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
How to Work with a Talent Buyer
A talent buyer is someone who hires musicians to play concerts at the venue(s) they represent. When you establish a good working relationship with a talent buyer, you could be … Continue reading
How to Make a Lyric Video for Less Than $10
How to make a lyric video for your song (without using Motion or After Effects) A lyric video is a video that shows your song lyrics while the music plays. … Continue reading
Do Your Music Videos Pass this 10-Point Test?
How to test if an idea has the makings of a viral video before you produce it First off, I want to say that the tips shared below were initially … Continue reading
How to Book Your First Gig
5 Booking Tips for New Artists. For a lot of new music acts, booking that first gig can feel like a Catch-22. You get gigs when you prove you can … Continue reading
Playing Live Again? Do These 6 Things!
How to get back on stage in 2022 After two years of livestreams, canceled tours and false starts, live music is officially back in 2022. Artists are getting back on … Continue reading
Jumpstart Your Music Marketing in 2022
10 ways to energize your music marketing The past two years has been a time of uncertainty stagnation for everyone, including independent musicians. And while tours stopped and releases slowed … Continue reading
Talk Directly to Your Amazon Music Listeners
How to use Amazon Music’s SPOTLIGHT tool to promote your music Want to speak directly to your listeners on Amazon Music? Musicians with more than 3,000 fans on the platform … Continue reading
10 Creative Challenges to Get You Out of Your Songwriting Rut
Have you ever picked up your guitar and couldn’t find the right chords? Or sat down at your piano and the notes just weren’t there? Of course. We all have. … Continue reading
How to Design an Album Cover That Makes an Impact
So your music is ready. The recording is done, the mix is finished, and maybe you’ve even mastered the audio. It’s all good to go, except for one thing: the … Continue reading
What is the MLC, and do I still need a publisher?
What the Mechanical Licensing Collective means for songwriters In official music biz terms, the MLC is a U.S.-based Mechanical Rights Organization (MRO) designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to issue … Continue reading