August 2011
6 posts
Radical.fm – Pandora Meets Turntable.fm for Indie... →
Radical.fm is part Pandora, partturntable.com. When it launches later this year, this personalized streaming music service includes the ability to “RadCast” streams in…
Make Your Band Money Through YouTube Ads →
Got videos of your band? Want to make a little passive cash. Slap some ads on that hoss. Here’s how.
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I was at a digital music event earlier this year, and was shocked to find out…
Watch: The Pit →
Kind of a cool little doc about crowdsurfing. Lot’s of accents and weird names for things…watch it, and you’ll see what we mean.
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See A Major Label Contract Via Breaking Benjamins... →
Ever wish you could sneak a peak at real major label record contract? You can, thanks to Benjamin Burnley, frontman of hard rockers Breaking Benjamin. He’s fired the band guitarist and…
Facebook Drops A Music Marketers Playbook →
Artists and music marketers have been using Facebook heavily for some time now, often working with external startups like RootMusic to ensure their pages are working effectively. Now…
Google+ For Bands →
You would be hard pressed to NOT have heard of Google+, the newest social networking and sharing tool from Google which after one month of existence boasts around 18 million users….
July 2011
1 post
How To: Make One Hub For Your Band Online →
Plug and play people. Sign up, jack all your other feeds, sites and social data into this and you’ve got yourself a website. For the truly lazy amongst us all.
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Onesheet…
June 2011
1 post
How To: Do 2000 Things to Get 20000 Fans →
Out of ideas on how to juice your bands profile in the greater world wide web? This might be a place to start.
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Author David Meerman Scott made a honest and realistic quote, “if…
May 2011
1 post
Most Important Cities In Music Today →
Is your city “important”. Take a look from at this from DMN.
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Where does the music industry live today, anyway? The simple response is ‘everywhere,’ because creation, innovation, and…
February 2011
2 posts
Record, Save and Share Audio With TinyVox →
Don’t let that new, catchy chorus you just put together in your head slip away. TinyVox is like having your very own tape recorder with you at all times. Except it’s on your phone,…
Interview: Sean Moeller – Daytrotter →
Illustrations by Johnnie Cluney / From left to right: Diplomats of Sound, Dirty Beaches, Alejandro Escovedo and Tegan & Sara
We’ve been fans of the DT folks for a while, probably…
January 2011
25 posts
Why Even Successful Bands Struggle Financially →
Really interesting stuff. It’s not all hundred dollar billz and expense accounts. You favorite band may just be scraping by, even if they are playing amazing shows. This is just a little…
Sonicbids Moves Into Facebook →
Good times if your band has a Sonicbids profile. Now you can port all your info to a handy tab on your Facebook Page. Pretty neato.
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Members are getting notified later today. “We…
10 Unselfish Ways For Musicians To Blog →
So you’re a musician with some spare time or maybe looking for something to keep you occupied on tour. Why not start a blog? You don’t have to write about yourself or your band. There’s…
Are Fliers For a Show Even Worth Doing? →
Valid question from How To Run A Band. With all the social media and such floating around it does beg the question, “Why even put up fliers for a show?” HTRB takes a looks and gives their…
Getting Into The Music Biz? →
Ty White offers up 6 things to know if you’re a twenty-something looking to break into the music business. Personally, I think he makes some really good points. My advice? Don’t go for it…
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For @invodo_scott Bright Eyes “First Day Of My Life [Album Version]” ♫ http://twt.fm/472726 #musicmonday
RT @plesserchick: @bettrthanthevan Tour starts here? http://yfrog.com/h7oo5kj
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How To: Give Back to Your Fans →
It’s all about relationship when dealing with how to maintain and grow your fan base. Tight Mix drops six simple things that you can do to make sure you’re doing it right and making your…
Johnny Depp spotted leaving Side Bar in Austin, Texas #johnnydepp #Austin #celeb #celebrity #voyeurism
oh hell yes. RT @kristaconnects: I want to shower in Chik-fil-a lemonade.
we know. #victims #niceleatherboots RT @viciousguns: my new year’s resolution is to stop making stupid comments on people’s updates.
(@ Crown & Anchor Pub) http://ow.ly/1r1nbS
FREE WEEK in Austin. Who should we go see tonight?
MySpace On Death Watch →
Maybe MySpace should set up a Kickstarter campaign. Not to worry though, someone will come along and save it…hopefully. If they don’t, then everyone is going to have to really make a…
How To: Improve Concert Attendance →
We love some “how to” stuff so here’s one that we found in the old “drafts” folder from earlier this month. Some good tips here. Click through to We All Make Music for the full list.
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33% of the internet paid for music online. What? Whoa. http://ow.ly/3ycqg
Make Money By Having REAL Fans →
Ha! This is awesome. A wonderful rant from Lefsetz Letter about establishing a true fan base and taking care of them with great songs, great art and great shows. All while making some…
REAL fans equals REAL cash. Give them what they want/need…we’ve got the deets. http://ow.ly/3xKxS
Who’s On Facebook and Twitter? →
In celebration of Facebook raising another ungodly sum of money ($450 million) we thought we’d show you who is using it and Twitter. Thanks to Digital Surgeons for the snazzy infographic. Why does…
Just turned down a offer from Goldman Sachs. #newgroupon #selldata
Get your hands on these 8 digital instruments for your band. Do it. http://ow.ly/3x7q2
8 Digital Instruments to Blow Your Mind →
Got the hankerin’ for some wyld digital instruments to throw in the mix? Mashable has 8 that are all over the place and pretty great. We are fans of the 1-Bit Symphony. We’ve got a couple…
December 2010
38 posts
What Comics Teach Us About Music Promotion →
The folks at DIY Musician have a nice little ditty up about music promo and telling your story across multiple platforms/mediums. This is also called a “transmedia” approach. Read some…
Pandora Violates Your Privacy – Time To Lawyer Up →
All those hours of free music we’ve been enjoying haven’t really been free. Like all services, they come at a cost. Word is that Pandora (and other apps) have been tracking/collecting…
RT @pandora_radio: @bettrthanthevan We are serious about our listeners’ privacy. Email pandora-support@pandora.com w/ q’s and concerns.
Scott is in Chicago and will buy dinner for whoever RTs this!
if you have a second check out @WeAreAugustines at http://ht.ly/3sFBH good good good.
10 tips for how to have amazing shows on tour… http://ht.ly/3scYZ You know you wanna.
RT @tunecore: Yesterday’s #TuneCore Live online and available. #Copyright and band agreements discussed, & @ThievingIrons performance…
Sonicbids & Headliner.fm Launch App →
Anyone up on the Sonicbids or going for promo on Headliner? They’ve teamed up to offer some interesting trades across each others platforms. It’s worth a look.
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Sonicbids…
Next Saturday…Lamborghini Crossbow Polo…Westlake Polo Ground…bring your pet falcon. Celebration of our #bssr!
Spotify CEO: Music Will Be More Popular Than... →
Failure to launch maybe? Well that won’t stop Daniel Ek from making bold claims and we hope this one does come true. So when is Spotify going to launch state side, or will we just have to…
RT @blogpic: Home for $100? $5 deposit? #Detroit - http://bit.ly/dXZBJw
RT @mohawkaustin: THIS SATURDAY: FREE SHOW W GOLDEN BEAR & FRIENDS!
How To: Get 100,000 followers in 24 months →
So entrepreneurs and bands have a bit in common. That goes with out saying. Each need to be as scrappy as possible about hustling what they do/create and growing their respective fan…
Jack your strat w/ some top tips on how to crow your followers to 100k+. Word. http://ht.ly/3lpaJ #bajillionhits