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September 3, 2014 1. Never be too stubborn to accept constructive criticism
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Interview | tagged interviews, music tips May 1, 2014 I am Nino Munaco, Editor and Blog writer for Ourtunez, the Music Network. Ourtunez is a free music streaming service that features Independent musicians. Any one can sign up, upload their music and instantly receive the benefits.
Your music will gain exposure through our website and app. New music discovery is missing in other music streaming services but Ourtunez excels in that department. Even our “mainstream” stations are full of independent artists who have signed up. They are being played alongside today’s (and yesterday’s) biggest artists. We even have a Comedy station where independent comedians can be discovered.
We are looking for people who want to be a part of this community of amazing artists.
Indepedendant Artist , Interview, Making money from music, Marketing, Music Industry, Music Industry Interviews, Networking, Online Marketing, Social Media, Technology, independent music, indie musician motivation, interviews, mobile music, music business, music discovery, music festivals, music marketing, music social network, music technology, musician, radio, social media for musicians, streaming, streaming music service, website | tagged Independent Music, mobile applications, music discovery, music streaming November 25, 2013 Coffee House Sessions is a new music initiative, exposing the hottest in upcoming UK music talent to the student market via daytime performances in University coffee shops around the country: http://youtu.be/CZRp_MoTqhM.
With a carefully designed touring circuit taking place in 40 universities, Coffee House Sessions holds acoustic performances at two different campuses a day over a ten day period and provides promotion for the showcased artists through student media outlets such as student newspapers, student radio and student TV at each university.
.MUSIC Website, Album Release, Artist Development, Band Marketing, Concerts, Cover song, Digital, Distribution, Event, Future Of Music, Information, Interview, Investing In Your Music, Live Music, Management, Marketing, Music Industry, Music Management, album, artist, blogging, careers, digital music, direct to fan, fans, getting signed, music , music business, music marketing, music promotion | tagged booking a tour, brand new, music, national tour, singer/songwriter August 16, 2013 At Cyber PR®, my team is always looking for ways of connecting artists with media makers in unique and exciting ways. We approached Bob Marcus of JogTunes, a long time supporter of Cyber PR®, to work further with Robin McKelle, whom as he mentions below, recently featured on his JogTunes podcast.
Interview | tagged Band Interview, cyberpr, interview, jogtunes, robin mckelle September 11, 2012 Hello Everyone!
I am the spokesperson for Music Without Labels & Beat-Play LLC. MWL is an umbrella for many music projects, ideas and conversation. The MWL Live just wrapped up a on a 15,000 mile cross-country video tour covering the hottest summer musicians and artists across the country. We featured several great bands such as Portugal. The Man, Datsik, The Lonely Forest, Yann Tiersen, Carina Round, Vintage Trouble, Dry the River, Washed Out, Gardens & Villa, Fun. and many more! Check out the MWL Live Tour 2012 videos here.
.MUSIC Website, 2012, Advice, Album Release, Artist Development, Artist FYI, Band Website Tips, Branding, Breaking into the industry, Brooklyn, Celtic, Christian Music, Competitions, Contests, Creativity, DIY, DIY Artist, DIY Promotions, Digital, Distribution, Dubstep, EDM, Education, Entries in Establishing Productivity, Event, Fans First, Film Production, Free Download, Free Mp3 Download, Funk, Future Of Music, Gigs, Heavy Metal, Hip-Hop, Home Studio, Indepedendant Artist , Indie Band Pomplamoose, Information, Interview, Investing In Your Music, Kickstarter, Live Music, Live Stream, Management, Marketing, Mindsets, Mixing, Music 3.0, Music Business Plan, Music Industry, Music Industry Interviews, Music Reviews, Music Services, Music Video, Networking, New Album , Nine Inch Nails, Pay to Play, Performance, Performance Coach, Podcast, Promotion, Publicity, Realistic Music Careers 101, Recording Vocals, Reddit Promotion, Reggae, Research, Social Media, Songwriting, Soul, Tips, TrueDIY, Twitter Promotion, Unsigned Bands, Viral Growth, Word of Mouth , World Music, YouTube, app development, art work, artist, awesome indie music, band data, collaboration, country music, digital music, direct to fan, drum and bass, entertainment news, fans, getting signed, house concerts, independent music, indie musician motivation, interviews, managing money, media players, music , music art, music business, music discovery, music marketing, music production, music technology, new age, opinion, organizing, production, public relations, r&b, radio, record labels, recording, relationships, simple, social media for musicians, streaming, studio, studio equipment, sxsw, travel, website | tagged MusicWithoutLabels, magic videos July 6, 2012 All artists want to be recognized for their craft/art. And recognition can come in many forms. The main forms of recognition, that artists often go after, generally falls under the categories of awards, high sales, popular media exposure, and other opportunities/offers within the entertainment industry. However, some artists will not get these on large scales. If you find yourself in the latter scenario then don’t hesitate to celebrate the small wins/recognitions. Since the world isn’t making a big deal about it….YOU should make a big deal about it. Get people involved and get them to care about what you’ve accomplished. Hey you worked hard to earn it….why not brag about it?!?!
