Indie Musicians: Are you hustling enough?

Are you hustling enough? Are you working as hard as you could? Are you working your artists as hard as you can? Are they doing everything they can? Are you making sure that your team is working hard? Are your manager and your lawyers working as hard as you are? Business is tough. Business is […]

Band Merch: The Neatest Casket Merch Ever

To commemorate its 15th anniversary, Lamb of God has given its fans a vast array of options billed as the Hourglass collections. And for its most ravenous fans, the band conceived quite possibly the most metal thing ever — a personalized casket. Unlike KISS’s casket wherein it can be doubled as a beverage cooler, Lamb […]

Music Packaging: Dos and Don'ts of Music Packaging

So you’ve been wracking your brains out and squeezing every droplet of creative juice for the most awesome CD packaging ever. It’s not easy but I am sure that it would all be worth it once you see people’s “wow, cool!” expressions when they see your CD packaging. You realized just how important CD packaging […]

Indie Musicians: 5 Blogging Tips for Musicians

Blogging is one great online tool for musicians to gain more fans. It would help you build a solid fanbase if you broadcast your life, philosophies, opinions, rants, and frustrations online since it creates an intimate (albeit virtual) relationship with the readers. It makes them feel like they know something important about you, the artist,  […]

Music Packaging: Marrow's Sunshine Enema

Musician: Marrow Album: Sunshine Enema Designers: Jeremy & Erin Fortes Marrow, a dark electro-pop group, released their latest album “Sunshine Enema” on a pill-shaped USB drive that is held in a sunny-looking medicine bottle. Very innovative! This was designed by the band members Jeremy & Erin Fortes. “We realized that it was essential for us […]

Indie Musicians: Top 7 Musicians Discovered on Youtube

Youtube has become a platform for ordinary people to express themselves and showcase their talents. Anyone with an internet connection, a camera, and a good, rock-solid talent can show the world what they’ve got without spending money or having the right ‘connections’. That is the very basis of its slogan “broadcast yourself”. At this point, […]