Want to distribute your single, E.P, or album? Want to get it on iTunes and Rhapsody and all of those other nifty digital distribution sites? Where do you go? For many DIY artists you have 2 choices: CD Baby & Tunecore. Many musicians take the classic route with CD BABY. With CD Baby you basically [...]
Recently there has been some net chatter about Copyrighting your songs. My friends have asked me, “What’s the deal?” So here’s my take: Copyrighting is a different beast then it used to be. The internet has changed the way we look at copyright and the idea of ownership. Arguably when you digitize something (music, books, [...]
Recently, I watched the Tom Petty and The Hearbreakers Biography/Documentary, “Running Down a Dream.” Now I always appreciated Petty’s songs, but never really considered myself a fan. After watching, I found myself seeking out albums and songs to take-in more of what I saw in the film. The documentary did such great job of telling [...]
This UPS ad came out while ago featuring the music of The Postal Service, a Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) side project. The band is a more electro version of Death Cab and actually helped build up the popularity of Death Cab. Anyways, UPS used the 30 second intro music (the best part in my opinion) to a [...]
So I check certain artists on myspace on a regular basis to see if there’s anything new. I never check official sites, because all I really need to know is already on myspace. Anyways, so I check Brett Dennen’s myspace every now and then since discovering him through John Mayer’s Myspace page. At first [...]
So I was checking out some music sites (Idolator and Stereogum), and I kept seeing these ads for Sharon Little. I figured someone believes in her enough to promote her like this (advertising on those sites can’t be cheap). I wanted to see what’s up. Turn out she’s a bluesy type singer-song writer. What interested [...]
So you may have heard this about ‘In Rainbows’: • After being made available for free for 3 months the album was no.1 in the UK and in the US • 1st Radiohead album on iTunes – no.1 album selling 30,000 units in the US in the first week • The physical CD has sold [...]
In late May of this yearm I spend 4 days with Jason Blume, and Gavin Brown, at a Songwriters Workshop Jason Blume is a songwriter who has had significant commercial success writing with the likes of Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, and Gypsy Kings. Gavin Brown is a producer, musician and songwriting doctor as he [...]
Do you have Apple’s Genius on your iTunes? I recently downloaded it and wow! It’s like a more motivated, smarter, and better functioning version of ME that compiled a great list of songs! This is EXACTLY what DIGITAL music needs. Our Generation devours music at light speed. We simply don’t have the time to listen [...]
Digital Distribution: New Choices
Recently we posted about digitally distributing your music via TuneCore and CD Baby. There has been quite a bit of traffic on that post, and with all the new info we’ve got it’s time to take another look at your digital distribution options. WaTunes WaTunes has flipped the script on digital distribution as it now [...]