https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAKx-t0YF5I I self-booked my first tour a few years back after...
Band Management
Learn more about the music business and band management, including music licensing, booking your own DIY tour, music publishing, copyright law, music royalties, music promotion, music distribution and performing rights organizations.
Why Artists Should Care about Metadata and Asset Management
It’s no secret that the music industry is plagued with data problems. Incorrect and badly handled...
The Most Effective Way to Release Your Music in 2020
When teaching or consulting independent bands recently, these are the two groups of questions I...
How To Leverage Free Music Sites to Increase Fan Engagement
Free music online can either spread like wildfire or sink like a stone. It largely depends on the work put into promotional efforts. Many bands post their album for free and think “I’m done! Our...
4 Simple (But Effective) Tips For Selling Your Music to TV, Movies & Commercials
Most musicians don’t exactly dream of hitting the big time by being background music, however any time a film or TV studio, production company or someone else wants to use your composition, they...
3 Creative Ways to Make More Money Gigging
Gigging and touring is the bread and butter for indie musicians today. Playing local gigs on the weekend with a few regional or national tours can provide enough income to get by, but there’s a lot...
Sell More Concert Tickets & Reach New Fans With Bandsintown
Stop me if you've heard this one before. You're on tour, and you get an angry email or text from Jessica, a fan in the last city you played. Turns out, even though you emailed her (and all of your...
Touring Advice From Raul Bianchi of The Expendables
BATHROOM BUSINESS ON THE ROAD I always need a few days after a long tour to decompress, and rediscover all the wonderful things about home that I've been missing for the last two months. Going from...
Even MORE Tips for Staying Healthy on Tour
Staying healthy on tour means far more than avoiding alcohol poisoning. Eating well, exercising and avoiding stresses on your body that will lower your immune system are all crucial to not canceling...
See a VW MicroBus Cut in Half!
Is there any more iconic tour vehicle than the VW Bus? If you’ve never sawed one in half (which we fully recommend you do, at least once in your life), here’s your chance to see a cross-section of...
How to Book House Concerts & Supercharge Tour Revenue
A DIY Guide to Booking Living Room Shows and Creating Superfans I’m a singer/songwriter from Los Angeles, and on my summer tour last year I made $25,000 in two months without stepping foot in a bar,...
The Importance of Being Nice on Tour
[Editor's note: the following article was guest-written by the band Our Friend & The Spiders; check 'em out in the video below] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-PDBvahG0 Touring is only easy...
Top Tips For Staying Healthy on Tour
Hint: It Doesn’t Involve Late-Night Drive-Thrus Touring in a fool’s paradise is an unparalleled venture: operating with little to no sleep, drinking without any repercussions, frequenting the...