Your Spotify artist profile isn’t just a placeholder—it’s your storefront, your press kit, your digital merch table, and your virtual … Continue reading
Why the Long Tail is good for independent musicians
Tracy Maddux, CEO of CD Baby, just wrote an article for Billboard called “Tales of Long Tail’s Death Greatly Exaggerated“ in which he talks about the traditional music industry’s criticisms of the … Continue reading
Why Willis Earl Beal is leaving his label for CD Baby
In just a few years, Willis Earl Beal has built up quite a buzz, put out two critically-celebrated albums, played the starring role in the film Memphis, and performed at … Continue reading
Come party with CD Baby this Friday!
You’re invited to our FREE party! Come hang out with the CD Baby crew, watch five of our employee artists perform, and grab some free CD Baby gear. If you’re going to … Continue reading
Ready to rock but not ready to crowdfund
Four things a new artist can do for a year before launching a campaign As an independent artist in the online community, it’s hard not to notice all the active … Continue reading
Forget the music media; your real audience is elsewhere
A couple weeks ago we talked about how to get the media’s attention so your music will have more opportunities to be heard. But do you really think the majority of your … Continue reading
What do I need to know about Child Development as a Children’s artist?
[This article was written by Maryann Harman, founder of Music with Mar., Inc.] In “So you think you can record children’s music?“, I wrote about how just because you are … Continue reading
Sell Your songs as sheet music
Make more money from your music — sell it as sheet music A couple year ago, Beck released an entire album’s worth of new material as sheet music. No official … Continue reading
The #1 rule of social media: don’t overcommit!
Music marketing gurus like to repeat the mantra “be everywhere.” Well, they’re wrong! Sure — with some aspects of your music career, such as digital music distribution, being “everywhere” makes sense; you sign up with … Continue reading
Spotify now available in Brazil
You now have the opportunity to reach 200 million more people with your music Brazil is the world’s 7th-largest economy and the 8th-largest music market (with more than US$250 million … Continue reading
The one thing you have to understand to get more gigs
Not all gigs are created equal: how to get the right gig for you So you want to play more gigs. It seems like other artists you know are performing … Continue reading