20 Music Marketing Essentials Every Musician Should Have in 2021
Since the pandemic, the music industry had some significant changes, and this can make it hard to walk through music’s promotion in 2021 or even 2022. While artists can’t do much of physical promotions, the internet has offered them flexibility. Without gigs, live shows, or concerts, musicians have to find other ways to gain more […]
10 Ways COVID Has Changed the Music Industry
Without a doubt, Covid has been affecting our everyday life, and there is no denying that it also has greatly affected the music industry. I mean… Damn, don’t we all miss concerts? There aren’t even music in cafes anymore because they’re all closed! But as they all say…the show must go on. Or the music […]
How to create your own personalized custom cassette mixtape!
In case you didn’t know, vinyl record sales surpassed CDs last year. I know we’ve been bragging about this like we’re the ones to blame for the vinyl comeback (ahem, ahem…partly true!) but it’s really because we just love the good ole vinyl record format! I mean…could you believe it that analog is still thriving […]
Indie Film Maketing: How to Get the Most Reach for Your Budget
For every dollar spent on producing a major film, the studios have been spending 51-58 cents to release and market it in the United States and Canada. _______________________________________________________________________ Big studios behind Hollywood blockbusters put at least half and sometimes as much as twice their production budgets into grandiose marketing campaigns, and they handle all publicity. […]
Top 15 Music Predictions for 2022
The pandemic has made it difficult to make any predictions but luckily, there are music industry pros with good experience, good sense, and powerful crystal balls. They’ve been studying trends in music and they know how things work on the ground (and online!), so their predictions are the most legit. Let’s see how they imagine […]
How to get playlisted on Spotify
Getting playlisted on Spotify – the biggest major music platform right now – can do amazing things to boost your early music career. There are plenty of ways to sell music online, but the massive exposure, new monthly followers, and the potential to bring in a highly diverse audience are just some of the benefits […]
How to market your album during and after covid-19
With bars shut down and concerts cancelled, COVID-19 has turned the lives of musicians upside down, especially those planning to release music in 2020. Everybody seems to be just feeling their way through the darkness as there is no entirely right or entirely wrong decision. It seems like you can just basically do whatever you […]
10 Reasons Custom Cassette Tapes Instantly Make Your Band Cooler
You’ve probably seen top bands releasing cassette tapes in recent years. Don’t worry, you haven’t been in a Bill & Ted time machine back to…well, when Bill & Ted was a relevant reference. Yes, it’s the year 2021 and yes, people are listening to cassette tapes! In a sea of throwaway digital music and crappy […]
8 ways to promote your band in 2021
Being a musician doesn’t just start and end with music, you gotta do 100 other things like making band merch and promoting your band. Knowing how to promote your band is simply a must if you want a career in music. Otherwise, you’d be gone into oblivion. Even the most talented musician would not survive […]
5 ways artists can take care of their mental health in 2021
New year, new me? WHY NOT! Let’s not be so glum. Things will get better…maybe not as drastic as we like especially in 2021, but it will. Many of us have been overly excited with the end of 2020. Who wouldn’t be? It’s filled with all the bad stuff and the year ending feels like […]