This process is for musicians that are serious about selling records – it is not, by any means, easy. It does, however, help to solve some of the problems that many musicians encounter when they release a record:
* It allows you to test your music with the people you’re hoping will buy it
* It ensures that you’re spending your recording budget wisely, only paying to record songs that are in demand
* It improves your chances of selling more records at the release by creating a mailing list to announce when your record is coming out.
* From an artistic standpoint, it let’s you get all of your music out to the public in a cost effective way while giving your fans an incentive to stay interested
Hey all! I’m still working on getting all the kinks worked out for the official re-launch of RockStar Machine, but I figured that I’d post something for this great article I just read by Michael Ventre on the Today Show’s site – Would Beatles make it in today’s music world?. While the article itself does [...]
MusicianWages.com, Music Careers at About.com and KnowtheMusicBiz.com have organized a group blogging event for today, April 16th. The event is based around a concerned mother’s situation regard her son’s downloading of songs through file sharing. Music blogger, like myself are encouraged to write a post addressing the concerns of this woman nammed Valerie. Here’s the [...]
Beginning a musical career can be difficult if you do not know how to break into the mainstream industry. Everyone has dreams and yours are no less important, but unless you know the right people to contact or the best businesses to approach, you could be left floundering in one spot, unable to move forward [...]
It looks like U2 may be the next big act that’s leaving the label system and embracing the future. Fox News is reporting that the band is considering jumping ship from UMG and signing a deal with concert promoter Live Nation that would include future record releases. If U2 makes this kind of deal, along [...]
Well, if you’ve read much of this blog you know that I push the promotion end of the business. You also have probably found that I am not a huge fan of the record companies, because the need for a record company is diminishing by the day. So, I found a link to a music [...]
I just stumbled upon Beat Wire, a service that can distribute your press releases to thousands of media outlets. Now there are several services that will do this, but Beat Wire is different be they’ll distribute your press release to music related sources specifically. This is a great service because if you have a professional [...]
As a professional writer and occasional music manager, I often encounter bands and solo musicians that work very hard to attract attention from music management agencies. Unfortunately, a legion of grifters uses the raw desire for success against many smart, talented music professionals. If a representative from a music management agency contacts you, use these [...]
There’s a new trend that’s popping up that’s kind of interesting. It’s called “crowdsourcing” and it’s a pretty interesting concept. The idea behind crowdsourcing is that a band can raise money to record and press an album by going to their fans. In contributing money, the fan buys a stake in the album; in other [...]
Internet forums and discussion boards have become a valuable medium for establishing an online presence, building a reputation, networking with peers, and getting feedback on relevant topics and ideas. With that said, there are many forums and discussion boards on the Internet specific to music artists, musicians, and songwriters. These music forums are packed with [...]
