Remixes are good for your career. The right remix can lift your career onto the international level. Like my buddy Economics. Economics is a musical project that has some big fans…… like DJ Shadow. Economics got a chance to remix a DJ Shadow song and is now gaining new fans from all over the world. All [...]
Our friends over at Next Big Sound have just released a ton of information on the state of online music in 2011. Unsurprisingly it’s doing very well. Numbers are up everywhere (even MySpace) and Next Big Sound has a purdy looking visualization to explain it all right here. Some quick facts: SoundCloud song plays had an amazing 231% increase/growth. And [...]
Every other day one of my musician friends asks me how they can find appropriate blogs for their music. I tell them that finding music blogs isn’t that difficult, this is how I do it: Go to a music blog aggregator like Hypem.com or Elbo.ws In the search field of the main page, enter a [...]
Rick Ross just dropped a new mixtape. His official record was scheduled for release on the 31st of December, but due to health problems it’s been pushed back. This new mixtape will hold his fans over until his proper disc is released and give people a taste for what they’re in for. Mixtapes are common [...]
Everyone likes getting gifts and fans are no different. Sending out a free live record, a collection of b-sides, or a whole brand new record is another reason for your fans to remember you. It’s a sign that you appreciate them and love making music. Last Christmas Yaysayer and Gorillaz released new music for their fans. Yeasayer explained [...]
There’s so many lessons that can be gleaned from hip hop. Like this classic nugget: Beefs are good for your career. I’m not talking an actual Biggie vs Tupac death-style beef (although it is good for record sales). I’m talking about a small beef. Like the one Common and Drake are involved in. Something about Serena Williams, [...]
Tumblr is pwning my ass these days. It’s such a fun network if you follow the right topics, hashtags, and/or users. One of my favourite Tumblrs lately is PrivateNoise.com. Like most succesful Tumblrs it’s a simple concept: Pictures of people listening to music. And the music they’re listening to. But by asking a few questions of the subjects [...]
Talk about knowing where your audience is. This story out of South Africa is truly inspiring. Local musicians weren’t getting anywhere approaching radio, so what did they do? Went straight to the people, meaning the Taxi drivers that play a huge role in the daily transportation of millions of South Africans. …the new Kwaito artists [...]
First off let me say that this is just an idea. As far as I know this doesn’t exist yet but I’m sure some enterpristing programmers could make this happen. The idea is this: Many venues do not have free wifi. Your fans want free wifi. Why not give away free wifi for an email [...]
The boy wonder himself is about to get to another Internet first; 2 billion YouTube views. Remember – 2 billion views isn’t 2 billion people. Bieber grabbed many of these views via a select group of tween girls. Girls with never ending acess to YouTube at all hours of the day. I’m fairly certian that we can probably [...]
