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Indie Musicians: Online Promotion Ideas to Boost Your Album Sales

ShareYou want to “attack” the internet with a killer online marketing strategy but you do not want to appear like a desperate salesman! Here are some effective promotional ideas to boost your album and merch sales: “Get 10% discount if you promote our album on your Facebook page!” Simply post the link of our website [...]

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15 December 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

What you Have to Know when Sending CDs for Radio Promotion

ShareRadio has the most stringent requirements for the CDs that you send them, the discs you put them on, and the cases you put them in. Let’s go over them… MUSIC SPECIFICS: Should you make albums or singles? The easy answer is relatively simple: If you are sending to college radio, send an album or [...]

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12 November 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: 25 Things to Know About Distributors

Share1) Distributors will usually only work with labels that have been in business for at least 3 years and/or have at least 3 previous releases that have sold several thousand copies each. 2) Distributors get records into retail stores, and record labels try to get customers into retail stores through their promotion and marketing tactics. [...]

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10 November 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Music Distribution: Deliver Music Videos to MTV via Yangaroo’s DMDS

Share YANGAROO Inc., the industry’s leading secure digital media distribution company, announced that it has successfully completed the first commercial delivery of a broadcast quality music video to MTV Networks and other destinations on May 27th via its Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS). The music video for the song “21@12″ by the band Hot Hot [...]

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9 June 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Indie Musicians: Non-Traditional Venues That Can Boost Your Fanbase

Share Every musician is looking for that perfect gig- the gig at a dream venue with a huge payoff both in terms of money and exposure.  Unfortunately these are typically unattainable without already having a fan base to work with. Venues likes bars and clubs are not the only way to get the word out [...]

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21 May 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Record Label News: EMI Could Cut Down More Jobs

ShareTop EMI executives, in their effort to save the struggling company, had  cut 2000 jobs worldwide and could cut hundreds more jobs soon. EMI owners Terra Firma must get the votes of 75% of its investors – who have already lost most of their initial £1.8 billion investment – to inject £120M ($183M USD) in [...]

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19 April 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Indie Record Label News: Rubber Records Will No Longer Sell CDs in Traditional Outlets

Share The Melbourne-based indie label Rubber Records, which in the past has released albums by the likes of Jet, 1200 Techniques, Underground Lovers and the Casanovas, will no longer sell CDs in traditional outlets. Instead, all its releases will be digitally delivered from its own online store. “Physical retail distribution is dictated by a business [...]

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13 April 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

Independent Record Label: Bloggers Start Their Very Own Record Label

Share Who needs a record label PR machine when cool blogs will help you spread the word for free? This week, two more popular indie music bloggers Gorilla vs. Bear and Weekly Tape Deck start their very own record label called Forest Family Records. Limited runs of 7”, 10” and 12” vinyl plus cassettes by [...]

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13 April 2010

Chris Bauer Chris Bauer

Music Retail News: UMG’s New Pricing Structure Designed to Get Single CDs is Stores at $10 or Below

Share The Universal Music Group tests a new frontline pricing structure called the Velocity program which is designed to get single CDs in stores at $10 or below. Single CDs will have the suggested list prices of $10, $9, $8, $7 and $6. To compensate the lower pricing, UMG also plans to step up deluxe [...]

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23 March 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

SXSW: Direct-To-Fan Sales and Marketing

ShareAll my friends who went to the South By Southwest (SXSW) Conference last March 17-21 said that it was very insightful and probably was the best SXSW ever. Sigh, I wish I wasn’t such a slacker and went there instead. To catch up on the latest, I read some of the updates from Billboard and [...]

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18 March 2010

Marion Isobel Marion Isobel

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