Touring Tips: Should I Rent a Van?

Hitting the road is a lot of fun, but the expenses can add up. Being away from your day job, high gas prices and constantly eating out are just a few of the things that might make touring seem like a financial strain—especially if you're not guaranteed to make money at every gig. So you may be won ... [Read More]

Recording Your Demo: Don't Forget the Art!

You've spent so much time focusing on making music, you may not have even considered an important part of your CD or demo: album art. But even though most people download MP3s and your CD art tends to be relegated to a tiny square in the bottom corner of iTunes, it's actually a more important aspec ... [Read More]

Music Licensing Tips: Performance Rights Organizations

You may have heard of companies such as ASCAP and BMI. These are called Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) and they exist to help you as an artist get paid whenever you get film placements, TV placements, and other music licensing opportunities. If a cell phone company uses a musician's song ... [Read More]

How to Get on SiriusXM Satellite Radio

We've already discussed how to get your music on Pandora Internet radio, probably the holy grail of online radio services. But there are plenty of other radio stations—Internet and otherwise—that might have a spot in their playlist for your latest track. One resource for potential radio airplay is ... [Read More]

CD Duplication or CD Replication?

After all the writing, recording and post-production you've taken on for your recording project, you may be left hoping there's nothing left to put work into. The job isn't quite finished at this point, but you'll be happy to know that the hardest work is already behind you. Writing some great son ... [Read More]

How to Make a Killer Musician's Website

You've probably caught on to the fact that artists today should be sure to get on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. They're a great way to connect and communicate with fans directly and can work as excellent music promotion tools. But while it's essential to get in the so ... [Read More]

Studio Pros Songwriting Contest

We're always on the lookout for innovative songwriters. That's why Studio Pros is giving away a free $1,000 production in our first ever songwriting contest! All you have to do is submit a recording of one of your songs via Sonicbids (link below). It doesn't have to be a professional recording—we ... [Read More]

How to Get Your Music on Pandora Internet Radio

When your production is finished, it's time to start promoting your music. Millions of music fans are listening to Pandora, an online radio service that allows users to create "stations" based on their musical tastes. After a user creates a station, Pandora plays them a constant stream of music fr ... [Read More]

Music Marketing Tips: Find Your Niche

As musicians, we want our music to be loved by everyone. Maybe not everyone in the world, but at least everyone who hears it (or everyone we know) So we make up reasons why everyone we talk to will love our songs. "If you like good music, you'll like my music." "My songs transcend musical tastes, ... [Read More]

Anyone Has a Chance to Make It

This is a pretty amazing time in the music industry. Sure, you might be hearing a lot about how the business is suffering, records aren't selling, and all sorts of other stories of doom and gloom. But what you may not be hearing about is how exciting it is for independent artists at the moment. Y ... [Read More]
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