Archive for January, 2008

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Why Giving Your Music Away Through Social Networks Works

The Internet is a great tool to spread your music and the idea that you want to make money from it is of course first and foremost in any musician’s mind. But, there has been a recent kick lately from major artists around the world such as Prince and Radiohead to give away their music and it might have you a little nervous about the future of the music industry and the viability of making money online with your music.

Popularity: 10% [?]

18Jan2008 | maxlowe | 2 comments | Continued
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Why Mashable Should be in Your Blog Feed

Blog feeds are one of the most essential and elementary tools you should have in hand when you start marketing your music online. They are easy to setup, easier to check on a daily basis and full of invaluable information that will quite literally make you more successful.

Popularity: 9% [?]

17Jan2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Friends: How Your MySpace Profile Pic Can Make Or Break Your Friends List

You think your picture looks pretty good, don’t you? That mid air dive from the stage during a recent show makes your band look hardcore enough to draw in the fans that you know will go to every show and wait rabidly for your next single.But, what about everyone else? The beauty of MySpace is that any band in any genre has the freedom and ability to take on fans of any age and background. No one falls into those easy little definitions anymore and neither should your band. So, why would you lock yourself into a specific image with your profile picture?

Popularity: 7% [?]

16Jan2008 | maxlowe | 2 comments | Continued
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Top 10 Ways Fans Find Music on the Internet

The Internet is so chock full of music in this day and age that you can literally find it just about anywhere. There are social networking sites devoted to music sharing, dozens of different personal radio station websites, and long listings of review and trend setting websites that people use to find and obtain music. With so many different methods and so many different bands, it is no wonder that people use this vast array of different tools to unlock their favorite new bands.

Popularity: 25% [?]

8Jan2008 | maxlowe | 5 comments | Continued
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How to give your music free, automatic exposure using iLike.com

iLike is the newest in a long line of specialized social communities that allows you to integrate your love of social networking with your playlists. Not only is iLike a great place to meet fellow music fans, it allows you to install and use an iTunes sidebar that will allow you to share your playlists readily from iTunes to the world.

Popularity: 8% [?]

7Jan2008 | maxlowe | 1 comment | Continued
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5 Tricks They Didn’t Teach You in Music Marketing 101 That Will Change the Way You Think About Promoting Your Music Online

The Internet is a whole new world of promotional opportunities. Essentially everything you thought you knew about the business can be thrown out the window when you log into MySpace or any of a dozen other social networks to find new fans. Those bands that fail to make the essential adjustment are doomed to fail until they realize just how different everything is. For the rest of you, here are 5 essential tips that help you look beyond the basics of Music Marketing to find what you can really accomplish online.

Popularity: 14% [?]

5Jan2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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Finding Fans on Facebook: Using Facebook’s new ‘pages’ feature to reach your fanbase

The Facebook Pages feature is its long awaited answer to MySpace’s long standing custom profile options. Giving people the power to load up any number of new and exciting features, businesses, bands, and politicians can now broadcast everything that makes them different to the world on a custom built, easy to create and easier to navigate profile space.

Popularity: 4% [?]

4Jan2008 | maxlowe | 0 comments | Continued
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