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By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:16:43 +0000

If an artist can make thousands, gain fans, and market themselves, is there really a need for record labels? Of course it would take hard work and commitment for an artist to achieve this, but perhaps it could be accomplished. Interesting post. The future of the music industry. Do you think more and more artists will use this technique and become independent of record labels?

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By: Shankar Saikia

Shankar Saikia — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:52:12 +0000

SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING = ENGAGING AUDIENCE

Great post! One of the most important messages in this post is that one of the advantages of social media marketing is the ability to actively engage the audience. Many mistakenly assume that social media marketing should be used to do a hard-sell on followers. The reality is that followers appreciate the opportunity to directly interact with the person – this type of engagement leads to a closer relationship. The other reality is that it takes a long time and a lot of effort to engage in social media marketing. The good news is that it is great for both the artists and the followers.

By: Ike barnes

Ike barnes — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:07:02 +0000

The biggest tool that any artist can have in their arsenal is great music. If your music is good no matter what tool you use to market yourself, you will turn strangers into fans. The music industry still believes you can succeed by forcing mediocre music through traditional media outlets. What they don’t realize is that the people that buy music don’t buy it because of the fact that they heard a song fifty times on the radio. Fans buy music because the feel connected
to the artist on some level. Great post.

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By: kc

kc — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:42:00 +0000

I wonder if there are any success stories like this from an artist who has never had *an* major label promotion…?

By: R. Liechti

R. Liechti — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:35:37 +0000

Dave,

This is an awesome post. It provides good insight on how unknown artists can capitalize from the new tools available online to create and maintian their music businesses. Your blog is big motivation for me, thank you for always posting great information.

R. Liechti