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Why Independent Musicians Should Not Always Trust Companies Who Solicit Via Instagram or Facebook Important thought for the Holidays: Musicians are being targeted at an unprecedented rate via direct message on social media as well as email. It’s quite saddening. If you receive a message that says ‘I found your music in X place, enjoyed...
By ELI JACE > Last week was a huge week for songwriter Phoebe Bridgers & the girl never even changed out of her PJs. Bridgers went on a make believe global virtual journey to promote her upcoming second album. The markets have been abuzz for a follow-up to Bridgers’ debut Stranger in the Alps, released in...
Since its launch in October 2010, Instagram has made a distinct mark in the world of social media. Along with Facebook, it has become one of the most popular venues where anyone can connect to the rest of the world. Over the past few years, Instagram strengthened its popularity even further. It has come a...
Something people are always asking me about is how to expand and enhance their Instagram followings. This is symptomatic of Instagrams recent boom, not just in popularity but also in engagement. With half a billion users, most of them young, this is the next generation of smartphone friendly and highly visual social media. I know...
One of the things that I’ve sort of been focusing on lately has been social media hacks that get my projects a little more traction and raise the profile of the bands and people I am affiliated with. These are things that occasionally violate basic marketing principles but mean that we can all have more...
This is a big one and one that a lot of bands hassle me about constantly. Many bands out there seem to think that they can just connect their Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts and call it a day, updating them all at once like they are some sort of robot god. This is assuredly...
by MATT BACON > So an issue I’ve been running into lately and that I’ve had to talk to a lot of bands about is figuring out how to help bands avoid corniness in their social media posts. It’s a tricky thing to be sure. No one wants to be viewed as a try hard...
The East Midlands is a pretty fruitful region in terms of music nowadays. Leicester has Kasabian, Nottingham Jake Bugg, Indiana and Sleaford Mods, but Derby? Not a lot comes from Derby. That’s not to say there isn’t a thriving music culture in the city, one of 2015’s biggest breakthrough act Slaves put part of their...
