Music Promotion

5 Reasons Why You Didn’t Reach Your Crowdfunding Goal
By Adam Bernard on June 17, 2015
It can be incredibly disheartening and even soul crushing to run a crowdfunding campaign that fails. Just because your campaign failed, however, it doesn’t mean...
3 Tips For Composers To Boost Your Networking Skills
By Jeremy Borum on June 15, 2015
The methods of finding work are constantly changing, and the type of music that sells is changing even faster. So Performer Magazine has decided to...
Four Hot Apps With Music Biz Hacks
By Michael St. James on June 4, 2015
If you are online at all, it’s hard to miss the breathlessness with which every new app is promoted. “It’s the Uber of Fitbit, with...
6 Types of Artists Publicists Will Never Work With
By Amy Sciarretto on June 3, 2015
As a publicist with my own PR agency, I’m solicited daily...
Graveyard Orbit Walks Us Through Preparations For The Austin Cassette Festival
By Randall Taylor on May 27, 2015
How do you bring...
What It Takes To Operate a Cassette-Based Record Label in 2015
By Joshua James Amberson on May 21, 2015
Curious Possibilities: The Ins and Outs of Running a Tape Label in 2015 WHY ON EARTH WOULD I DO THIS? When I consider the decisions...
The Hiss is Back: The Growing Resurgence of Cassette Culture
By Ethan Varian on May 20, 2015
Why Your Band Should Consider This Cost-Saving Merch Opportunity As a child of the ’90s, I’m just barely old enough to feel nostalgic about cassettes....
7 Reasons Your Band Should Release Music on Cassette
By Trevor Baade on May 19, 2015
The Argument for Tapes: Why Your Band Should Release Your Music on Cassette If you are an indie musician or label there’s a good chance...
How to Price Your Band Merch: A Simple 4-Step Guide
By Jhoni Jackson on May 6, 2015
Setting prices for your T-shirts, vinyl, seven-inches, and even buttons is not unlike designating a price for any other retail good. You’ve got to consider...
3 of the Most Creative Ways Bands Distribute Download Codes
By Bobby Moore on April 22, 2015
There seems to be a divide between physical merchandise: from CDs, tapes, and records to T-shirts, other branded items, and digital downloads. The latter is...