CD Baby artists share their thoughts. We dispense a lot of advice on the DIY Musician Blog, but every once in a while it is nice to listen to our … Continue reading
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Find success and grow your music career with promotion tips and advice from the CD Baby DIY Musician Blog.
Use QR Codes to Promote Your Music: A Video Tutorial
CD Baby’s Kevin Breuner explains how his band Hello Morning used QR codes on their fliers to give fans direct access to a new, unreleased track on their smartphones.
Amazon Launches Cloud Music Player and Service
Amazon comes out swinging in the cloud-based music wars! In a surprise move, Amazon just launched a cloud-based storage system for customers that includes a music player accessible on Android … Continue reading
Balancing Career & Family with a Musical Life
Music & Life: The Great Balancing Act For some, music IS life. Then there are the rest of us, for whom music is a great passion, perhaps the greatest passion, but … Continue reading
Making Music Videos on the Cheap
NewRockstarPhilosophy.com posted an interesting summary of a panel discussion they attended at SXSW this year regarding music videos. In an age where nearly everyone CAN create some sort of video … Continue reading
Making Lasting Connections with Fans through Hand-Painted Album Art
Now that production and manufacturing costs are so affordable, the barriers to entry for DIY musicians are very few. This is, of course, a great thing for artists. But it … Continue reading
The White House Weighs In On the Performance Royalties Debate
Those of you who are closely monitoring news about terrestrial radio, copyright, labels, and piracy in this ever-shifting musical landscape, you might be interested to hear that the Obama administration … Continue reading
How to Get Artist Bios and Album Reviews on iTunes
How to Pimp Your iTunes Page with Extra Info Ever wonder how those official-looking artist bios and album reviews end up on iTunes artist/album pages? There is a company called … Continue reading
10 Ways to Increase Fan Engagement Through Social Media
301’d to Permalink: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2013/03/social-media-for-musicians/ Our friends at Hyepbot just posted a great article by Hisham Dahud called “10 Strategies To Engage Fans Through Social Media.” I really recommend … Continue reading