6 Key Tactics For Organic Success on Youtube From Hip-Hop Artist Rob Scott

This article was written by our intern Benjy Jean Baptiste about his own experience as an artist manager.   For independent artists, Youtube...

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Marketing Checklist For Musicians

By Brian Morris, writes for the  PsPrint Design & Printing Blog . If you're in a local band, or even a touring one, you know y...

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FL Studio 11 Released, Performance Modes and Multi-Touch Support

Hot on the heels of  Image Line ‘s release of Deckadance 2 ( read our First Look review here ) comes the brand new update to their produc...

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Social Music Began With Napster's Hot List

By Eliot Van Buskirk of  Evolver.fm . We like 8Tracks ( web ,  iOS ,  Android ) for mixtape sharing, because it makes it easy, and pret...

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Music 3.0 - The Blog Behind The Book: The Music Subscription Music Service You Don't Kno...

Music 3.0 - The Blog Behind The Book: The Music Subscription Music Service You Don't Kno... : Subscription music services have been gett...

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5 Questions To Ask Your Fanbase

In  Music 3.0,  your fanbase is a living, breathing thing that needs your attention not only in order to grow, but to keep from dissipati...

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The Tools of Music Fan Engagement [Part 1]: Blogging

One of the best tools to use to engage with your fans is a blog. A blog is essentially a web log, an online journal where you can post entri...

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4 Big Music Marketing Ideas

This is a guest post ( submit your guest post ) by Shaun Letang, a music industry consultant out of London. You can find more about him at...

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12 Social Media Tactics For Artists

Here's an excerpt from  The Music 3.0 Guide To Social Media ebook  that looks at the basic concepts for artists to use social media m...

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SoundExchange Distributes $117.5 Million In Q1 2013

Despite growing efforts by Clear Channel and others to licence music directly , digital music performing rights organization SoundExcha...

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WOMEN IN DANCE MUSIC

Why is electronic music such an overwhelmingly male-dominated industry? Are women discriminated against, or is it just different for girls...

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How to Make the Most of a Festival Appearance

Festivals  are among the best opportunities for up-and-coming bands to gain new fans. Here’s what you need to do to help festivals publi...

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7 Reasons Why You Might Be an Ask-hole

Filed in:  Opinion 1. do you always ask for advice, yet never take it to heart or act upon it? 2. do you have it all figured out, ...

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Pandora Passes 200 Million Users, 100,000 Artists Played Monthly

Pandora now has 200 million registered users in the U.S., according to number released by the company this morning. That's twice t...

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The Dangers Of Sleep Deprivation [INFOGRAPHIC]

Mariana Simoes |   There's been a lot of research on how   lack of sleep affects productivity , but the effects are much more de...

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4 Simple Steps to Handling Critique Like a Pro! – by Dreama

Image Source Fellow artists, I’m sure you can relate to unconstructive criticism. That awful feeling of someone seemingly attacking yo...

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How To Give To Others Without Being A Martyr

Eric Barker ,   Barking Up The Wrong Tree I’ve posted  a number of times  about how helping others makes you happier. But I ...

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6 Critical Ways For You To Manage Your Expectations of Digital PR & Social Media Marketing

This article was co-written by Ariel Hyatt and Jon Ostrow. “80% of marketers begin with tactics instead of goals” – eMarketer Repor...

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Should Performers Get Paid for Radio Plays?

By  Chris Robley According to a story on  Digital Music News ,  the National Association of Broadcasters is lobbying to block legisla...

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Top 5 Ways To Spread Your Music

Being new to the music industry is not always the easiest time in an artist’s life, working hard to write songs, record and getting notic...

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SoundExchange Collected Over Half-Billion in 2012; Almost Half From Pandora

The following is a guest post by Angus M. MacDonald, a digital media attorney. Last week,  SoundExchange  publicly released its  Annual ...

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Amazon Launches AutoRip for Vinyl

Amazon has done for records what it did for CDs: added an AutoRip feature, so that whenever you buy records from Amazon, you’ll get th...

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How Do I Pursue Sync Licensing Opportunities?

Sync placements for independent musicians HELPFULAW FOR THE INDIE ARTIST is a legal advice column on matters pertaining to the music ind...

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How Do I Get an Endorsement Deal?

Endorsement Deals for Independent Artists HELPFULAW FOR THE INDIE ARTIST is a legal advice column on matters pertaining to the mu...

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