Indie Music Marketing
Paying for Music Placement with Tadcast
Hurah! The Payola playingfield has been leveled a smidgeon more. Joining the ranks of Jango, Last.fm, and Songza, Tadcast launched a brilliant twist by enabling musicians to pay for placement in video by paying on an per listen or per click (if someone clicks on your band link after seeing a video) basis. Their video [...]
Crowdsourcing Album Song Selection With A Jango Focus Group
Brian at Passive Promotion (and artist Color Theory) wrote a great post about how he used Jango to determine which songs he should feature, and which he should cut, in his next album. Basically, he paid for plays, focusing on a demographic and music taste profile that fits his own style, looked for top performers, [...]
$1 Million Bucks for a Hit Song Copyright on Ebay?
You can buy the semi-guaranteed hit song copyright, “Never is Forever”, for the measly sum of $1,000,000.00 on Ebay. Just to be clear, it’s the song’s author, Floyd Murray, making the semi-guarantee, saying, “I humbly must admit, based on my gut and the response that this song brings, that this is a major hit song.” [...]
7 Ways to Sell Your Music on iTunes
PLEASE READ: Because you demanded it, ALL pricing, UPC/ISRC, and Digital Distribution info below is now up to date as of 3/2/2012! Any musician seriously considering digital distribution is thinking about getting their music on iTunes. iTunes controls between 60-80% of digital music sales, depending on who you ask. Fortunately, the once impossible task is [...]
How to Get Your Band or Music on Faceoook
I just created a Facebook Page for GarageSpin. If you’re on Facebook, let’s connect. What is a “Facebook Page”? (i.e. not a “Facebook Profile”) Most folks know how to use Facebook to create a regular, personal profile page. But not everyone knows about “Facebook Pages“, and if you’re a musician, band, or artist, you should. [...]
