1: Pick A Niche And Dominate It There are no ultimate 100 Indie Maximum Exposure vehicles for one simple reason. Indie artists must break from a niche. That niche must be well delineated and can be very, very small and still be effective. The mistake most artists make...
17: Stop the Musical Masturbation I wasted so much time playing open mics and writer’s nights in Nashville and Boston. The same is true of all the “hot new music sites” that spring up every 20 minutes on the Internet. The fans do not go there,...
30: Create Amazing Music – Recorded and Live Creating amazing songs/music and putting on a killer live show. That is the number one thing an artist needs to do. 🙂 – Emily White 31: Record and Release (LOTS OF) Music No excuse exists with today’s...
38: Learn How to Rehearse You know the rules to get a song on radio intro/ verse/ chorus/ verse/ chorus/ bridge/ chorus, 3 1/2 minutes long, etc. But live those rules change…it’s a different medium. You need to find the moments in the songs and develop...
53: Have A Killer Website at Your Custom Domain URL Create a webpage that lures in the “just looking” visitors and gets them to upgrade to level 2 of your site when they give you’re their email / contacts. The level 2 experience of your site should...
69: Tell Them It’s Okay To Share With Creative Commons Licensing Copyright law is clear: Your songs are yours. But what if you want to tell people it’s okay to share your music, or use it for noncommercial purposes, as long as they attribute you? Enter...