Alternative Press has a great look at the ups and downs of a practice that is bumming out more and more groups with each day that passes. Merch price matching insures that opening bands are not able to sell their merch for cheaper than the headliners so they do not have an advantage to sell more merch,
The call can come kind of quick. All of a sudden your group is starting to play larger venues and they want a stage plot so that things run smooth. When it comes to stage plots venues and soundguys like to see you have it in a standard format. In the above picture you can double click and download one I recently had to make for one of MusforMGMT's groups. Adapt it to personal preferences and you should be good to go.
Some entertainment predictions are easy: Snookie will get knocked up, the Bears will win the Super Bowl, and the music industry will continue to scratch its head. Others, Nostradamus himself would even struggle with. However, here at MusFormation, we've got the inside skinny on what's going to take place on the global music market. This is iron glad, so plot your course accordingly.
We all have learned by now that if you have a great song, everything that we discuss on this site becomes easier to do. In order to make a great song it often helps to know the rules that go into making one. The awesome blog Serve The Song has put up a list of 25 websites that can help you to learn these rules. Check it out and improve your craft.
In a move we have all been waiting for, Bandcamp is now aggregating data from Songkick that will show concert listings on your Bandcamp page. This means for those of you who direct traffic to Bandcamp, fans will now be able to become more aware of your tour dates. Exciting news for everyone horrified of updating another show listing page and looking to increase the awareness of upcoming gigs.
- No Trigger sign to No Sleep Records
- Troop 41 sign to UNI Republic
- Head & the Heart sign to Sub Pop
- Danimal Records Signs The Waffle Stompers
- Ignite Records has signed Vanattica
- As Artifacts has signed to InVogue Records
- Sargent House has signed Adebisi Shank
We have been pretty excited about ReverbNation's partnership with MySpace since you can finally put all those MySpace friends to good use again. They have posted a blog today that could make your holiday vacation time grow your fanbase in a big way. Check it here.
Digital Music News has up a great article on some of the future of QR codes in music marketing. Showcasing a new record where the artist has placed one of the codes on a record cover sticker in order to sample tracks from the release. Read up on some smart stuff happening today.
OkGo are known for the viral videos, that we all watch instead of doing our day jobs. What you may not know is the band is surrounded by smart individuals who have made some smart calculations on how to keep the band afloat despite many music business hurdles. The always awesome, Tech Dirt has assembled some of the recent wisdom the band and management has spout that you should not miss reading.
We all know that every band pretty much needs an iPhone to survive on the road, with the addition of Reverb Nation's Control Room App, this has become even more true. The free App will allow you to carry out many of the cool functions of Reverb Nation's Control Room enabling you to do band work on the go. Some of the key features include:
- Send FanReach Emails
- Collect Fan Email Addresses
- View Profile and Email stats
- Update status for Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace
Looking to see if videos of pandas doing cute things are still in style (don't worry they never go out of style)? Does a baby singing 2 octaves too low still go viral? YouTube Trends can now answer those questions and the above video will show you how you can check and see if your viral video will still have a chance of spreading like wildfrire across the net.
Stratus from Lee Martin on Vimeo.
Soundcloud's blog has the deal on what looks to be a cool and compact way to use Soundcloud to stream music on your website or blog. The stream comes in the form of a bar that appears over the top or bottom of your site and can take advantage of many of Soundclouds cool features. Learn more here.
New Tools For Artists From Myspace Music
MySpace Music: Artist HQ | Myspace Video
Remember when you spent countless hours friending people on MySpace that became all for naught when their web traffic went down the tube? That was sad. Fortunately for you, MySpace as being threatened by their evil overlord Newscorp and if they don't start gaining some traffic they are going to get sold off to some unfortunate Internet mogul. Because of this MySpace has done away with the away message and it seems it is now allowing you to
- Travis Porter sign with Jive
- Knuckle Up have signed to Mediaskare Records
- Close To Home have signed to Artery Recordings
- Limousines sign to Dangerbird
Dropbox is probably one of the best tools available to musicians, producers or music business types. They have left beta and gone to 1.0 with their amazing software and we couldn't be more excited. Their new selective syncing of files makes life nice and easy. We couldn't be happy to see some of our favorite software growing up!
Are you thinking about putting bad clip art into an email to send to your fans? Do you have merch that would make christmas gifts? Playing holiday shows you would like to see a good turnout for? Fanbridge has some great wisdom on how to make that happen this holiday season that you should be reading.
In a odd twist, MTV has shunned The Bieb and GaGa and launched a promotional tool for undiscovered bands entitled Music Meter. Mashable has the whole scoop and it will be a great way to get more promotion for DIY groups.
Cracked is known for its out there humor, but this week they have a great article that list some cool hidden features of some popular records. These cool tricks can give you inspiration to hide some cool things in your next release as well.
Run For Cover Summer 2010 from jeff casazza on Vimeo.
It amazes us when we hear from the blogs that some people still ask for sites to take their music down. Are you serious? How many people do you know that actually buy music from new, unsigned bands that most people have never heard of? Very, very, very few. So why let the possibility of a few measly dollars get in the way of more people hearing your music? Music is one of the most prevalent things on planet earth and it's becoming increasingly more difficult to make people care, no matter how good your music.
One way to stick out from the 10 zillion other bands is to give away your entire album for free. Not only does it make a good press story, but people are much more likely to give it a try. Songs are so disposable, but even the word "album" makes people feel like they are getting something composed and of value. Many huge sites like NoData.tv specialize in giving away full album releases and this can be a chance for a lot of new people to hear your music. Especially after you are done with promoting your singles, why not forget about the measly 13 dollars you're gonna make on iTunes and focus on getting your music out to the torrents and similar sites?
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