bands
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Want to Market Your Band? Start Moving!
Recently, I found my way to a blog post about giving compelling business presentations and something struck me – the best time to market your band isn’t when you’re sitting behind a keyboard and rattling away on a website or tweeting YouTube clips at people. It’s when you’re on stage. And it’s not just the…
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YouTube’s Music Service Could Screw Indie Musicians – Here’s Why
It’s been an uphill battle for indie musicians to make a living. Forever. Dwindling CD sales haven’t helped much, either, along with the pittances paid by streaming radio stations like Pandora and Spotify. Well, as rumored, YouTube is planning a premium subscription music service now. And, as expected, indie artists are apparently getting way worse deals…
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3 New Ways You Can Sell CDs at Shows
It’s harder than ever -literally, ever – for bands to sell CDs at shows. People just don’t buy them anymore. CD sales are at an all-time low. In December 2000, 785.14 albums were sold. In 2013, that number dropped to 289.41 million. This past January, sales reached another record weekly low. My laptop doesn’t even have a…
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How Pandora Could Help Bands Sell Tickets to Shows
Last week, I ventured out to see a band I had discovered on Pandora – El Ten Eleven. I’ve known about them since 2009, when their song, “My Only Swerving,” emerged onto one of my radio stations. Ever since I graduated college and moved to a place where bands actually visit, I’ve been periodically checking…
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Forget Facebook, Your Band Needs Email Marketing
Bands have a lot of different attitudes when it comes to how they use Facebook. You’ve got the guys who don’t like to fill out any information. Then the ones who prefer to post vague and mysterious, almost nonsensical blocks of text. You’ve also got overly gracious bands that thank fans for being at shows…
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Are Spotify & Pandora Killing Music?
Last week, Thom Yorke of Radiohead caused something of an uproar when he proclaimed that he was pulling his music (or at least the stuff he held the rights to) from the online streaming service, Spotify. He wasn’t worried for himself, really, but for the bands and musicians looking to sell their stuff and promote…
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