Make a Living with ONLY 1,000 True Fans
March 27, 2008 – 8:26 amA recent post by Kevin Kelly entitled "1,000 True Fans" has garnered quite a lot of attention online lately. He puts his own artist related spin on the "Long Tail" concept. Basically, Kelly argues that musicians can make a nice living by winning over 1,000 "True Fans", meaning fans that ...
Read More >>Music Events
March 25, 2008 – 7:34 amMarch 25 - 29, Winter Music Conference, Miami, FL, http://www.wintermusicconference.com/ March 27, Washington Lawyers for the Arts Presents Copyright 101, Seattle, WA, http://www.thewla.org/ March 29, San Diego Indie Music Fest, San Diego, CA, http://www.sdindiemusicfest.com/ March 31, Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live, Orlando, FL, http://www.billboardevents.com April 1 - 5, Tin Pan South, Nashville, TN, http://www.tinpansouth.com/ April 4 - 5, NSAI's Spring Symposium, ...
Read More >>March Contests
March 25, 2008 – 7:28 amREGISTER FOR THE DISC MAKERS 2008 INDEPENDENT MUSIC WORLD SERIES (IMWS) Each IMWS entry is judged on songwriting, overall vibe, musical performance, vocal/lead instrument performance, and originality. TAXI performs the initial screening and selects 100 semi-finalists for each region (West, Southwest, Southeast, and Northeast). Editors at Billboard screen the semi-finalists to ...
Read More >>What can Major Record Labels learn from Orville Redenbacher?
March 24, 2008 – 10:15 pmAs I sat down to read my new posts in my Google Reader account, I went through my normal routine; grab a drink, throw bag of pop corn in microwave, get bowl, listen for those glorious kernels to slow down and stop the microwave before it burns. As I sat there ...
Read More >>Step - 4 Some Other Considerations
March 13, 2008 – 7:21 amDo Not Use MySpace.com as your Website MySpace is an unbelievable music-marketing tool and a great starting point, but it's only a starting point. If you just have a MySpace page you will not be taken seriously as a professional band. Your Website should have more information than can fit on ...
Read More >>Step 3 - What Shouldn’t my website include?
March 12, 2008 – 9:51 amBAD COLOR CHOICES Black is probably the worst color to use as a background for text, but it looks really cool and we're METAL! Save it…There's a reason newspapers and books use white backgrounds with black lettering! Having a dark background behind your text makes your pages hard to read PERIOD! ...
Read More >>Step 2 - What should my website include?
March 11, 2008 – 6:41 amWhile you're considering what to put on your site, browse the web and see what other bands (Major and Indies) have done. You will then discover what most people often discover themselves: almost all band web sites are awful! Now its time for you to discover a few things which will ...
Read More >>Step 1 - Before you Build
March 10, 2008 – 12:08 pmBefore you start to think about what you want on your Website, you will need TWO VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS in place: 1. A Domain Name/URL 2. Web Hosting What is a Domain Name/URL? A Domain Name or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of your Website, for instance, independentmusicroundtable.com. Your Domain Name ...
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