One of the things that has been missing from Bandcamp's amazing service has been buttons to show off your sweet Bandcamp page. Those days are now buried as Bandcamp has unveiled a plethora of buttons to use to put up links all over your page so you can link to them instead of your very lame iTunes page. Everyday they're getting better!
As if it wasn't important enough to get your music on Pandora, they have taken one step further by partering with Facebook to become a social music platform. Incorporating when you like a band on Pandora into your Facebook feed will be a new way for you and your friends to share music and even more people to discover your music. If you are not on Pandora already we highly suggest you do by either using their online submission form or using ReverbNation. Read more here.
The news is not as wide-spread as it probably will be soon, but it seems as though Gmail has been hit by some pretty serious hacks that appear to be spreading quite quickly. If you read this site at all you know that we bow at the alter of Google and Gmail for all their amazing free features, but it seems that our hero has been hit by some pretty malicious attacks. Although it wasn't one of my main accounts, one of my own personal Gmail accounts was hit yesterday so we're advising ANYONE with a personal or music business address to change their password ASAP. Having all your important contacts receiving emails offering discounts on Viagra or used cars from France is probably not the best way to maintain a good personal or professional relationship.
In a move that steps up their platform in a major way Nimbit has introduced their Pro platform which for $25 a month adds many new features that we have listed below.
- Pre-sell new releases with high value, special edition VIP bundles
- Convert fan interactions into direct-to-fan sales
- Develop fan capture and engagement programs, free tracks for email, and fan rewards
- Create and schedule marketing campaigns to connect with fans via email, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and SMS
- Sell direct-to-fan through custom storefronts on their website, Facebook, and MySpace alongside distribution to iTunes, AmazonMP3, and others, with complete digital and physical fulfillment
- Integrate sales history, fan activity, and social media to instantly measure and monitor success
In a post on The Vans Warped Tour Blog they warn young and aspiring musicians of a con man looking to grab their cash and take advantage of their dreams. If you are contacted to play on a fall version of The Warped Tour beware it may be a scam and get in touch with Warped via their website. More here.
In the past we told you that CASH Music put out a free code to trade a Tweet For A Download. These kind soles have now answered our prayers and are giving away a code to Facebook Share For A Track. You simply become a fan of a Artist's Page and you can get a track in exchange. EXCITING!
In our newest interview series, Interview With A Blogger, Musformation attempts to get in the minds of music bloggers to find out what makes them tick, how they look at music and how artists and bloggers can better communicate.
The rise in the influence of music blogs has also raised an international issue. It's no longer enough to simply submit and pay attention to local or regional blogs - it's also important to stay at pace with blogs from all over the world. One blog that is geographically distant but often directly on the mark is Auckland, New Zealand's Nerdy Frames. Combining the styles of the now defunct Grand Royal and the tragically hip Vice Magazine, Nerdy Frames covers acts large and small with interviews, MP3 posts and occasionally, the best in internet gossip and memes. We recently sat down with Jasper Gape to get the dirt on music, blogging and things in Auckland.
If you are not the first search result when someone Google's your name you know how defeating it can be. Never mind the depression you experience, this also decreases the likelihood that you will have your music discovered by new fans. One way to start helping your SEO improve and win the war to get to the top of the Google search results, is to never type in your myspace/website's URL and instead Google it every time and then click on the link. Remembering to do this every time you are in a new location on a new computer can greatly help you climb the Google search charts.
- Getting Blogged About - Have A Strong Image For Each Song
- Interview With A Blogger: Mike Bradford from The Recommender (UK)
- When Your Record's Value Expires, Use It As A Promotional Tool
- Nike Shoes Used As Digital Music Controllers
- Make Sure Your Fans Know You Take Credit Cards If You Do!
- Senzoo Is A Growler Type Widget That Asks For Donations For Your Music
- Real Numbers - How Much Do You Need To Sell In Order To Make Minimum Wage?
- How To Make Tiered Pricing Plans Using Bandcamps Index Pages
- FanCorps Is A Site That Will Help You Run Your Street Team
- How To Play Final Placement's "Shine" Guitar Solo
- Four Year Strong Enable Website To Go F Your Self And Make Band Themed Blingee's
- Make Sure Your Fans Know You Take Credit Cards If You Do!
- Apple To Move Into The Concert Ticket Sales Business
- Panic Records signs Late Nite Wars
- Tokyo Police Club sign to Dine Alone Records
- Grave Maker joins Victory Records
- Donnis signs to Atlantic
- Kids of 88 sign to Sony
- Amanda Palmer leaves Roadrunner
- Relapse signs Horseback
- Darkest Hour have signed to E1 Music.
Velocity Records/Rise Records have signed Woe, Is Me
- Dynamite Walls sign to UNI Republic
- SUPERGRASS Break Up
- Octaves has signed to Hotfoot Records
- Christian TV signs to Motown
- Portugal. The Man sign to Atlantic Records
- Runner Runner Signing Signing
- Accept Ink Deal With Nuclear Blast
Lately, Todd's band Sensual Harassment has been getting blogged about everywhere from Pitchfork to Big Stereo. One of the subtle secrets to their success (aside from writing awesome songs) is they always use an awesome image when they release each song. Blogs love featuring this image in big sizes and Flavorpill even copped the image and used it for their latest mixtape. By doing this the band increases the image branding associated with them adding familiarity to the group's image. Watch and learn.
The Guardian has up a great article where they explain the cast and crew of a touring group. Important knowledge for anyone who may be looking to do a large scale tour in the future.
In what is now the regular preview for Apple plans, a new patent has leaked from Apple that will enable iTunes to sell concert tickets. A move that will surely chance the way we all do business, this could help quiet complaints over the customer ownership issues that many of us have with the iTunes service, if Apple chooses to implement it properly. More here.
It's always a sad day, you go and look at your record sales and what were once steady online sales, they have now turned to a stalled asset. Obviously, the first thing to do is get ready to start recording a new record if you haven't already, but the next consideration you should make is how to still have your old record give you some extra mileage. If people are no longer buying your old record you need to consider that it may have lost it's value, The logical thing to do is to then set it free. Instead of letting all those copies sit around in your closet (or your unlimited digital closet) make the record free and try to use it to gain interest in your next recording. Accepting that your record has lost value can be a tough thing, but realizing that it can still have value in spreading the word about your music can be a empowering thing that can help your next record gain even more value.
In a recent meeting someone dropped the mother of all comments: "musicians are screwing the labels." Just before fist flew the statement was explained. Lucky for you guys I cared enough to write about it.
As we all know deploying your street team is one of the most important parts of successful promotion for your record. Thankfully, ` has developed a great set of tools to help manage your street team and make sure they are doing what they are supposed to. Check out their service and see what they can do for you.
In a very smart move the band Four Year Strong have come up with a clever and unique way to spread the word about their new record. The band is known for their unique artwork and have decided to use this to their advantage by making a site that allows fans to upload a picture of themselves to their site and make Blingee-type art from the images used by the band. This will no doubt lead to lots of fans sharing the site and using this as their pictures on social networks. While you build these Blingees you hear a stream of the album in order to spread the word about their new music a bit more. Clever, clever, clever. Go Four Year Strong Yourself here.
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