Music business tips for indie (independent) musicians.
This is the first in a series of posts: “Do this, not that” (#DTNT) for musicians (at least) on social media (#SM) or social networking. To my disappointment, I’ve found that too many musicians don’t use what I thought was common sense and common decency. But even if you’re doing well on social networking and …
Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance One of best Christmas gifts I received last year was a Summer music festival pass to the Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. And now, that gift continues to give even after the festival is over and even the last ice chest left behind has …
A few words on music festivals (from the audience perspective) Read More »
See on Scoop.it – independent musician resources My thoughts on what it takes to succeed in the music industry. See on www.shadesofsolveig.com
So, you’re an indie musician and you have gigs you want your fans to know about. Do you want to update your event calendar in nine different places? I don’t think so! I’ve had a look at two options for your gig calendar that I think have some decent features and would really like to …
Review of Songkick and BandsInTown #Musician #Gig Calendars Read More »
I’m rarely impressed by a new service for musicians, but there are exceptions. Audiam looked like it was off to a great start initially in 2013 and appeared to be most of what the makers touted it to be. Time will tell if they can deliver on the initial promise of this service. In addition …
initial review of Audiam YouTube Payment Services Read More »
With the death of VibeDeck, I really think BandCamp is one of the best things around for indie musicians just getting started or for more established bands/musicians, but with small budgets. Even if you have money to spend, BC is a great service and and great deal whether it’s your only resource like this or …
May not really be curation, but who cares “Content curation” is all the rage. The currently popular practice of link aggregation, if we go strictly by definition, some will argue that it’s not curation. Traditional curators have some archival or preservative character to their work, while this fad is more about sharing information with like-minded people …
Read the Post and More On the Way I know that it looks like my blog has gone idle. And it’s true. But that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been creating posts. There are several guest posts still to come and I’ll keep you up to date on those. I’m really appreciating the connections I …
I’m glad to have Tracy “Trace” Ready providing a guest post on muz4now™. Trace and I have been supporting each other as freelancers in the social media world for some time and finally got around to extending our connection (beyond occasional comments) to the blogosphere. I’m proud and honored to share Trace’s post on Jango. …
OK: you got some local gigs and you are really loving playing out. Now what? Time to rest and enjoy the moments of success? Um, no. Once you have a local gig or two, it’s time to decide where you’re headed next. Do you want to get more local gigs? Do you want to tour? …
