How to Sell Out Your Event in 10 Minutes

Sell Out Your EventIf you’re like most organizers, selling out your event is priority #1. And if you’re already selling out your events, you’d probably like to do so faster.  Kevin Newman helps organize the Brighton SEO conference, which sold every one of its 3,500 tickets last year…in only 10 minutes. As he acknowledged in a recent webinar, there are plenty of challenges that stand in the way of fast sales — a small marketing budget, for example, or a tough competitor.
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5 ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY FROM YOUR MUSIC

Make Money on MusicIn today’s environment where music is consumed mostly from streaming and free sources, making money from music sales seems like a thing of the past. CD sales were replaced by downloads fees, which are now being replaced by royalties from music streaming, often worth less than the checks they’re written on.  While free music streaming can be great for marketing your music, it doesn’t typically result in a livable income stream for artists on its own. Musicians today have to find other ways to make a living from their music, and must find other ways for their recordings to generate a consistent income stream. Here are some ways you can make money from your music.
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Do Playlists Make It Harder To Break An Artist?

PlaylistOriginal post on Music 3.0 by Bobby Owsinski. A record label would love to break an artist after one release or album, but that’s getting more and more difficult these days according to One Direction’s manager Will Bloomfield. One of the reasons is that the industry is breaking songs now, and not artists at all, almost without even realizing it. This is thanks to the “playlist dominated culture” brought about by Spotify that’s changed everyone’s view to more short term than career building.
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10 Ways to Double Your Ticket Sales in 2017

Ticket SalesBelieve it or not, 2016 is almost behind us. But why wait until New Year’s to get a jump start on your resolutions?

If you sell tickets to events, increasing ticket sales is probably front and center on your list of goals for the year to come. To get serious about making your goal a reality, read on for 10 proven tactics to double your ticket sales in 2017.
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11 Things You Need To Bring On Tour

TourSo you’re going on tour. Time to dump your girlfriend, because there’s gonna be coke, girls, parties, beer, and did I mention the coke? But before you get to live your 80’s hair metal fantasy, you need to pack your bags with everything you’ll need for the trip.

I had to learn the importance of almost everything on this list the hard way, and I’d like to help you avoid the mistakes I’ve made if at all possible.
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What It Means If Your Mind Wanders When You’re Practicing

Practicing musicOriginal post BY NOA KAGEYAMA, PH.D. for bulletproofmusician.com.  Whether you’re driving to the grocery store, going for a run, or practicing your scales, have you noticed how your mind will often wander off to other places?

It’s sort of a bizarre phenomenon when you think about it. A little like being a zombie in your own body. Because you’re there, but you’re not there.

What’s more disconcerting is just how much time we spend in “zombie mode” – 46.9%, in one study.

Of course, mind-wandering isn’t all bad, but it’s certainly not helpful when we’re trying to learn. Whether we’re engaged in score study, reviewing recordings of run-throughs, or practicing, it’s being present and thoughtful that leads to greater gains, not mere repetition whilst daydreaming about the latest magic cake variations you saw on Pinterest.

So why does our mind wander anyway? And what can we do to keep it here in the practice room with us?
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How Should You Approach a Record Label or Manager?

How should you approach a record label or manager?Original post from MakeItInMusic by Ian.
What’s the best way to get the attention of a music industry executive when sending in a demo?
Just picture their usual response – a cursory glance at a web page or a CD tossed in the bin without being listened to. I can’t begin to tell you how many thousands of demos I’ve not listened to – and I’m confident that I have never missed a great demo in doing so.
If you’ve sent us a demo or a Facebook link in the last few months, you may well be reading this post. That’s because we have pointed all people approaching us in our usual job as artists managers to this blog as a shorthand way of telling them some of the basic, but often hidden, information that we think all aspiring artists need to know.
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Is There Room For Old Fashioned Values In Today’s Music Industry?

Modern Industry, Old ValuesGetting a record deal has never been easy, things are even more intense in this industry. Even back in the days when the A&R man was your friend and an artist could make a substantial living from physical sales alone – you still had to be discovered, and nurtured, by someone with clout, connections, resources and know-how. But perhaps a musician was judged more on talent back then, rather than a hook or gimmick.

At the end of every summer, you can hear the TV talent show conveyer belt vamping up, ready to claim another wide-eyed shower singer who believes that they’ve been ‘wanting to do this their whole life,’ only to be cast onto the scrap heap once everyone invested has made their pocket money. But the opportunity to be a 15-minute star is there, so why wouldn’t people take it?

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7 Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me About Releasing Music

Releasing MusicPOST BY: ALEX COWLES FOR MUSICTHINKTANK.  About 10 years ago, a pretty awful music producer was sitting in his parents spare-room on his computer trying to make sense of Ableton Live, and the world of record labels, sales and music production.

That producer was me, and there are a few things I wish somebody had told me back then.

I’ve come a fair distance since those days, but many of the things I wish I’d been told are still as true today, so I’d like to cover a few for you.
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How To Show Your Affection For Your Favorite Bands

AFFECTION FOR YOUR BANDSBY: RACHELLE WILBER FOR MUSICTHINKTANK. When you go to concerts, it’s more fun if you can find interesting and effective ways to support your favorite bands. It doesn’t matter if these are world famous musicians or simply friends of yours who have started a local band that you want to support. Either way, there are ways to show your loyalty and make the experience of attending concerts more fun for you and your friends.
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