Music Advice
Measure for Measure songwriting blog
Sean Han from Blip Blip Bleep turned us on to this very cool blog about the craft of songwriting called Measure for Measure. It has folks like Andrew Bird talking about the songwriting process. Although it has recently gone on hiatus, there is a wealth of information we wanted to share with the community. Thanks [...]
iSound: 11 Ways to Promote your Music through your Website
I continue to be a huge fan of the iSound newsletter/blog, which is full of real world tips for independent artists. This month’s article promises to be extremely useful. It focuses on 11 ways to maximize your promotion efforts through your band website. I’m sure these tips will apply to MySpace and other social networking [...]
Last.FM: The Campaign for Better Music
I’ve always liked Last.FM. It’s a music site much like iLike and Mog. It interacts with your music player and tracks what’s in your library and what you are listening to. Independent artists and labels may create their own pages. Today I heard that Last.FM is launching “The Campaign for Better Music.” From their “Now [...]
Home Recording: The Noise Battle
I really love the iSound artist blog / newsletter. This month a great article on recording at home and fighting the noise issues that arise. This is a constant problem for me, and keeps me from recording as much as I’d like to, so I’m very interested in learning more. The recording of my song [...]
IndieContact Newsletter: The benefits of reading mass mailings
We all know we do it… we get mass mailings from all sorts of places: sites we’ve signed up for, other artists we like, MySpace, etc. A lot of these are monthly mailings. We see them in our inboxes and press the delete button. Lately, I’ve been opening and skimming through all my monthly newsletters [...]
iSound: Keys to a great Artist Bio
iSound has just posted an article on creating effective artist bios. It is a really useful and informative piece. Once I find the time, I am going to use their advice to overhaul my bio. Here’s an excerpt from iSound: “What is an artist biography and why is it so important? The artist bio is [...]
