We all want to know how to get covered by blogs more efficiently. Thankfully, Digipendant has up a great article on how to get this done. They did a fantastic interview with publicity head for The Beggars Group, a label that definitely knows how to get written up. Learn more here.
Part of selling music today is offering your fans something special and unique for them to hold on to. This can be tough as the importance shifts from physical releases to digital and you often want to put out a digital only release yet still give your fans something. If your music's lyrics have a great importance to fans one of the cool things you can do is make personalized lyrics sheets for your fans that can be sold separately and shipped with the purchase of your release. Recently, the group Man Overboard did just this for their new digital-only Acoustic EP. A great move that gives fans something special and improves your bond and importance to fans. A win-win situation.
Moog has yet again answered the music world's wishes and has the solution for you luddites who just can't take the sound of Auto-Tune all over your favorite tracks. Their Auto-Detuner will restore all your imperfections and intonation with just the twist of a dial. For more info go here or to the jump.
Headliner.FM is a new and unique way to spread the word about your band by exchanging recommendations from other bands! By sharing your music with similar groups you can exchange these recommendations over various social networks. Watch the above video and get the hang of an interesting concept. This could be the start of something interesting!
What we are reading on the Internet that may be of interest to you or potentially melt your brain with its stupidity.
- The Cure to Release Three-Disc Remastered Disintegration Reissue
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- Metallica & Black Sabbath to release joint limited vinyl for RSD
- Erasure singer teams up with Perry Farrell for solo album
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Cinder Block Merch has long been one of the heavy-hitters of the merch world, dealing with many of the bigger acts in the industry. The awesome blog Musician Coaching has up a great interview that gives out priceless knowledge on how you could be doing your merch even better. Check it here.
My TK Audio compressor is one of my favorite recording tools and it looks like their new blender is going to be just as great!
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- The L's Annual Eight Up-and-Comers
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- Arctic Monkeys plan to return to studio ASAP
- JP Morgan to Buy Elvis Marketing Rights
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We often discuss the limitless power to gain fans for your music by using Twitter, FanPush is a service that allows easy integration of music uploads and Twitter in order to gain fans. Enabling a tweet for a track type function as well as easy following abilities, this looks like another great marketing tool.
Dave Kusek always has wise words for the music industry and today on The Music Think Tank is no different. He dishes out his opinions on the industry that aren't the usual obvious chatter and it is a great quick read for all!
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What we are reading on the Internet that may be of interest to you or potentially melt your brain with its stupidity.
- Lou Reed Directs, Scores Documentary: Red Shirley
- Matt Rubano and Matt Fazzi out of Taking Back Sunday; John Nolan and Shaun Cooper back in
- Report: EMI Losing Grip On Licensing Talks
- Hear LPs From Jónsi and David Byrne/Fatboy Slim
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In many of our Twitter tutorials we talk about the idea of unfollowing people to clear up your twitter feed and to follow more people. Just Unfollow is a site that will do this very simply. Check it out and make your twitter life a bit cleaner (via Refe Tuma).
We all know in the wars of publicity, some of getting written about is just having a good story. One of the ways to get your foot in the door to getting on blogs and newspapers is to run a ridiculous contest so that there is a interesting story to be written up. Case in point, the amazing band Manchester Orchestra is running a contest for their current tour where you submit pictures of your bitch (aka your dog) and whoever has the most awesome bitch gets free admission to a show. Get more info here to get you inspired to do something just as cool and get your band noticed.
A More Perfect Union
Titus Andronicus | MySpace Music VideosWhat we are reading on the Internet that may be of interest to you or potentially melt your brain with its stupidity.
