Will your friends tell you when your music stinks? Of course it feels great when people compliment your music, but do you have someone in your life you can count … Continue reading
Music Career Tips
Being a musician is more than just plugging in your instrument. Learn tips on how to advance your music career on stage and beyond. Here you’ll find information about touring, how to make money with merch, how to brand yourself, and other ways to develop your music project into a business.
Latin Grammy-nominee Snow Owl talks about his career as an independent jazz musician
Colombian bassist (and CD Baby artist) Juan García-Herreros — also known as Snow Owl —was nominated for a Latin Grammy this year in the category of Best Latin Jazz Album. … Continue reading
How house concerts can help you grown your fan base
We all know the scenario: you play at your local club to the same group of fans time and time again. Every week there may be a few new people … Continue reading
A guide to getting gigs (part 3): how to promote your shows
[This article was written by guest contributor Yannick Ilunga of The Jazz Spotlight.] This is the final part of the three-article series A Guide to Getting Gigs. As the title suggests, in What … Continue reading
How to transcribe sheet music for your songs
Make rehearsals, sessions, and gigs easier by creating sheet music (and sell it at your merch booth too!) [This article was written by the folks at Sheet Music Plus.] If … Continue reading
Be thankful you’re not in a band 20 years ago
Rock’s resident curmudgeon is ecstatic about the current state of music — and you should be too Legendary recording engineer Steve Albini (well, legendary if you love bands like Nirvana … Continue reading
Tom Petty takes controversial stance; suggests artists should have to work for their success
Looks like another classic-rock dinosaur has reared his head to spew gibberish at young whippersnappers while shaking his fist from the rocking chair on his rickety porch. Tom Petty, who … Continue reading
Frustrated with live streaming concerts? You’re not alone
[This article was written by Stephen Backer, co-founder & CEO of 2ndLine.tv.] Just the other week, I was at a fantastic music festival down in Louisiana. One of the stages … Continue reading
Homage or Fromage? The “Blurred Lines” between musical influence and copyright infringement
[This article was written by Rob Filomena, CD Baby’s Director of Music Publishing.] What’s the difference between being influenced by a song and stealing one outright? A case involving a … Continue reading
15 ways to make more money from your music this Christmas
The Holiday Season is (practically) here, which means that a musical bonanza is about to begin 20% of industry-wide music sales take place in the last six weeks of the … Continue reading