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
32 viral video ideas for busy musicians
How to promote your music and build a superfan with creative viral video content [This lesson comes from Ben Sword, founder of Music Marketing Classroom…with an excerpt from the “Superfan … Continue reading
How a CD Baby artist built a loyal fanbase on two continents [Interview]
An interview with multi-national CD Baby artist Hache ST With politically-conscious lyrics and an international sound, hip-hop artist Hache ST has been building a large fanbase in two countries (actually, … Continue reading
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The partner that never stops supporting you and your music. CD Baby’s cover art download stickers are the perfect companions: If they’re not going home in a new fan’s pocket, … Continue reading
Your band broke up? Congratulations, you’re immortal!
YOUR BAND is dead; long live YOUR BAND! Band breakups aren’t often cause for celebration. It usually means someone’s either died, fallen ill, turned into an unbearable a-hole, moved out … Continue reading
Home Recording vs Professional Studio: Does it Matter?
[This article was written by guest contributor Steven James Wylie.] A recording story about the importance of the people you work with As technology has advanced in the last decade, the … Continue reading
Pandora now accepts digital submissions
Once upon a time — and it was a time that lasted for a very long time — you could not submit your music to Pandora Radio unless: 1) you … Continue reading
How to Throw a Successful Listening Party
There are a multitude of ways to get a blogger to notice your music. One is through writing a really well-crafted outreach email that gives the writer all the information … Continue reading
How every song will get plays on Spotify
Oh, did I say “plays?” I meant “play,” as in… a SINGLE play. You see, there are currently four million tracks in the Spotify catalog that have never been streamed … Continue reading
The live — online — concert experience: creating the right vibe
[This article was written by guest contributor James Wasem from Gigee.tv] Have you ever played a gig in a great venue, but the lighting was just bad (too bright, too … Continue reading
Congratulations to Grammy-winning CD Baby artists!
I caught enough of the Grammys the other night to see Paul Williams speak on behalf of Daft Punk and to watch the credits awkwardly roll in the middle of … Continue reading