Digital Aggregation Woes, The Empty Pockets, and Protecting Your Music Every artist wants to be on itunes, spotify and digitally distributed across the world, and they want it quick and easy. But a lot can go wrong when you aren’t careful with digital aggregation services. Just ask Josh Solomon from The Empty Pockets. In our
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Get Your Music Heard by More Fans, Industry & Media: Introducing The 5 Step Twitter Acceleration System This volume of #RoadTips was written by our friend Steve Palfreyman of StevePalfreyman.com. Step 1 Create Your Goal Setting Strategy We’re talking Twitter here; what I believe is the cheapest and most effective social media
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2 The first line of a poem written in the 1600’s by
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2. Congratulations on completing your first tour! We’re sure it was a long hard
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2 . “As a consumer and as a fan, I buy merchandise at a
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2. “CDs are the gift that keeps giving, which proves that even in an
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2. “Someone records what was a truly amazing performance and posts it on
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2. “You’d be amazed at how many average people still love rap music
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2. Businesses and brands spent a whopping $4.1 billion sponsoring live music tours in
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The following blog post assumes you have great music and a solid live show before hitting the road. Not sure? Contact Bram, head of IHM Artist Relations & Support about a show evaluation, bram@indiehitmaker.com, on twitter @bram_rocks or call 877.994.6446 xt. 2. 90-95% of most indie and DIY artists revenues come from what happens
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