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How To Prep Your Music For Sync Licensing

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Nov 22, 2022 · 129 views

How To Prep Your Music For Sync Licensing

Sync licensing is quickly becoming the most lucrative area for music creators to generate income. And it’s not surprising! At the time of writing this, Youtube has just announced over 6 billion dollar...

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Nov 09, 2022 · 267 views

How To Make Money With Your Songs

In this article we will cover how to make money with your songs. Whether you are an artist, producer, or songwriter, this will apply to everyone! Making music a full time career is more accessible the...

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Jun 21, 2022 · 113 views

How To Write A Music Press Release

If you are an independent artist, odds are you will be writing your own music press release. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! And writing a press release for music is actually much easier...

3 Tips To Build Lasting Connection With Your Fans

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Jun 07, 2022 · 179 views

3 Tips To Build Lasting Connection With Your Fans

Building a loyal fanbase in today's music era is more difficult than it may have been a few decades ago, but reaching people is easier than ever before. So how do we use the tools and accessibility of...

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May 03, 2022 · 204 views

How To Build A Loyal Fan Base

Connecting to The Feelings As an indie artist, nothing is more rewarding than your fan base singing your song back to you, or sending you messages about how much they love your music! As much as we al...

5 Ways to Make Money As A Musician in 2022

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Apr 19, 2022 · 240 views

5 Ways to Make Money As A Musician in 2022

Being an independent artist these days seems like more of an expense than an actual career choice - at least that’s how it can seem when you first get started! If you want to make money as a musician,...

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Apr 05, 2022 · 200 views

Music Licensing 101

Introduction To Music Licensing Music licensing is how users of music such as TV shows, movies, or streaming services get permission to use music from the rights owners. Licenses are granted simply s...

How To Grow Your Email List As a Musician

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Mar 08, 2022 · 354 views

How To Grow Your Email List As a Musician

How To Grow An Email List…. Is This Really Relevant? When it comes to growing your audience and fan base as an Artist, nothing is more important - or more overlooked than the email list. Email lists h...

3 Reasons You Need A Website as A Musician

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Feb 22, 2022 · 329 views

3 Reasons You Need A Website as A Musician

With all the social platforms available for free these days, you might wonder why having a dedicated artist or band website is needed. I see tons of musicians and artists say “Oh I just use Facebook”...

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Feb 08, 2022 · 170 views

How To Promote A Single Release

Releasing a single is the standard way of releasing music these days. How to promote a single release can vary depending on your goals. but following these few steps can get you on the road to success...

Social Media Basics For Musicians and Bands

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Feb 01, 2022 · 75 views

Social Media Basics For Musicians and Bands

In this article we are going to cover how to grow as an artist with some social media basics. If you’re just getting started, this is for you! Social media can be overwhelming. There are SO MANY platf...

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Dec 07, 2021 · 292 views

The Magic of a Song Review

Intro When it comes to getting artists to record our songs as writers, there are tons of factors that come into play. So how can I narrow it down to one simple thing that will increase your chances of...

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