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Why Musicians Should Use TikTok (Hear us out before you judge!)

Everybody and your grandma knows Tiktok so if you’re in a band, then you know Tiktok is for musicians. “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes”, said Andy Warhol. Well, let’s make that 15 seconds, Mr. Warhol, all thanks to TIKTOK. If you’re not living under a rock, then I’m sure you […]

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Types of people to avoid in your music career

After years of helping indie musicians, we’ve seen and heard how when they’re getting started in their music career they’re being ripped off by different people- from managers to event organizers to publishers and all other sorts of sleazy creatures. It shouldn’t take years to sharpen our senses when it comes to detecting leeches. All you […]

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Shortcuts to Music Career Success

Those who say that there are no shortcuts to success either lack career know-how or are simply lying. Of course there is a shortcut to everything and that includes your music career. Instead of focusing on talent alone, think of how you can achieve big leaps in your career so that it won’t take you […]

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Music Marketing Tips from the Industry Pros

Whether you’re  still at the beginning of your music career or you’ve been around for quite some time, you will certainly find these music marketing tips useful. Here are some of the most important music marketing tips from the music industry pros: Follow up/follow through The skill I’d most recommend is the art of following […]

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24 Common Mistakes Indie Musicians Make (by Industry Pros)

No matter how awesome we are, we still have blind spots and learning the most common mistakes indie musicians make can help us make better choices for our music career. TIME MANAGEMENT Not investing enough time into building your music career. Most musicians spend most of their time on music, but put very little effort […]

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Record Labels: Know the Basic Terms

Do you know what a 360 deal means? What about mechanical royalties? It’s time to know the basic terms record labels use so you won’t look stupid and you won’t make stupid mistakes. This list comes from two great sources- The Unsigned Guide, a great site for DIY musicians with tips and marvelous tools; and Record Label Resource, […]

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Online Music Licensing Resources

Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. It also ensures that the creators of musical works get paid for their work. In layman’s terms it can be viewed as leasing your property out to someone for a fee, based on how and where they intend to use it, and for how long. What’s […]

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5 Reasons Why You Should Still Release Music in CD

With all the gloomy reports and statistics about the dying CD format, why should musicians still release music in CD? Everyone’s using Spotify, so why spend hundreds of dollars when they can sell their music without spending a cent? Here are some of the venues and situations where CDs are still very necessary for musicians: […]

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Effective Music Marketing Strategies To Get Your Music Noticed

In some music business schools, they still give students assignments that go like this: “Assume that you have one million dollars. Make up a marketing plan on how to promote a band.” Here’s a realistic assignment: “Go to MySpace. Pick a band. You have zero dollars. Now go promote them.” Although most bands would like […]