This article was written by Ariel Hyatt of Ariel Publicity. 1 CD Review + Repurposing = Maximum Exposure. Quality music reviews are hard to secure these days. Once you get … Continue reading
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10 Great Tips to Help You Fail as an Independent Artist
Article by Scott James of The Independent Rockstar Blog originally posted in Echoes on 10/14/10. We’ve all seen and read posts and eBooks about how to ‘succeed’ as independent artists … Continue reading
Composing for Film and Video
Interview with Jeanine Cowen, composer, entrepreneur and owner of the film and video scoring firm, JMC Music, Inc. Interview by Keith Hatschek originally appeared in Echoes on 10/12/10. As owner … Continue reading
Custom iPhone Apps: Taking Advantage of the New Mobile Market
CD Baby Artists- Have Black Eyed Mobile Apps Develop an App for You and Save Hundreds of Dollars Richard Lee Jackson is the drummer for the rock band Enation, an … Continue reading
Selling Out in the Post-Hipster Age of Irony, Part 2: Sneaker Music
A couple weeks ago, we posted a link to an interview with John Roderick of the Long Winters where he questions if there is even such a thing as “selling … Continue reading
Why Every Musician Should Use iTunes Ping
This article was written by freelance guitarist and producer Cameron Mizell and originally appeared on MusicianWages.com. Thanks for their kind permission to re-post it here. _________________________________ Apple’s recent rollout of … Continue reading
iTunes Ping Improvements
We are working closely with iTunes to ensure that Ping artist profiles are created for our artists as quickly as possible. As a result of recent improvements in the process, … Continue reading
Share Your Musical Horror Stories. Boo!
We’ve all been there, that bone-chilling moment when you’re on the brink of madness, minutes away from taking all your musical equipment to the pawnshop and trading in your creative … Continue reading
Selling Out in the Post-Hipster Age of Irony
-Press Photo of the Long Winters by Autumn de Wilde- “The potential for hypocrisy has never been higher.”- John Roderick John Roderick is the funny, acerbic, insightful, and talented leader … Continue reading
Artists, Know Your Place!
The music business is not structured like a closed caste system. It’s more like a quick-paced game of musical chairs. Artists are constantly rising “above their station” and plummeting from … Continue reading