Band Management

How to Successfully Book and Execute Your Own DIY Tour in 4 Simple Steps
By Lillie Lemon on August 30, 2016
STEP 1. PREPARING FOR BOOKING Get a handle on your social media presence. When it comes to booking your own DIY tour, you’ll be sending venues...
VIDEO: How to Save Money on Liability Insurance
By Benjamin Ricci on August 29, 2016
Our friends at K&K Insurance want to save you headaches, and more importantly, time and money, while out on tour. Here’s a quick tip about saving...
Top 5 Songs to Land Music Licensing Deals with This Summer
By Michael St. James on August 29, 2016
Record These 5 Songs This Summer! A Tip Sheet for the Season’s Most Lucrative Music Licensing Deals From time to time, I like to give you a...
K&K Insurance Presents: Quick Tips For Musicians
By Benjamin Ricci on July 27, 2016
Our friends at K&K Insurance want to save you headaches, and more importantly, time and money, while out on tour. Here’s a quick tip about saving...
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One (Not Very Great, But Cheap and Effective) Way to Tour Europe With a Vintage Synth
By Roger F. Lussier on July 15, 2016
SHIPPING SYNTHS OVERSEAS My band Pretty & Nice were lucky to tour Europe twice, once right when I joined up, in 2009, and then on what...
Everything You Need to Know About Booking Your Own Tour
By Mike Montali of Hollis Brown on July 14, 2016
Hey! I’m Mike Montali and this summer my band, Hollis Brown, will be embarking on an incredible headlining tour. Since our band’s formation in 2009,...
The Dot Blockchain Music Project & The Future of Music Royalties
By Michael St. James on June 15, 2016
Fair Trade Music and the Dot Blockchain Music Project: Benji Rogers on How Virtual Reality & Bitcoin Will Shape the Future of Royalty & Licensing Transparency...
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Bandcamp Can (and Should) Bury iTunes. Here’s Why.
By Michael St. James on June 8, 2016
APPLE TO EXIT DOWNLOAD MARKET WITH ITUNES Welcome to another dispatch from the streaming wars. Or, wait a minute, are we still in the format wars?...
DotBlockchain: The Fight for Fair Trade Music And What It Means For Indies
By Michael St James on May 9, 2016
Fair Trade Music and the Dot Blockchain Music Project: Building the Future Music Industry (Pt1) Put on your thinking caps, we’re going to delve into this...
Why Instant Live Recordings Are Important For Your Music Career
By Michael St. James on May 5, 2016
An Exclusive Interview with Live Streaming Pioneer Brad Serling Live music fanatics have known of nugs.net for decades. In the early ’90s, live music tape...