My hands are writing this automatically!!! I’ve been taken over by an unstoppable urge to let you guys know about something amazingly cool I just read… Hold onto your hats because Ian from Make It In Music is going to give you a no-holds-barred appraisal of what it takes to be successful as a DIY ...…
When I was speaking to Justin Brooke the other day he came up with something rather interesting that kind of stuck in my head, so I thought I would make it the subject of today’s post. Admittedly I could have taken five minutes to listen through his interview again and copied what he said word ...…
If you have not subscribed to Bob Lefsetz music analysis blog yet you need to head over there right now and start taking advantage of his big music industry brain. This recent post will guide you through the absolutely essential steps for building a raving fan base. Bob says, “ It’s like starting all over. All the old media you employed to get the word ...…
This post is a follow-up to something from the other day in which we looked at how you can increase the amount of fans who open your emails. In that post we talked about the idea of following up with the people who did not read your message and offering them another chance to do so. ...…
I just got a message from Greg Rose better known as badass DIY musician Skilf. Here is what he wants to know… “Hi Chris, Really appreciate the advice, just one more question: I know this might seem like an obvious one, but how do you find the blogs/forums that yield good traffic? I know that ...…
Hey guys, I’ve come across another tool that will let you start selling your music directly to the fans, kind of like we talked about in this video on Vibedeck the other day. The service we’re looking at today is called SoundRain and the interesting thing is that it works directly with your SoundCloud account. ...…
Today I want to tell you about some very cool people I’ve been following on Twitter recently. The great thing about these “Robots” is that they filter through all the music business information that hits the web on a daily basis, and only post links to the most brilliant stuff that will get your music ...…
I have a very strange way of reading blogs…see the problem is that I subscribe to more than 1000 feeds. I know that sounds crazy but Google Music Alerts method makes it possible for me. credit: Undertow851 And it’s not only blogs…I get Twitter feeds, Facebook pages and YouTube videos all delivered on a minute ...…
Let’s forget all the foo foo today and get right into this… The fact is that if you want to do well online these days you need to have some serious writing skills, and I’m not just talking about clever lyrics. There are blog posts, tweets, email messages and sales copy that all need to ...…
I’ve been catching up on some reading this morning after a couple of days working on a super secret project. I came across an unbelievably great guest post on Michael Brandvold’s blog by Christopher from PRThatRocks.com. There are not many ways to build a torrent of fans to your site than getting a feature in a ...…