Artist Development, Artist FYI, Band Website Tips, Branding, Breaking into the industry, Christian Music, Distribution, Hip-Hop, Indepedendant Artist , Interview, Investing In Your Music, Life in the Music Business, Marketing, Music Industry, Music Strategy, Promotion, Publicity, Social Media, black music, country music, digital music, direct to fan, entertainment news, independent music, indie musician motivation, music business, music marketing, music promotion, public relations, r&b, radio, social media for musicians | tagged Media, Music Industry, Recording artist, blog, brand, entertainment, entertainment marketing, music, music marketing, twitter, youtube April 10, 2012 At Music Without Labels & Beat-Play we know you want, and deserve, exclusive coverage of all of the best summer festivals and concerts; which is why MWL Live is embarking on journey across the United States! MWL spokesperson, Katie McVeay, and leading videographer, Shane Suski, are crossing state lines to showcase musical acts at festivals, small town concerts and everywhere in between, providing up-to-date photos, video interviews, and giving you the opportunity to interact with today’s top artists and musicians.
During Shane’s first year with MWL, he has had the opportunity to photograph over 75 artists including big names like Immortal Technique, GZA, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Young the Giant, and more! Katie McVeay started her MWL work in NYC where she interviewed numerous up-and-coming bands such as Caged Animals, Dustin Wong, The Beets and Canon Logic. In February, Katie relocated to MWL Headquarters in San Diego and has had the chance to interview talented acts such as Puscifer, Lost in the Trees, Rachael Yamagata, Talkdemonic and many more!
MWL Live will be traveling approximately 11,000 miles in 108 days featuring popular musicians at Sasquatch, Free Press, Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot Music Festival and everywhere in between! We also know that not all of your favorite musicians are located near hub cities where their music can be properly showcased, reviewed or featured. Are you one of these artists? Do you know a great band in your location? We are reaching out to artists and fans! We want to visit you during the MWL Live Tour!
A trip like this takes funding! How much? $10,000! Right now we have $5,749 towards the project, but it’s not enough! Our Kickstarter goal of $6,000 helps cover the (high) price of gas, food, accommodations, tolls, festival fees, equipment and other expenses that we need to make the MWL Live Tour 2012 a reality!
.MUSIC Website, 2012, Artist Development, Breaking into the industry, Brooklyn, Budgeting, Competitions, Contests, Creativity, Crowdsourcing, DIY, DIY Artist, DIY Promotions, Digital, Distribution, Epiphany, Feel good, Film Production, Funk, Future Of Music, Gigs, Indepedendant Artist , Information, Innovation, Interview, Live Music, Management, Mindsets, Music Business Plan, Music Industry, Music Industry Interviews, Music Services, Music Video, Networking, Psychology, Publicity, Research, Social Media, Tips, TrueDIY, Unsigned Bands, Video Marketing, Viral Growth, Writing, award show, awesome indie music, donations, economics, getting signed, house concerts, independent music, interviews, managing money, motivation, music business, music discovery, music production, music promotion, opinion, production, public relations, record labels, relationships, social media for musicians, streaming, website | tagged Music Without Labels, beat play, bonnaroo, documentary, free press summer fest, interview, katie mcveay, live interviews, music, sasquatch, tour, travel March 14, 2012 How do you place a measurable value on music? Thanks to a tweet from Hypebot I came across an interview with Spotify’s Daniel Ek on Grammy.com, posted in early February. Aiming to keep this post shorter than my last; I won’t dwell beyond this paragraph on how awkward it is for Grammy, the self-appointed standard bearer for artistic expression in music, to be asking anything of Ek. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Representatives of music distribution services should interview Grammy insiders about trends in popular music - to gain insight into the creative forces behind music. Or not. Anyway, the interview was pretty typical Ek; Too focused on technology and consumption for my tastes. He is the future as he sees it. Best to read it for yourself though.
I’m trying not to be a Spotify hater. It has done a lot to innovate in the music space - especially on the consumption side. The social integration part is well-executed, though it too has its detractors. I have met some of Spotify’s developers, ran into them at an industry conference hosted by Amazon. They are nice folks, very enthusiastic about advances in local network caching and reduced edge-server latency. They are also particularly fond of that “bringing the pirates into the light” narrative. The story about how people do not need to torrent/file-share/steal music anymore, thanks to Spotify. It seems to come up a lot. It is probably in their welcome packet for new employees. Whether or not they are misguided is debatable, but they certainly aren’t all bad. Spotify is not the “Death Star”, back to destroy what’s left of the music industry. It also isn’t the industry’s savior, it is no Luke Skywalker, if you will.
March 13, 2012 Songtrust is a music publishing organization that helps indie artists and working songwriters register their songs with agencies around the world while collecting royalties for radio play, television play, online play and other sources.
For a flat yearly fee of $50 for a solo act and $100 for a band, Songtrust will register 15 songs, create exposure for sync licensing opportunities, collect on U.S. and Canada royalties, while the artists keeps 100% of their copyrights and royalties. I first heard about Songtrust a few weeks ago, as I started to notice that they are doing some pretty heavy online campaigning with banners on just about every music related website on the web. So, curious me decided to reach out to them via email and I was able to have a brief interview with Songtrust’s Marketing Manager James Aviaz.
