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
Pandora’s new promotion tools for musicians are a no-brainer: use them!
Pandora relaunches its (free) Artist Marketing Platform, and it’s super artist-friendly. I’ve just spent the morning checking out Pandora’s new promotion tools available to artists who are distributing music to … Continue reading
No crowd, no crowdfunding
[This article is an excerpt from Ariel Hyatt’s Crowdstart.] In one of my favorite movies, Old School, Frank the Tank (played by Will Ferrell) gets drunk at a frat party, … Continue reading
10 things you can do to maximize the sales and streams of your latest release
As musicians, we know there’s an overwhelming amount of work to do when you release your music. You need to get it distributed, promoted, marketed, heard, and generating money for … Continue reading
YouTube makes it easier to be upfront (literally) with your fans about paid promotions
YouTube’s new paid promotion disclosures Transparency is cool, right? Your fans deserve to know when you’re getting cash for a product placement, don’t they? YouTube thinks so, which is why … Continue reading
Watch an onstage makeover: Tom Jackson helps an independent band take their performance to the next level
Tom Jackson is an expert in helping musicians and songwriters improve their performance skills. Earlier this month at our DIY Musician Conference in Chicago, Tom worked with the Toronto-based band … Continue reading
The sane guide to band website redesign
You don’t need to completely redo your whole website to keep your fans interested when they visit you online. Sometimes all it takes is a few simple tweaks and some … Continue reading
12 concert poster tips to help you get the most out of your design
Don’t just make a poster, make a statement I’ve been a fan of design tools like Word Swag and Canva for a while now. I can’t say the results of … Continue reading
Good news: your music is on Amazon Music Unlimited…
… if you’re using CD Baby to distribute your music to streaming services. We’re excited to announce that CD Baby artists’ music has found a home in Amazon Music Unlimited … Continue reading
5 amazing ways to make money ONLINE as a musician
[This article is written by full-time independent musician, video creator, and blogger Jessica Allossery.] I’ve been earning a full time income online for nearly two years now and I’ll admit … Continue reading
The DIY Musician Conference 2016 (recap)
Mind you, this is A recap. THE recap would be impossible to write, since there were dozens of workshops and panels, hundreds of mentoring sessions, and hundreds of friendships being … Continue reading