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Month: March 2013
5 Tips for Flying Safely with Your Guitar
Protecting your guitar in-flight is scary business Remember that song “United Breaks Guitars?” Well, I can confirm — nothing’s changed: they still do! I recently flew United with my acoustic … Continue reading
How to Make the Sound Guy NOT Hate You at Your Next Gig
Tips for playing well with live-sound engineers If you’ve done any amount of touring, you’ve probably had to work with some surly live-sound engineers. And I’ll bet it went one … Continue reading
Fan Engagement Tip: Tease Your Next Album Cover with Vine
Guess who is on the cover vine.co/v/bj7Iqp6hZl5 — Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) March 26, 2013 My co-worker Molly just sent me a link to this Tweet because she knows I love … Continue reading
5 Ways to Save Money on Musical Instruments
David Bakke shares tips for shopping smart, saving money, and investing for the future on the blog Money Crashers Personal Finance. Considering that the price of a guitar can cost hundreds … Continue reading
7 Simple Tips to Help You Promote Your Music on Twitter
If you want to promote your music on Twitter, there’s enough good data out there to inform your social media promotion efforts and help you maximize the effectiveness of each … Continue reading
Come Say Hello to CD Baby This Week at SXSW
CD Baby’s Official SXSW Day Party & Evening Showcase Once again, CD Baby is headed down south to Austin for SXSW! We want to get some “face-time” with CD Baby … Continue reading
Offline Social Networking Tips for Musicians
[In this post, guest contributor and full-time DIY musician Ari Herstand talks about social networking (“social” and “networking”) away from your computer. Throughout the article, he’s sprinkled links to other good … Continue reading
This Week’s CD Baby Artist Payout Crushes Record at $3,800,000
CD Baby’s highest artist payout ever This week we paid out 3.8 million dollars ($3,821,326 to be exact) to independent musicians around the world. That’s the most CD Baby has … Continue reading
Surviving a Bad Music Review — or “Does Pitchfork Matter?”
Is all press good press? You’ve heard it a hundred times: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But five or six years ago, it seemed like a bad review … Continue reading