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$100,000 Musician Worldwide Meetup - Tuesday, March 5th
Tuesday, March 5th is the very first $100,000 Musician Worldwide Meetup with events in Nashville, Philadelphia, London, and 24 other cities. Is your city on the list? This is a meetup for indie...
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Music Marketing Podcast #1 - How to Win Over Fans At Your Next Gig
The Music Marketing [dot] com Podcast is back! About three years ago, I started a live, "Music Marketing Podcast" where I took phone calls and answered questions from Music Marketing [dot] com readers....
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How to Get 1260% More Exposure on Facebook
Like just about everywhere else in the world, Facebook is becoming more and more crowded and there is a lot more "noise" to deal with -- cat photos, food photos, inspiring quotes, etc. How can a...
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House Concerts - 7 Tips for a Successful Event
Your hostess... Jennings A house concert is a performance that is presented in someone's home or apartment. Some people take the concept to a different level, holding events in dedicated (but still...
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Six-Figure Musician - Free "Quick-Start" Worksheet
Cynthia Lou got a copy of my book, Six-Figure Musician, and had this to say about it... If you haven't read the book yet, get going. You can get a free copy here. When you're done, get Cynthia's...
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Music Marketing Podcast #2 - House Concert Tips and Advice
In this episode of the Music Marketing [dot] com Podcast, Wendy talks to house concert guru Fran Snyder of ConcertsInYourHome.com about house concerts and how independent artists can use them to...
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How to Submit Your Music to Me
One of the most common requests I get from readers of this blog, many of whom are musicians and most of whom are somehow involved in the music business, is to review music. My solution is to have...
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How to Write a Song People Care About
Beyond something to do with money, there are a couple of reasons to write songs... 1. You want to express something. 2. You want to create something that others will connect with. If you're simply...
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Music Marketing Podcast #3 - House Concert Tips and Advice (Part 2)
A house concert is a musical that is presented in someone's home or apartment, or a nearby small private space such as a barn, apartment rec room, lawn, or back yard. In this episode of the Music...
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Music Marketing Podcast #4 - Getting Songs Cut by Other Artists
When an artist or producer decides to keep a song for consideration on a recording project and asks that the song not be actively pitched elsewhere, they ask to put it “on hold.” That's what happened...
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Guest Posts Now Being Accepted at Music Marketing [dot] com
I think music marketing isn't just "music marketing" -- it's anything you do that helps sell music, get people to shows, and make money. I know a lot about the subject, but I don't know everything....
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Four Important Words for Musicians
Sarah Spencer, a singer/songwriter based in Nashville, got a copy of my book, Six-Figure Musician, and sent me the following image... In the day-to-day struggles of the music business, this is easy to...
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"If it's worth performing, it's worth recording."
As you know from reading Six-Figure Musician and spending time on this site, I have a philosophy that "if it's worth performing, it's worth recording." By getting everything you perform "on tape," you...
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Music Marketing Podcast #5 - Balancing Music and Business
This episode of the Music Marketing [dot] com Podcast is a new format -- listener questions! A few weeks ago, we asked musicians and songwriters to share their biggest music business problems and ask...
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15 Ways to Keep Your Music Career (and Creativity) Moving Forward
Daft Punk has a new album, Random Access Memories, coming next month and the duo says that electonic music is having "an identity crisis." The duo, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo,...
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How to Make a Hit Record (Then Sell The **** Out of It)
On May 4th, I'll be giving a presentation called "How to Write and Publish a Book in 90 Days or Less (Then Sell The **** Out of It)" at PodCamp Nashville. While this isn't a "music business"...
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4 Big Music Marketing Ideas
This is a guest post (submit your guest post) by Shaun Letang, a music industry consultant out of London. You can find more about him at Music Industry How To. I'm going to share with you four...
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Music Business Goal Planner (Get it Free)
On Episode #5 of the Music Marketing [dot] Podcast, musician Shannon Kennedy asked about finding a balance between working on music and doing the business tasks that need to be done to grow your...
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4 Tips to Get More Done
This is a guest post (submit your guest post) by Laurel Staples, who blogs about how creative people can quit their dayjobs and go fulltime at TheDayIQuit.com. If you can never seem to get anything...
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How to Promote Your New Album (or Anything) in 7 Easy Steps
Daft Punk has a new album, Random Access Memories, coming next month. The promotion around it is brilliant. I've already written about it once. Check out the following video from their "Collaborators"...
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