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Musician Tips
Musician Tips
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Musician TipsDear musician, we need to talk about your welcome email…
Are you getting the most out of your music marketing emails, welcome stream, and other automated sequences? In the above video, Cheryl B. Engelhardt and I talk about how musicians should be using email to...
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Musician TipsBecoming a full-time musician: How one artist took the leap
Going pro. Quitting the day job. Taking the plunge. Living the dream. A year ago, Laini Marenick (of the band Laini and the Wildfire) quit her day job and became a professional musician. Like the...
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Musician TipsHere’s what REALLY holds most musicians back from success
How to Turn Your Pain Into Art. The band Icon for Hire got signed. They went on a giant tour. They went bankrupt. They went indie. Then they crowdfunded, asking for a little, but receiving a...
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Musician TipsThree ways you should THINK DIFFERENTLY about releasing your music
How independent artists can take advantage of new paradigms in the music biz. Many musicians today are stuck with 20th-century habits, sweating over ten songs for two years, releasing an album, touring it for another...
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Musician TipsEmail Automation: The Basic Stuff Musicians Need To Know
Why you should automate emails so your music fans are taken on a journey. [SUBMIT YOUR AUTOMATED EMAILS FOR CRITIQUE! On Wednesday, September 19th at 2pm EST, Cheryl B. Engelhardt and CD Baby’s Chris Robley...
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Musician TipsThe three components of Lean Music Methodology, a smarter way to move your music career forward
The following excerpt from my new book Hacking Music: The Music Business Model Canvas delves into the concept of Lean Music Methodology, an accelerated process by which an artist tests how audiences might react to...
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Musician TipsYou’re not ready for a music manager. But how about an accountability team?
Why daydreaming about someone ELSE handling your career tomorrow could be holding you back from succeeding today. Okay, I don’t know for a fact that you’re not ready for a manager. I needed a catchy...
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Musician TipsWatch full sessions from the 2018 DIY Musician Conference
Fifteen sessions from the main stage of our 2018 DIY Musician Conference are viewable now. Didn’t make it to the DIY Musician Conference? Didn’t catch the livestreams? No problem: Check out this YouTube playlist where...
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Musician Tips5 music business podcasts you can’t live without
Use your commute or workout to become a smarter music marketer. Had enough Cardi B on the car radio? Tired of Trump-talk on the news? Sick of hearing Rupert Holmes’ “Escape” on Sirius XM’s Yacht...
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CD Baby artists, get two of your songs mastered for free. Sometimes you have sufficient budget and time to get your music mastered by a professional mastering engineer. Sometimes you need mastering that’s affordable and...