Being passionate about music is not enough when you want to become the best. Hard work, dedication and investment in musical instruments make the perfect recipe for a successful musician. When enterin…
Best Email Marketing Services for Musicians
Email marketing can be one of the most underutilized promotional tactics for musicians. If you use any sort of download gate, then you probably have a collection of fan emails already. If not, then it…
How to Build a Mailing List for Email Marketing
Email marketing is crucial in the digital age. It can help you reach hundreds (or thousands!) of people with the click of a button. Email marketing can help you alert your fans about about upcoming sh…
5 Growth Hacking Tips for Musicians
This article about promoting your music is written by Daniel Hartnett, aka The Corporatethief Beats. Daniel is a music marketing blogger and beat maker on his website www.thecorporatethiefbeats.com. Y…
Traxsource Announces ‘Powered By Traxsource’ for Events
Electronic music store and platform Traxsource has announced a brand new initiative for those interested in hosting, promoting and/or playing events. Available now, Powered By Traxsource offers its co…
How to Get Featured on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora + More
Ever wonder how musicians receive editorial features and spotlights on platforms like Spotify, iTunes, Beatport, etc.? These happen through feature placements, which must be requested via your label o…
How to Create a Spotify Playlist People Will Actually Click On
The logic used to be “if I can land my song on the radio, I’ll make it big time.” Well, with radio slowly falling out of popularity and getting taken over by music streaming platforms such as Spotify,…
Artist Websites: Are You Doing it Right?
It seems pretty simple to have and maintain an artist website, right? Truth is, it’s not always so easy for everyone. Being in the industry, I’ve seen both extremes: websites that make us feel jealous…
How to Improve Your Reach With Facebook’s New Algorithm
If you’ve been feeling like your Facebook reach has gone down significantly in the past couple of weeks, then you might be right. On January 11th, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the…
How to Optimize Your Spotify for Artists Profile
Spotify is a powerful tool for any artists interested in reaching a larger audience. The popular streaming platform has 70 million paying subscribers worldwide and leads the pack amongst similar compe…