Want to know how to build a fanbase who are loyal and love to get involved with your music career? Then these guides should help.
Due to the coronavirus crisis, millions around the world are suddenly out of work, and artists feel the pain of this unexpected loss of income as hard as anyone else. In fact, if you’re a working musician or artist, you’re probably feeling a little stressed. Shows, tours, and festivals have all been postponed or cancelled…
As artists, we are always trying to get our fans to do stuff; buy merch, share our content, tell friends about the music, pre-order our album, and so on. The problem is, people are bombarded with these requests. Everybody is trying to make money off of the content they create. Even my favorite nerdy meme…
Today you’re going to learn how to get fans for your music. It used to be that if you wanted to build a fan base for your music, you had to subject yourself to years and years of grinding. Now though, using the tools and technology available to you, you can hack your way to a…
Want to know one of the best ways to communicate with your fans? Probably the best way to get them listening to your new songs and even buying your gig tickets when they come available? I’ll share it with you: Building a email mailing list who you can send your newsletters to! Ok, that possibly…
I often get emails from readers of this site asking for personal advice. And while I can’t reply to each of these emails individually (if I did I wouldn’t have time to write guides for the masses), I do read them all and use the questions asked to influence the kind of guides I create….
Have you ever heard of Kevin Kelly’s 1000 true fans theory? If not you can see it here. The theory basically says that if you have 1000 dedicated fans, you can make a living from any type of artistic venture. In your case, music. Now personally, while possible, I think even gaining 1000 dedicated fans…
What do fans want from you as a musician… do you know? If not, you should be aiming to find out! While playing the type of music you enjoy is always a good start when determining what kind of musician you’re going to be, there’s one important thing you need to remember: If you want…
We’ve all seen those adverts for getting more Facebook fans. You can boost your fan page by 1000 follows for anywhere from $20 – $70, all by companies and individuals which claim that these followers will be ‘real’. But should you buy them? Will they help your music carer in any way? No, absolutely not!!…
Do you give fans the chance to buy your music? Or do you offer everything you have for free? This is something I touched on briefly before in this popular guide, but not fully. My hope is that this topic will help shift the mentality of any musician looking to make something of their music….
Music promotion is a ongoing process. If you want to reach as many people as possible, you need to constantly be raising awareness of you and your brand. When you’re still an independent musician, juggling both marketing and making music can be a big task. There are only so many hours in the day, and…
As you probably already know, getting fans involved in your music career is essential. While it was once possible to appear ‘untouchable’ and not communicate with fans bar seeing them at live shows, this is no longer the case. With the internet making it easier to connect with sociable musicians, if you as an independent…