BandPage and Metadata
Jim Patterson is Chief Product Officer at BandPage. Founded by J Sider, BandPage is a fully-featured application that helps musicians manage their music, tour dates,… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2015
Making a Living in the Music Industry (without a Big Break!)
Music Consultant co-founder Rick Goetz joined the Sound Design Live podcast in late September. He talked to Nathan Lively about music marketing, promotion, and consulting… Read more »
Itaal Shur on Songs, Business and life -2/2
This is part 2 of 2 of a 2010 interview with Itaal Shur, Grammy Award winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. The first portion of the… Read more »
Growing Your Fan Base through Audience Feedback
This interview was originally published in October, 2014. Alex Jae Mitchell is the Co-Founder and CEO of Audiokite Research. At Audiokite, Alex provides musicians… Read more »
Email Marketing for Musicians
This interview was originally published in early 2010. While the FanBridge platform has added many new features since this article first appeared, the issues discussed… Read more »
It’s about the Music, Stupid.
This article was originally published in early 2010. Sitting at the edge of the Grand Canyon with a teaspoon trying to fill it in. That’s… Read more »
Notes From A Producer On The Rise
This interview was originally posted in November, 2009. Duane Lundy is a touring musician, songwriter and producer based in Lexington, KY. Duane has worked… Read more »
Surviving the Label System
Lead singer/songwriter Brad Roberts of The Crash Test Dummies relays the experience of transitioning from major label to independent artist and shares some advice for songwriters that want to succeed in the current climate.
SESAC and Music Rights
Trevor Gale, Senior VP of Writer/Publisher Relations at SESAC talks about what it takes to be a successful musician and songwriter, the finer points of music publishing and how artists can find the right PRO to suit their needs.
Making a Music Website
Dave Cool, Director of Artist Relations at Bandzoogle, talks about online and offline marketing strategies that work for artists and how bands can build websites and social media pages that support their brands and help build fan bases.
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