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All your music revenue sources (and how to collect the money)
As a musician, you should be collecting money from MANY income streams. Do you know what they are? Royalties. Earnings. Income. Revenue. Scratch. Bones. Loot. Notes. Moolah. Dough. There are...
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How to automatically geo-target your Mailchimp emails
You can still send regionally targeted emails, even if you didn’t collect your fans’ city, state, or zip code information. If you’re like me, your email list is a bit...
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Why new musicians MUST put out a single FIRST
If you’ve never released music before, you have to start with a single song. Artists at the major label level usually put out a single first, unless they’re dropping one...
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CD Baby clients earned more than $100,000,000 in 2018!
The power of independent music keeps growing. Are you set up for the year ahead? 2018 was huge for the CD Baby community. The clients we serve — indie artists...
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5 myths about being a musician with a “day” job
Hello, I’m a professional HR Advisor… … .and a #1 Billboard Recording Artist. So you’re a musician with a full-time job? If ONLY you had all day to focus on...
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Are open mics WORTH it?
“You should probably avoid open mics…” Or so says THIS article by Jeremy Young from Soundfly. Here are the negatives about open mics, according to Jeremy: The “audience” won’t be...
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How to sync your playlists across Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more
There’s an easy way to sync your playlists across multiple platforms. With Soundsgood.co you can create (and edit) a universal playlist where changes are automatically reflected on any streaming platform where...
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Exciting year for independent musicians nominated for Grammy Awards
Dozens of CD Baby clients have been nominated for a 2019 Grammy. Wow. The power and reach of independent music is growing each year. Congrats to all the artists in...
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How do you decide WHERE to promote your music?
The five most important factors when considering social and ad platforms for your music promotion. You want more people to hear your music. But how? PR is expensive. Radio promotion...
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Why you can’t afford to get your music metadata wrong
What is music metadata? Metadata is “data about data” — information about information. In the digital music world, it’s the data that accompanies your songs and albums. Today there are...
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