CD Baby is distributing music to TikTok. We’re now helping independent musicians get their music on TikTok, the popular video platform. Here’s how to get your music onto TikTok as … Continue reading
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Where Should You Promote Your Music?
You want more people to hear your music. But where do you promote your music? PR is expensive. Radio promotion is costly too. Playlist promotion? Yeah, add that to your … Continue reading
5 things most musicians are missing on their Facebook page
People will only visit your Facebook page ONCE! Your fans are never going to check your Facebook page again after that first visit. It’s just not how Facebook works. They’ll … Continue reading
Facebook 101: how and why to make a band page on Facebook
Creating a page on Facebook for your music in minutes. Setting up a Facebook band or artist page is usually one of the first steps musicians take when establishing their … Continue reading
7 Ways Musicians Can Build a Social Media Foundation
Social media has made self-promotion for indie artists easy. The main problem is that there are so many different platforms, it’s difficult to know where to start. You don’t have … Continue reading
CD Baby artist GLASYS gets the attention of T-Pain… and 600k other viewers
How one indie artist connected with a notable rapper through social video. Gil Assayas makes dark synth-pop under the name GLASYS, and he’s one hell of a keyboard player. I … Continue reading
How to use Facebook Events to get people to your shows
10 rules for creating effective Facebook Events Facebook pages seem to be less and less useful these days for promoting music, especially when we’re talking about your average independent band that … Continue reading
Follow CD Baby on social media: we want to hear from you
Following us on social media is obviously one of the best ways to stay up on the latest promotion tips, music news, and distribution discounts from CD Baby. But it’s … Continue reading
The best online marketing & promotion resources for musicians
Looking for a little music marketing & promotion inspiration? Check out this list of some of our favorite online resources for independent musicians: 1. Ari’s Take DIY musician and actor … Continue reading
Band social media: the least you can do
I get it. You’re an artist, not a blind corporate sheeple drone whore-bot. Obviously social media isn’t for you. And no, I’m not here to write a “how to rock … Continue reading