While this year has been disappointing, there are two types of people responding to the coronavirus. Some are pouting and being affected heavily, while others are adapting and doing better than they ever have. Here’s how you can continue to scale your music career – even if your gigs, shows, and sources of income are non-existent at the moment.
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Trademark Your Name: A Musician’s Guide
While you certainly can perform shows and release music with a name that isn’t trademarked, doing so isn’t generally recommended. Here Randi Zimmerman walks us through the necessary steps for securing a trademark for your band/artist name.
YouTube Reports $15 Billion In Revenue, CEO Wants More – Where’s Ours?
Given that YouTube is heavily dependent on music videos, it’s hard to explain how YouTube is dead last in royalty rates:
YouTube Reports $15 Billion In Revenue, CEO Wants More – Where’s Ours?
4 Tips For Discovering New Fans Through Blogging
Don’t stop at music blogs though—think about some of your greatest passions and hobbies and look for guest blog opportunities on those sites. For instance, if you and your band are passionate about skateboarding, and incorporate it into a lot of your videos, photos, etc, approach a few skateboard-centric blogs and pitch a few topics that you think might be of interest. (Remember: pitching topics is important. You want them to be able to visualize what you’re offering, not leave it to them to come up with an idea).
5 Ways Fans Can Help Music Chart
Getting your music to rank on one of the Billboard charts can often be the big break that helps kick an artists career up to the next level, and if you have a single or new album headed for release, there are a few things your fans can do for you that are guaranteed to up your music’s chances of charting.
Spotify Takes Aim At Radio With Daily Drive
Author Thoughts: Ok so for years I’ve purposely stayed away from radio due to the fact that everything was so commercialized for the media marketers not for the listeners sake. But Spotify has now came with at least to me that is a better a more of a personalized radio for the listener. I like this move a lot and hope that Spotify can make this work or some other web company that can make this work for everyone.
How to share your YouTube playlist
How to share your YouTube playlist
The Problems Musicians Face and How To Solve Them, Pt. 7
The chicken and egg problem. What comes first: the Medium or the Message?
The Problems Musicians Face and How To Solve Them, Pt. 6b
The new music world: innovative Messages demand innovative Mediums.