When you look at the music landscape over the years to now, it can be said that the album as a format, is dying, or probably is dead. Nobody is buying albums, or singles, instead, you find persons streaming. The question is, what’s the purpose of doing an album as an artist, and how can …
You have finished the recording and mixing process for your new song now what? Here are four things you can do now to promote your music. 1.Email songs to friends The general understanding is, each person, may know at least five persons.These persons may be friends, acquaintances, family members, persons you meet, etc. You’d have …
At the end of getting your song recorded, mixed, and mastered by your producer and engineer, you have the final product, and you need to promote the song. One of the best ways is to get the music to DJs. You will first need to collect info for all DJs you have listed as targets, …
Youtube is the largest platform for videos online next to Google. Many persons use this to access music. As an artist, it’s a tool you can use to build your online following, to effectively promote your work. Here is a problem though. For an upcoming artist, you are unknown to many, and so there won’t …
After you have recorded your song, have it mixed and mastered the next thing you will need to do is have your music in places for them to buy it. So how do you do that when you live outside the USA or don’t have a distributor? I look to answer that question in today’s …
Create a marketing plan to promote your music. A marketing plan is a plan of action to get persons to listen to and buy your music. There are various components of a marketing plan to take into consideration. Who is your target for the music you create For example, say you do reggae music, your …
A manager’s purpose is to help manage your career and to make sure you make as much money as possible, as an artist. That’s their purpose, to manage your career. They bring you to the next level in terms of exposure and earning money. If the manager you have is not making you money, get …
The question is asked, how do you make money from making music as a recording artist? Because there are multiple ways of earning income as an artist I’ll focus on four of the main ones. Selling your albums and singles The first way is by sales. You may record an album, get it mixed and …