About once a week, folks will ask me about another new service that’s supposed to “get your music heard.” And some folks will try these services out and report that they got a hundred new people on their mailing lists,…
Create.
David comes to the aid of Delta in an earlier post (at least someone’s getting some good service from them), but brings up a bigger issue. If you believe that something sucks going in, it probably will suck for you.…
CD Baby Launches 1-Stop In Store Distribution for Independent Artists
Oh, yeah. It’s free if you’ve paid the $35 to get your product into their database. That sound you just heard was hundreds of song sharks crapping themselves.
Ready for the road?
We’re having an early summer heat wave here in Seattle, and the sunny weather always turns my thoughts to…touring! Roadtripping , playing in different cities to new audiences, living on fast food and floor crashing at the homes of host…
As if we needed an excuse not to fly Delta
Lori had a horrible experience on Delta a few weeks back. I used to fly Delta a whole lot earlier in my career, but we mostly fly Airtran or USAirways these days. Still, it’s hard to see a once great…
Music Retail Promotion TeleClass in Three Weeks
We’ve got another conference call class coming up three weeks from today that can help you learn more about achieving success in the music business. Once you register for the event, we’ll e-mail you a telephone number that you can…
Music Industry Jobs TeleClass tomorrow!
Here’s one final reminder about tomorrow’s conference call! Music Industry Jobs Though profit margins are rising, there are fewer full-time music industry jobs than even a few years ago. Whether you’re working on a music business degree or simply hoping…
Preparing your Flash website for IE7
(This post contains more web-geekery; if you’re unfamiliar with things like HTML and JavaScript, you’ll want to get your webmaster or a web-savvy friend to help you out.) I was messing around with my website a few days ago when…
More on Flash players and visitors without Flash
(Warning: this post gets a bit geeky, so make sure you involve your webmaster if you’re unclear or uncomfortable making changes to your music website.) Yesterday I mentioned that if you’re using a Flash music player on your music website,…
Free Flash music players
For embedding streaming audio into webpages, I prefer to use a Flash music player. The main reason for this is compatibility; I don’t have to worry that the listener doesn’t have a particular audio player installed, and the Flash plug-in…
How to Start a Record Label TeleClass tomorrow!
Here’s one final reminder about tomorrow’s conference call! How to Start a Record Label If you’re following our advice and releasing a string of EPs leading up to your full-length album, it’s more than likely you’re going to end up…
Tip for better MySpace searching
Bob Baker has produced an e-book on using MySpace as a music marketing tool. Lots of interesting ideas, from how to set up a MySpace profile to tips from musicians in the trenches. (Disclaimer: I’m one of them, and quoted…