- Guns N' Roses, Arcade Fire, Blink-182 head Reading and Leeds 2010
- Warner Bros. Entertainment UK sets up anti-piracy internship
- Tokyo Police Club announces Champ
- Paul Westerberg, Robert Pollard on Glen Campbell's Farewell Album: Ghost on the Canvas
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- The Libertines to Reunite
- Insane Clown Posse announces pretty much the best tour ever
- MGMT scheduled for SNL
- Spotify Aims to Launch in U.S. in 3 to 6 Months
- Devendra Banhart breaks leg, cancels tour dates
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Popular and awesome blog The Recommender has the above recommendation for you on how to contact bloggers. This is a blog many people would die to get on, so take their advice!
- How To Choose A Record Producer/Recording Studio - Part 4 - Filling In The Blanks
- If You Want To Sell A Cover Song, Use Limelight To Clear It
- Artist Farm Releases Free Tour Marketing PDF
- In Defense Of Producer Royalties - What Steve Albini Doesn't Aknowledge
- Bandcamp Announce Index Pages And Ability To Make Label Pages
- How To Choose A Record Producer/Recording Studio - Part 3 - How Much Help Do You Need?
- Lifeyo Is a New Easy To Customize Blog Builder
- There Are No Excuses In Live Shows!
- Derek Sivers Very Smart Speech On Promotion At Big Events
- Affix Music Is An Urban Music Licensing Company
- Use Bandcamp's Hidden Tracks To Release A Dynamic Version Of Your Record
- Bandcamp Adds Further Options For Site Integration
- Immitter Is Another Music Social Network
- Make Sure You Give A Phone Number When Putting Press On The Guest List
- In Defense Of Producer Royalties - What Steve Albini Doesn't Aknowledge
- Jaron signs to Universal Republic
- Solid State Records have signed As They Sleep.
- Bridge 9 Signs Mother of Mercy
- Delorean Sign to True Panther
- Heartsounds have signed with Epitaph Records.
- Nervo sign to Virgin/Astralworks
- Eulogy Recordings have signed Hate Your Guts.
- Diggy Simmons Signs To Atlantic Records
- Metro Station Breaks Up
- The Young Veins signed to One Haven Music
- Matt White signs to Ryko/Warner
- Heartsounds have signed with Epitaph Records.
In the first part of this series we discussed the ways people go wrong when choosing a producer. One of the biggest ways they go wrong is the assumption that because a producer/studio made records you love, they will be the right studio for you. Unfortunately, it is not this easy. After the jump we will discuss why those records worked and yours may not.
The competition is stiff out there, as we all know and the fact of the matter is no one cares how hard you have to work, all they want is to see a good live set. This past week I went and saw the movie The Runaways, seeing as their debut record was one of my favorite records growing up, I couldn't resist the temptation to see it turned into a Hollywood story.
In the movie there is an amazing scene where producer Kim Fowley hires some teenage boys from the neighborhood to throw bottles and dog crap at the girls while they play, saying this is what they need to be prepared for. While your group may never have to deal with this level of abuse, you will probably have to deal with crappy monitors and equipment failures on a regular basis. Part of being an amazing live band is ensuring that no matter what the circumstances are, you make it work. If you use a lot of MIDI in your set, part of your practice should be taking this apart and putting it back together. Playing a lot of VFW halls on tour? Practice without being able to hear the vocals and your amp turned down too low. If you get good at playing great in the worst case scenario, you will blow everyone away in the best case scenario.
In the movie there is an amazing scene where producer Kim Fowley hires some teenage boys from the neighborhood to throw bottles and dog crap at the girls while they play, saying this is what they need to be prepared for. While your group may never have to deal with this level of abuse, you will probably have to deal with crappy monitors and equipment failures on a regular basis. Part of being an amazing live band is ensuring that no matter what the circumstances are, you make it work. If you use a lot of MIDI in your set, part of your practice should be taking this apart and putting it back together. Playing a lot of VFW halls on tour? Practice without being able to hear the vocals and your amp turned down too low. If you get good at playing great in the worst case scenario, you will blow everyone away in the best case scenario.
Everyone is always looking to license their music to a company that gets what they do. Affix Music specializes in Urban Music and seems like a great service for all of you who make music in that market. Find out more here.
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