by Michael Brandvold | Sep 7, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
What is Important When Pitching Your Music We are joined by Taylor Blasko, Label Development from INgrooves. Taylor discusses what makes INgrooves different from other distributors. What is important when pitching your music. Why you need to be on streaming...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 31, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
You Get What You Pay For When You Use Free Help This week we discuss free help. Everyone at one point or another has used free help. Often it is your only option for help. But, you need understand the issues that go along with free help. Don’t end up in the...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Music Marketing
Michael was great to work with to get a digital marketing strategy off the ground for a new artist. Michael adjusted marketing plans appropriately to meet needs based on career trajectory and focused on teaching skills that will be useful for years to come. While...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 17, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
How are Smart Speakers Changing the Music Industry Cherie Hu joins us this week. Cherie is entrepreneurial journalist passionate about documenting and propelling innovation in music, media and entertainment. In September 2017, she received the Reeperbahn...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 10, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
How To License Your Finished Songs to Be Covered? Today’s guest Jonathan Stone, Rocket Songs is the Original Song Marketplace. They are looking to disrupt and democratize the closely held music publishing game. Music publishing is a multi-billion dollar industry that...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 3, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
Who Has Access to All Your Social Media Accounts? This week we discuss some real experiences we have had over the years with artists. Do you know all your passwords, to all your many accounts? We bet you don’t. Do you know everyone who has access to all your...
by Michael Brandvold | Jul 13, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
The Music Convention Designed for the DIY Musician We are joined this week by Kevin Breuner to talk about the DIY Musician Conference. This summer, the DIY Musician Conference makes its way to Nashville once more! August 24-26th marks CD Baby’s 4th annual conference....
by Michael Brandvold | Jul 11, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Music Marketing
I’ve worked with Michael for the past twelve months and the experience has been a great one! In the time since he’s taken over my social media and web site, the traffic to the site has doubled and in June 2018 we’ve hit an all-time high! He’s dedicated, conscientious,...
by Michael Brandvold | Jul 6, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
The Number One Thing Your Fans Want is Recognition This week we discuss the five levels of fandom and how to reach them. Think of your fans as a pyramid with your most devoted and loyal fans at the top. The number one things your fans want is recognition. They want to...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 29, 2018 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing, Videos
The Best Lyrics Community Online This week we are joined by Ben Gross, Genius’s Chief Strategy Officer from Genius.com. The Genius community has grown into an influential force of over 2 million contributors, editors, and musicians who sign up to discuss and...
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