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Bandcamp Announces Vinyl Pressing Service for Artists

  • Posted April 18, 2019April 18, 2019
  • by Dad

Bandcamp, a website dedicated to artists selling music and merchandise have just announced a new vinyl pressing service. Artists will soon be able to offer vinyl record versions of their albums to their fans with no out of pocket costs. Funding for the vinyl record service will be based around…Continue Reading

The Blame Game: Why Attendance is Low at Your Shows

  • Posted February 26, 2019March 20, 2019
  • by Dad
Low attendance night club

In this day and age it’s easy to point the finger on why show attendance is low. Between the promoter, social media, bands not pulling their weight, bad markets, weather, etc… there’s plenty of excuses. But, the truth is the reason why no one is coming out to your shows…Continue Reading

The Local Festival Dilemma, Should you play or not?

  • Posted January 22, 2019February 18, 2019
  • by Dad
Band Playing a local festival

A promoter contacts your band offering a chance to play a local festival they’re putting on. They state there’s going to be a bunch of awesome bands including some national acts, there will be a ton of people there, vendors, and all sorts of awesome activities. Sounds pretty good on…Continue Reading

Album vs EP: 7 Reasons Why You Should Stop Releasing Full Length Albums

  • Posted January 11, 2019February 18, 2019
  • by Dad
7 Reasons Why You Should Stop Releasing Full Length Albums

Picture yourself being in a new band. You release a demo but then and your bandmates decide to release full length albums going forward. You release the album and it gains plenty of exposure, so you go on tour to support it. After the album touring cycle now what? You…Continue Reading

Social media and retailers want artists to fail

  • Posted January 3, 2019February 8, 2019
  • by Dad
Musician crying

Harsh words right? Nobody wants to be told they will fail in anything let alone your dream. We already hear the typical “You know there’s no money in music right?” or the “What’s your back up plan?” spoken frequently by our family members but what if we’re now hearing this…Continue Reading

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