An Interview with CEO Andy Zicklin In a world where we are encouraged to pick the music we listen...
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.
Music Will Survive COVID-19
Everyone I talk to in the music industry these days is truly uncertain about the near-term future...
Why You Should Be Thinking About Insurance RIGHT NOW
“In these uncertain times…” Friends, I’m sure you’re growing as tired of hearing that phrase as I...
5 Tips For Making The Most Of Your On-Air Radio Interview
5 Tips For Making The Most Of Your On-Air Radio Interview Congratulations! A radio station has taken a liking to your music and wants to bring you in for an interview and on-air performance! This...
How to Better Organize Your Song Catalogs & Sync Pitches
How to Better Organize Your Song Catalogs & Sync Pitches Give Your Ideas a Home on Songspace Let’s be honest, most of us artists and songwriters are not very good with keeping our creative...
5 Ways For Bands to Maximize Merchandise Sales
“How do you make money from music?” Ask most gigging musicians this question these days, and they’ll probably give you the same answer – “tour, tour, and tour again”. What they’ll no doubt neglect...
10 Inspiring Quotes for Working Musicians By Working Musicians
Whether you are in it for the fun, or you're serious about making money at what you love to do, being a successful musician is not easy. But if you follow some of the advice below from fellow...
The 5 Most Annoying, Ineffective Ways That Bands Seem to Always Promote Their Music
We wholly recommend promoting your band on social media (duh). It's easily the best way to maintain and grow your following, and it's arguably eclipsed flyering as the most reliable way to announce...
Boston Based PR Personality Lisa Finelli Talks Her Power of Persuasion, Prepares for NY Show This Thursday
Lisa Finelli has devoted her entire career to making the music industry better. The Boston based Digital Media Specialist and self-proclaimed Artist Ambassador has paved her own path in such a...
Top 3 Things Every Band Thinks Impress Music Journalists, But Actually Don’t
As a music journalist, I receive a plethora of emails from artists pitching themselves hoping for a feature. One major issue I've seen with these pitches is that a lot of artists don't have a great...
Uncommon Touring Tips From Indie Musicians for a Smoother (And Fungus-Free) Trip
Unless you're traveling in a roomy, air-conditioned bus, touring as an independent band is an experience rife with stenches, coin-scrounging, and utter exhaustion. Hitting the road DIY-style is...
5 Reasons Why You Didn’t Reach Your Crowdfunding Goal
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 you're a terrible artist – it could...
Cover Your Ass (and Cover Songs) with Loudr
An Interview with Chris Crawford, CEO/Founder of Loudr on New Ways to License Indie Music It's long been widely known that recording cover songs is a great way to get a new band or artist known....