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Your fans can now stream your music on Amazon in CD-quality
Amazon creates Amazon Music HD for high-resolution streaming. Amazon Music has become the first of the three major streaming services to offer its library in lossless CD quality, a considerable...
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The independent musician’s guide to digital distribution
Digital distribution is more than just sending music to Apple Music and Spotify. You’re an artist and you’ve recorded a song you want people to hear. You’ve already done the...
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5 areas where musicians can get MORE by doing LESS
Downsizing for DIY musicians. Striving independent artists want MORE. More listeners, more money, more opportunities, more recognition. But there are a few areas where you could actually benefit by doing...
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Being a musician in the audience (What we REALLY think)
What every musician is secretly thinking during someone else’s show. Just as teachers can make the worst students, so too can musicians make the worst audience members. Sure, we’d like...
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How to write a stand-out biography (and what it can do for your music career!)
Effective music PR begins with a good artist bio. As an independent artist, it’s your job to wear a plethora of hats if you want to make it in the...
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Highlights from the 2019 DIY Musician Conference
Our favorite moments from a weekend full of music community, education, and performances. In 2019, the best and biggest conference for independent musicians moved from Nashville to Austin. From August...
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$29 album distribution is BACK!
The best music distribution just got better. CD Baby has made a big change to our pricing and we think you’re gonna like it: $29 Standard Album Distribution! That gives...
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What is an EP?
The difference between an EP, LP, and single on platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. Pity the poor EP, that oft-overlooked music format; the middle child between the single and...
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Two DIY Musician Conference attendees featured on All Songs Considered
Bob Boilen highlights music heard at the DIY Musician Conference Congratulations to CD Baby artists EB and Anna Larson! Both artists were featured in the August 21st entry of NPR’s...
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Are you REALLY monetizing your content on YouTube?
How to know if your channel is eligible for monetization through the YouTube Partner Program. Are you really monetized on YouTube? That might seem like a silly question since most...
Chris Robley
