music marketing
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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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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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How to Get Your Creative Stuff to the Top of Search Engines
My friend, Tim, had a problem with search engine optimization (SEO). The problem, as with most things on the internet, was with Google. He’s in Doze, an up-and-coming band that recently released their first EP. No matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t find Doze using Google. Pages upon pages of other imposter bands with…
