] TuneCore has launched a new “Refer A Friend” program. If you are a TuneCore Artist with an active distribution, each friend you refer gets 20% off of their first. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/06/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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How Become A Verified Artist On Spotify

In this piece, Chris Robley walks us through the twelve steps to becoming a verified artist on Spotify, including attaining the requisite 250 followers necessary for such verification to take. Continue reading

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Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Germany, playlist, Spotify, Streaming media, Uniform Resource Locator, United States

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THU. BRIEF: Changes @SpinMedia • Verizon Wants To Buy Vessel • Streaming Best Anti-Piracy Tool • More

Thursday 9.22.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Constant change in music journalism creates openings for new voices, but also means fewer platforms that really move the needle. Updated. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/22/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Disc jockey, Google Play, lyrics, Modern history, music industry, music journalism, Sirius XM Radio, Soundcloud, Uniform Resource Locator, Xbox

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5 Tips For Email List Building

While it takes a good amount of work to populate, building an email list is one of the best things a band or artist can do when it comes to promoting themselves. Continue reading

Guest Post on 09/16/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Blog, Compact disc, E-book, Electronic mailing list, Email address, MailChimp, Soundcloud, Streaming media, Uniform Resource Locator, YouTube

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Kickstarter To Relaunch Drip.fm Patreon-Like Artist, Label Subscription Platform

Kickstarter continues to prove that its serious about music. Late last year they hired respected indie label and digital music veteran Molly Neuman, as their first head of music. Now. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/06/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

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