I recently wrote an article as a guest blogger on Pop of Colour about Maintaining a Steady Gigging Calendar Without Actually Having Gigs. If you haven’t already, go and check that article out. You’ll get some tips on how to keep a full schedule and diversify your gigs without having to depend on traditional booking […]
Category: Fan Base
The Musician’s Guide to Creating a Meaningful Mission Statement
Popup Form Example Before we get started, we have a free Mission Statement Worksheet for musicians. Use our Worksheet to build you musical mission statement from scratch. Click here to get our Free Mission Statement Worksheet. × What is your musical mission as an independent artist? Why do you do what you do? What keeps […]
8 Steps to Become a Successful Full-Time Singer-Songwriter
Before we get started, you can download this guide in a checklist format for easy reference. Click here to download our FREE 8 Steps to Become a Full-Time Singer/Songwriter Checklist. Becoming a singer/songwriter is quite the fulfilling journey. You get to work a job that’s inspiring to yourself and to others. You get to fulfill […]
Musicians, This is the Best Free Trick To Get More Subscribers
Your artist website is your online artist hub. It hosts all of your newest information regarding shows, videos, photos, promo materials, reviews, blog posts, and more. It is where people go online to learn more about you and your music. Your website is a benefit for fans and potential fans in that it provides the […]
Advice I Would Give My Younger Artist Self
As an independent artist, your career in music is one where you take others alongside you and sometimes, many times, you walk alone. You must walk alone many times because your career is your own responsibility. If you don’t invest in yourself, take necessary risks, and make bold moves, you’ll just be stuck. Your fans […]
5 Things You Can Do Now to Advance Your Music Career (in the New Year)
It’s already February this year and before we know it, the year will be almost over. That’s just how fast time flies by. With each passing year we get a little older and a little wiser. But somehow our goals tend to remain the same. Why is that? We have the greatest of intentions at […]
How to Generate Your Own Physical Mailing List for Free
Have you considered incorporating physical mailings into your marketing tactics? If not, you’re missing out on a valuable avenue of outreach especially when it comes to marketing upcoming shows in cities where you don’t have a following. Even though letters and postcards are considered a thing of the past as they take a backseat to […]
Anitra Jay in Artist Features and Interviews, Fan Base, Finance, General Business, Interviews with the Experts, Promotions, Social Media/YouTube, Websites
5 Music Career Hacking Webinars to Watch Now
01/25/2018 – I believe that the most successful are those who strive to be the greatest students. Armed with education and knowledge, you can do many powerful things. That’s why I make effort to spend about an hour or so per week to watch (or listen to) something meaningful, helpful, uplifting, or enlightening for my […]
How Facebook’s New Engagement Bait Rule Affects Your Music Fan Page
12/22/2017 – In this article I wrote a year ago, I shared some creative ways to promote and increase engagement on your Facebook Music Fan Page. Well, that’s all about to change in the coming weeks as Facebook rolls out a new set of rules penalizing pages utilizing these engagement tactics. They’re calling it ‘Engagement […]
Interview with Audra Mclaughlin – Top 6 Finalist from NBC’s ‘The Voice’
It all starts with a dream. Wherever you are in your music career, one thing is constant for most independent artists, we start with a dream and work on making that dream a reality. This couldn’t be more true for Audra McLaughlin, a Top 6 Finalist from Season 6 of NBC’s ‘The Voice.’ Her story […]
The Truth About Live Music – from a Music Fanatic
12/10/2017 – It is very intriguing to probe into the minds of music lovers. Music fans can provide a wealth of knowledge and information to help independent artists make better decisions when it comes to promoting, marketing, putting on shows, and earning new fans. We sat down with live music fanatic, Jeff of Houston, TX […]