5 Tips For Bands Using HootSuite

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Here are a few ideas for making the most out of HootSuite and managing social media as a band.  If you are going “DIY” on your promotional campaign, things like pre-scheduling important tweets in advance of hitting the road can be a big help. The music industry has changed so much in the past decade, […]

A Truly Indie Musician: Alex Day

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Alex Day has proudly made his way in the music industry without the support of a major label by building his fanbase online.  Here he recounts a hilarious meeting with an A&R person and why he left the meeting unsatisfied. He doesn’t tour either and doesn’t see the need to: Typically I make around £3500 […]

Ridin’ with Hypebot

My buddy Bruce Houghton at Hypebot, caught me last week for a quick interview before Rethink Music.  Here is an except from our discussion: HYPEBOT: Your new focus is on consulting and investing. Are there any sectors, particularly within music and music tech, that particularly interest you or where you see the most room for growth? […]

Music Business Education

Here is some excerpts from an interview I did with Rick Goetz from musiciancoaching.com “I think it’s critical that you have your own website and drive traffic to your own website in any way imaginable, and that you set up ways to do business transactions on your websites. That can be collecting names, cell phone […]

Advice for musicians and bands

Income Streams for Musicians

My friend and Berkleemusic student David Sherbow posted this list of income streams on his blog and it got picked up by Hypebot as well.  This is a pretty comprehensive list of the different ways that musicians can make money. The artist music business model has been in flux for years. The record deal dream […]

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