It’s that time of year again. Festive, snowy and white, Christmas is upon us. Here at Dotted Music, we value the music in Christmas. From timeless Christmas crooners like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, to Mr Christmas contemporary, Michael Bublé, music enjoys an indispensible role in the way we celebrate the festivities.
Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien, solo artist Zoe Keating, manager Emily White and more artists, managers and experts on why direct-to-fan is the way forward.
According to the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), stockings this Christmas will be filled with up to 20 million CDs. The most obvious response to this is: Why?
Here is what I have learned over the last year from my own experience and from leaders and pioneers of this new internet music scene. Here are my current 10 Commandments to reach the goal: Getting Known and Being Paid through the Internet.
The only territory worth exploring as an artist is the area without the map – the place where you need to lead the way. Art is about the new, the fresh, the exciting.
Spotify has definitely been generating some controversy over the inexpensive, seemingly all inclusive service of music. It is ultimately better for the consumer, than it is for the artist – but a better alternative than piracy.
