Music Business Theory

Want to know how to get your music on Spotify quickly and easily? Well in today’s guest post by digital distributors TuneCore you’ll learn how to do just that! Spotify’s popular playlists, user base, ease of use, and regular introduction of new features makes it a great place to put your music up for streaming […]

Licensing and placements are a major source of income for musicians. Some musicians live exclusively off the royalties they earn through strategic placements. Although it does get talked about a lot, it’s surprising that it doesn’t get talked about . Even for independents, licensing represents a good opportunity. You might think that major label artists […]

Guitar pots are also known as potentiometers. Electric guitarists tend not to think about them, because they are interested in playing their instrument and getting the desired tone out of their gear than in fiddling with the electronics and construction. Ironically, pots can play an important role in your tone and getting the right […]

It’s never been easier to be a rapper. Don’t get me wrong. Writing great lyrics and getting good at rapping will take time. But there’s so much technology out there that makes it easy for you to come up with lyrical ideas, find beats to rap over, make your own beats on the fly and […]

It’s so cliché that I hate to say it, but being in a band is like being in a long-term relationship. You work on something consistently over time, you have a d vision that you work towards, you see a lot of each other, you deal with setbacks and difficulties, and some beautiful moments. […]

If you want to promote a show as an independent effectively, you need a combination of promotional strategy and patience. To promote a show, you need to have fans to promote to. At first, your fans will be friends and family. So, when you’re first getting started, you’ll need to know how to promote to […]

Ask any piano player, and they will tell you that alternate tunings and accessories like capos are “cheating”. I just lo at these as advantages of the instrument. It’s not as though a piano couldn’t be turned differently, though it would be highly unconventional. If all you ever learned was four chords on the guitar, […]

If you consider yourself an audiophile, then you probably already know that most computer speakers don’t give you the best sound. Now, if you’re a mi or mastering engineer and need to have low quality speakers on hand, then that’s not much of a problem. But even then, it’s nice to have a good, reliable […]

Your record label deserves a strong on presence. When people want to learn about something, they typically start their research on. It’s much easier to run a few Google searches than to go to the library, search through encyclopedias and directories, or even ask their friends. What does this mean? It means if you […]

The golden era of music videos is now behind us. MTV doesn’t play them any, MuchMusic doesn’t play them any, and even the country stations (who held out the longest) are switching formats. More and , people are consuming their music on Spotify and Apple Music. That said, YouTube remains the most popular way for […]