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
5 Ways to Save Money on Musical Instruments
David Bakke shares tips for shopping smart, saving money, and investing for the future on the blog Money Crashers Personal Finance. Considering that the price of a guitar can cost hundreds … Continue reading
7 Simple Tips to Help You Promote Your Music on Twitter
If you want to promote your music on Twitter, there’s enough good data out there to inform your social media promotion efforts and help you maximize the effectiveness of each … Continue reading
Come Say Hello to CD Baby This Week at SXSW
CD Baby’s Official SXSW Day Party & Evening Showcase Once again, CD Baby is headed down south to Austin for SXSW! We want to get some “face-time” with CD Baby … Continue reading
Offline Social Networking Tips for Musicians
[In this post, guest contributor and full-time DIY musician Ari Herstand talks about social networking (“social” and “networking”) away from your computer. Throughout the article, he’s sprinkled links to other good … Continue reading
This Week’s CD Baby Artist Payout Crushes Record at $3,800,000
CD Baby’s highest artist payout ever This week we paid out 3.8 million dollars ($3,821,326 to be exact) to independent musicians around the world. That’s the most CD Baby has … Continue reading
Surviving a Bad Music Review — or “Does Pitchfork Matter?”
Is all press good press? You’ve heard it a hundred times: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But five or six years ago, it seemed like a bad review … Continue reading
HostBaby’s Best Web Tips for Musicians
This month’s roundup in web tips: best-practices to smarten-up your online music marketing When’s the last time you checked out The HostBaby Blog? Every week, we’re posting new web tips for … Continue reading
Social Media for Musicians: 10 Musts for Social Music Marketing
The nuts-and-bolts of promoting your music with social media It’s a busy life, being a DIY musician. Amidst all the booking, touring, songwriting, snapping Instagram photos, and hunting for mandolin … Continue reading
Keeping Your Band Together: Top Tips to Blend Your Differing Tastes
[This article was written by guest contributor Rob James.] It can be hard sometimes to reconcile the different tastes of your band — you might want to play nothing but … Continue reading
4 Reasons Why Twitter is Better than Facebook for Music Marketing
[This post was written by guest contributor Nic Robertson of Jaden Social.] As both a musician and the managing director of a digital marketing agency, I spend a considerable amount … Continue reading