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
Enhance Your Music Video with YouTube Annotations
YouTube annotations are text boxes and links that you can place throughout your YouTube videos. You can use these annotations to further engage your audience and encourage them to take … Continue reading
CD Baby's Brian Felsen Talks About the Role of the Press in the New Music Economy
CD Baby CEO Brian Felsen was recently interviewed for StoryAmp’s book about increasing press coverage through “the art of the pitch.” Here’s what Brian had to say: How important is telling … Continue reading
Capturing Live Concert Footage: Let Your Fans Do the Work
Chances are good that 80% of the people in the crowd at your next show will have video cameras with them. Of course, I mean the video cameras in their … Continue reading
Top 3 Ways to Tell You’re Getting Ripped Off by a Club or Booker
Running a music venue is hard work. Let’s get that little truth out of the way upfront. Long hours. Liquor licenses. Sound system maintenance. Booking. Oh, and, umm…dealing with musicians! … Continue reading
Shoot & Share – Keep Fans Interested by Making Quick Videos & Get Them Online
Point & Shoot: Using Your Smartphone Video Camera These days the cameras on our smartphones are pretty dang handy. It’s easy to grab your phone, pull up the camera app, … Continue reading
CD Baby Selling Tip: Get in on the $5 Sale!
We’re always trying to make it easy for music fans to discover great new artists on CDBaby.com. We produce a Music Discovery podcast and put together a number of genre-based … Continue reading
How Musicians Can Use Creative Commons
What is Creative Commons? According to their website, Creative Commons is “a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.” … Continue reading
Musicians: 8 Easy Tips for Creating a YouTube Channel
YouTube has become the primary way that music fans find new music online. This is why it’s also important that your YouTube channel represents your music in an attractive and … Continue reading
Make More Money Selling MP3s on CD Baby
When you sell MP3s on cdbaby.com, you make more money per sale than through any other digital music retailer, including iTunes and Amazon. CD Baby pays artists 75% for download … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Shuts Down Its MP3 Store
Awwwww. I’m sure they’ll still do well selling, umm… everything else on the planet. According to Digital Music News, the Walmart Music Downloads Store will be closing after 8 years … Continue reading