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
What are you doing for Make Music Day? In Portland, Oregon there’s gonna be a ukulele flash mob!
June 21st is Make Music Day, a worldwide celebration of learning and playing music that began in France over 30 years ago, and has since reached over 100 countries. I’ll … Continue reading
Ask your fans (using YouTube poll cards)!
One of YouTube’s newer card options lets you poll your fans Your video viewers can weigh in: * What song should you cover next? * Which of your studio tracks … Continue reading
Manage your YouTube channel while on-the-go
You’re in the passenger seat of your tour van with the stereo cranked, staring out the window and thinking about YouTube tags. Okay, maybe you’re not thinking about tags. But … Continue reading
Is “marketing” killing your music?
A free webinar about the right way and wrong way to market your music Join CD Baby’s VP of Marketing Kevin Breuner and Dave Kusek of New Artist Model on … Continue reading
Crowd-curated internet radio service 8tracks experiments with new investment strategy
If you’re digitally distributing your music through CD Baby, we will deliver your music to 8tracks, the indie-friendly internet radio service that’s curated by humans, not algorithms. Have you checked … Continue reading
5 starting points for songwriting (with advice and anecdotes from Joni Mitchell, John Fogerty, Rodney Crowell, and more)
[This post is an excerpt from The Complete Singer-Songwriter, written by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and just published in an expanded second edition by Backbeat Books.] It’s such a subconscious thing. … Continue reading
Congrats to CD Baby artist Alisan Porter, season 10 winner of The Voice
Alisan Porter has been singing since she was 5 years old. There have been many ups and downs since then: appearances on Star Search, an early career as a child … Continue reading
Why album art is absolutely crucial for success in 2016
Seeing will always be part of hearing. I remember hanging records on my wall when I was a kid. The art on the covers created a magic little world. It … Continue reading
The initial mistake (almost) every musician makes
[This article was written by Dani Rabin of Marbin, a progressive jazz-rock band from Chicago.] As part of my touring schedule with Marbin I get to teach a lot of … Continue reading
Why windowing won’t work for you
With this week’s semi-secret release of a Radiohead album that’s NOT available on Spotify, and recent exclusives by Beyoncé and Drake (on TIDAL and Apple Music respectively), there’s a lot … Continue reading