Infinite Fan Base

Here’s a story to a few more success stories using unconvential methods. You struggling musicians out there take note: You can make it. Just stay at and don’t be afraid to try new things.
Link:  Readers as patrons in the digital age

The government is considering whether to cut off Internet access to the folks suspected of piracy.
UK file-sharers to be ‘cut off’
This is just another example of the music industry pursuing the wrong strategy. You can’t beat the public into submission. I don’t care if you are a label executive. Or a lawyer. Anyway, this is [...]

It’s very easy to want to start promoting yourself as soon as you get on Twitter.
Hey!! – Buy my CD!
Hey!! – Come to my show!
Hey!! – Buy a t-shirt!
When you start this type of conversation, you immediately turn off your crowd. There are ways to sell stuff (which we’ll discuss later), but this direct method [...]

This is odd. Apparently, before the announced merger of Ticketmaster and LiveNation, there was an attempt by the current Ticketmaster CEO, who was with a different company at the time, to drive LiveNation out of business. The idea was to get the major scalpers to partner together and pit themselves against LiveNation. The proceeds from [...]

This is a good idea. It has tons of potential. Let’s hope that the management team doesn’t twist the channel into drivel. Think MTv of old to the MTv of today as a reference.
Link: YouTube to Stream Outside Lands Music Festival

More lawsuits in the industry. This time from the publishing side of things. The NMPA is suing several sites that are offering free lyrics. The NMPA is a lobby group, the publisher’s equivalent of the RIAA and MPAA.
The “I wish the Internet would go away” motivation from the lobbying group seems to think that shutting [...]

Ok, I’m not going to win a Nobel prize for this relevation, but I’ve seen some folks break this rule.
Your Twitter name should be your band’s name, or something very close to it. As you are finding new fans, you want to create name recognition for your music, which comes from multiple exposures and repetition. [...]

After much research and discussion, it’s obvious there is a wide discrepancy in regards to the use of Twitter. Some have good ideas, some don’t. Anyway, if this many people are having problems, then there are likely many more.
I’m going to post 50 Twitter tips for musicians in regards to promotion and finding fans. I’ll [...]

Many artists want to quit their day job and play music full time (or tour, or record an album, or whatever).
It seems like a difficult problem, but if you can answer one simple question, you’ll be on your way to making it happen: “How many fans do you need to quit your job?”
It’s your ‘magic [...]

When talking with artists about online promotion, there’s a simple, yet effective approach I use – start with the theory and abstract idea, and then decscribe it using specific examples and details. From there, make simple observations about the ways the band can start using it themselves. It helps to hear the abstract first, [...]