Chances are, whether you’re touring via gas-guzzling automobile or taking a straight-shot flight, that you’re going to spend some serious money getting to and from the next music conference you … Continue reading
Musician Tips
Find success and grow your music career with promotion tips and advice from the CD Baby DIY Musician Blog.
Mastering Mysteries Revealed
Mastering is one of the last and least understood stages of making a record. As Michael Cooper puts it simply in an article for EM, “Mastering is essentially the art … Continue reading
International Folk Alliance Festival Recap and FREE sampler!
If you weren’t lucky enough to attend the 2010 International Folk Alliance, we don’t want you to feel like you completely missed out. CD Baby’s own Chris Robley bravely immersed … Continue reading
Top Sellers Interview: The 88
You may not be familiar with The 88 as a band, but you’ve certainly heard their music. With three independent releases already under their belt, the group has enjoyed a … Continue reading
The Vinyl Resurgence
Vinyl is back! Yes, you heard me right! Those bulky, thousand pound, hard to move things that you’ve seen collecting dust in the corner of your grandpa’s living room is … Continue reading
Announcing Buzz – Google’s new social network
Just when you thought you had a handle on Facebook and Twitter, Google enters the social scene with a new network of it’s own. It’s called Buzz, and it’s integrated … Continue reading
Live streaming – Have you tried Justin.tv?
With live streaming becoming increasingly popular among the indie music community, our friends over at Justin.tv gave us this tutorial to get artists up to speed with using their site. … Continue reading
The #1 reason your music promotion fails
With all the hard work the indie music community puts into promotion and marketing of music, it’s amazing how often key information is missing from the message. It’s hard enough … Continue reading
Selling Music on iTunes Worldwide
Since its launch in April 2003, music fans have purchased over 10 billion songs from Apple’s iTunes music store, making it the #1 music retailer in the world (accounting for … Continue reading
CD Baby Tip: Web Hits – More than just a number
Everyone likes to track the number of users hitting their CD Baby page, but there is info offered deeper in the Web Hits section of the CD Baby member account … Continue reading