Making ends meet as an independent musician has always been a grind. Throw a pandemic into the...
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.
Are You Ready To Seek Investors For Your Music?
As an independent artist, how do I know if I'm ready to seek investment? While not all...
Top 5 ways to build your fanbase before your next music release
As hard as it is to write a hit song, sometimes it feels like the hardest part is getting people...
How to Pitch, License, and Sell Your Music Online
Store, Pitch, License, and Sell All of Your Music Online with Songtradr Maybe you've been storing your pitching tracks in Dropbox or Box, and want a better experience for prospective clients and...
Indie Champion Crucial Music Launches Virtual Custom Music Marketplace
Indie Champion Crucial Music Launches Virtual Custom Music Marketplace And Why This is a Big Deal in the World of Licensing When an agency, producer, music supervisor, CMO, or even a small business...
How to Strike the Right Co-Writer Agreement Between Songwriters
How to Strike the Right Co-Writer Agreement Between Songwriters Under the U.S. copyright law, an author or creator owns a copyright in his or her work the moment it is “fixed in a tangible medium”...
ShowSlinger: The Next Killer App For Booking & Touring
ShowSlinger Takes Aim at a Better Live Music Experience There are plenty of apps that notify fans when their favorite artist is playing a show in town, and ones that display favorite venues and live...
Get to Know Soundfly: The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians
Soundfly – The Next-Gen Learning Hub for Musicians Musicians, by nature, are constantly learning new things; from fresh songs to gear tricks, recording techniques to music business concepts. The...
A Trillion Data Points: The Growth Of Music Analytics
A Trillion Data Points: The Growth Of Music Analytics And Why Knowing Your Band’s Data is Crucial Everyone knows that music has made the leap onto the Internet. But perhaps no one better understands...
Why Female Musicians Still Face Incredulity in Live Venues
“What’s Your Band Called?” Why Female Musicians Still Face Incredulity in Live Venues Growing up in a fairly low income, single parent family in Melbourne, Australia, you could say I was your...
SPEAK Easy on Defying Stereotypes & Confronting Industry Prejudice Head-On
Defying Stereotypes & Confronting Industry Prejudice Head-On "Falsely accuse me, they call it blackmail/I have to be twice as good because I'm a black male!" This has been my credo since I...
TWB: Mega Ran on Touring While Black
Touring While Black. One Artist’s Journey Navigating the Country’s Highways in a Post-Ferguson America Tour Time. My favorite two words to utter, or type, because as a musician, we all dream of...
Guest Column: The Contemporary Role of Confederate Iconography in Southern Music
The Contemporary Role of Confederate Iconography in Southern Music [Editor's note - as with all the articles in this month's social justice issue, what follows are the thoughts and ideas of the...