As an independent musician, you may struggle with coming up with all of the money to produce your next recording project or event or launch your career properly. Here are some traditional as well as not-so-well-known ideas.
Spotify, the subscription-based music service has incurred losses of £16.6 million during 2009. Although much of this figure can be attributed to royalties paid to record labels, the Swedish company has again pushed back its service’s introduction into the US market.
We’ve all sat at work fantasizing about that phone call from Universal offering you a million dollar advance! The reality is that labels no longer take shots with a band based on a demo track. Yet bands are still sending demo after unsolicited demo to companies and waiting by the phone.
While there still are some industry behemoths struggling under the weight of horribly-performing traditional revenue streams, the more-dynamic companies in the industry sphere have managed to turn profitable by signing 360-deals with the artists that they represent.
The opportunities for indie artists have never been greater. And yes, the waters on how to be successful have never been murkier, but that’s only because there are so many wonderful options to pursue, avenues to follow, methods to use and results to achieve.
Last month, Midge Ure released his musician-based community project to the internet. Tunited.com, a haven for independent musicians looking to get their music out to new audiences, is a new website filled with great music in the spirit of Purevolume’s music sharing.
