Musician’s Library: The 4-Hour Work-Week, part 1 (Elimination)
Here at Music Is My Day Job, we're always looking for new ways to help you make music your full-time gig, thus our "Musician's Library" feature, where we look at books, articles and ideas that you should be adding to your reading list. Today, we are focusing on The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris...
What’s In Your Contracts?
The guys over at ArtistsHouse shared this article from indie-metal entrepreneur Wicked D on what band’s need to make sure the include in their contracts–not contracts with labels and promoters, mind you, but with one another. He includes tips on copyright, business formation, and more, and as it’s not too long, we recommend taking...
What Would You Add to This List?
Christopher Carlson at the blog A Musician’s Journey is working on a document to track what DIY musician’s should be doing each week to promote their music, and how often they are doing doing it. He’s asked for help to determine what categories would be most useful, and once he incorporates suggestions from readers,...
Finding Your Audience: As Suggested By You…
...over the last week, we have looked at ways to find your audience, and the feedback was phenomenal, both in terms of appreciation and in terms of suggestions for additional ways to find your audience. Here, we feature some of the top reader suggestions that apply to our general readership...
Finding Your Audience: Twitter
...Twitter is the hip social media thing to do right now, but after you peel back the hype and "trend-spotting" news reports (and actually start to use the service!), you will discover that Twitter allows for interaction unlike any other type of social media, and there are specific benefits to musicians that no other service...
Somebody wants to hear your music…
...if there is one thing that we can learn from Blip.fm--besides the fact that people from around the world like to share what they are listening to--it is that if you make music, there is someone who wants to hear it; you just need to reach your audience...
Record Store Day: Show Your Local Indie Music Store That You Care
One of the more effective ways for you as an independent musicians to promote your music and discover new listeners is through your local independent record store. These stores and their customers are at the center of any healthy local music scene. Thus, they should be a key part of your music marketing strategy.
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