Press Release Let a publicist or a writer create a press statement for your band and your new album then submit it to radio stations, newspapers, magazines, blogs, tv shows, and what have you that might entertain music press releases. It would also help if you already know a journalist since he would surely plug […]
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CD Packaging Designer: Perttu Murto on Album Art Design
Perttu Murto is a 24-year-old graphic designer /art director /illustrator from Finland. He has been involved in graphics for almost 8 years. At a young age, he was selected as the Young Advertisement Designer of the Year for 2007 in Northern Finland and he worked for big companies such as Dolce & Gabbana. His works […]
Indie Musicians: How to Find a Distributor
You should condition yourself that finding a distributor will not happen fast. It’s a lot like applying for your dream job. Even if you do your best with the press kit and everything else, you should also bear in mind that these people get a LOT of letter and packages in their office everyday thus […]
Indie Music Promotion: Nothing still beats the good ol' E-mail
eMarketer.com in December of 2009, email was still the medium that people most used to share. And I do not question their findings. Personally, I pay more attention to promotion and marketing that I find in my e-mail than in the overcrowded social networking sites. I automatically delete those I receive on facebook and I […]
Merch Basics Every Musician Should Know
Because of the decrease of CD sales caused by the easy access of ‘free’ music, musicians try to find more ways to earn money to support their music and to pay for their apartments. Merch is probably the biggest earner right now for most musicians. It is what usually fuels musicians with their tours, their […]
CD Packaging: GRAMMY Winners for Album Cover Design – Eighties
1980 Graphic artists: Mick Haggerty & Mike Doud Album: Breakfast in America Musician: Supertramp 1981 Graphic artists: Roy Kohara Album: Against the Wind Musician: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 1982 Graphic artists: Peter Corriston Album: Tattoo You Musician: The Rolling Stones 1983 Graphic artists: John Kosh & Ron Larson Album: Get Closer Musician: […]
Indie Musician Tips: Blog to Maintain a Loyal Fanbase
his blog before his music. (update: he deactivated it after his breakup with TP.wtf). A friend of mine recommended his site two years ago and since then, I’ve been a follower of his blog…and about a month’s time of reading his stuff, I started liking his music. Before that, I wasn’t such a die-hard fan […]
Music Industry: Why Stealing Sucks (PSA Video)
A2IM in convincing people to pay the musicians for their music because stealing or ‘getting music for free’ is slowly killing the music industry. This catchy video is part of A2IM’s Why Stealing Sucks campaign. Please spread this video around-tweet it, stumble it, facebook it- so many people can see it and maybe the video […]
Music Packaging: Clown Covers
So I was browsing through some LP and CD covers again today(I wonder why I’m doing this a lot) and all of a sudden a bright idea came to mind. Since I’m researching about everything music packaging almost everyday, why not compile or make a collection of covers with similar themes? For example: CD covers […]