promotion

Turn On The Fans. Part 1

Your success in sharing your music with the world and influencing others to produce good music requires making a run of sounds that will sell to people. So what do we do so that we can sell without “selling out”? The main thing – if it does not hurt the music or artistic intent, do it.

OK Go: YouTube Is The Main Medium For Videos Now, Not MTV

The Internet phenomenon and the masters of viral promotion, OK Go did it again – creating a weirdy video for the new single “WTF?” and uniting with Design Miami/ for a groundbreaking design performance.

Gama Bomb: ‘Music Should Be Free’

Irish thrash act Gama Bomb, a stalwart amongst thrash’s revival, made third album Tales From the Grave In Space freely available to download through earache.com. The label has partnered with RapidShare, the largest file-hosting website.

Metal Band Sybreed Asks Fans To Film An Ad For New Album

Industrial metal monsters Sybreed is offering a pretty innovative contest in promotion of their new Listenable Records release, The Pulse of Awakening.

Embrace Twitter! Top Tips For Musicians

Here you will find a dead simple, up-to-date collection of advises from experts all around the web aimed to help you get maximum out of Twitter.

Thoughts On Marketing Your Music (For The Emerging Artist)

So, you’ve put in the time studying your instrument for many years and even have a brand new shiny record to show for all that hard work. Within the next few minutes of finishing these projects many questions will pop in your head, but two will arise above all else…