Social Media Promotion – Advice for Artists – Content is King & Queen. – LW Music Consulting YouTube Video – It is driven home by anyone in promotions, marketing or branding that in any field, when it comes to social media promotion, the best advice for artists, authors, entertainers or anyone in the arts is [...]
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Solicitation Email or letter – Independent Musician Tips for Success
Solicitation Email or letter – Independent Musician Tips for Success Your first contact is your first impression. When you are sending a solicitation email for anything, from getting a booking agent, to getting signed, to selling or licensing a song, to asking for a gig and everywhere in between, you need to start with the [...]
Read More...Music Industry Market – How much did you make after releasing an album?
Music Industry Market – How much did you make after releasing an album? – LW Music Consulting YouTube Video – The Music industry market is a rough one. It gets even worse in this day of the new music business where the percentages that are being taken or kept are just as high as they [...]
Read More...Never been done – Are you really the first? Online marketing tips for independent musicians
Never been done – Are you really the first? Online marketing tips for independent musicians Artists and bands send emails a great deal that explain how no one is doing what they are doing. They either sound like no one and have a totally new or original sound or they are doing something that no [...]
Read More...Educational Entertainment – How much does it cost to make it in music?
Educational Entertainment – How much does it cost to make it in music? – LW Music Consulting YouTube Video – It is too broad a question to ask how much does it cost to make it in music or what are the exact costs of releasing an album. So many people discuss so many differing [...]
Read More...Bad business decisions – basing your music business plan on celebrity gossip and rumors or other half ass facts.
Bad business decisions – basing your music business plan on celebrity gossip and rumors or other half ass facts. Stupid assumptions and the music business go hand in hand. I have found that more people seem to know more about the music industry based off of rumors, half truths, gossip or older information than many [...]
Read More...Ideas for Musicians – Advice for artists – split up the pie before you bake it.
Ideas for Musicians – Advice for artists – split up the pie before you bake it. – LW Music Consulting YouTube Video – Define who owns what, figure out how the split breaks out, who gets reimbursed for what when money comes in and how work is going to be shared before the song, project, [...]
Read More...Endorsement deals – How to get an endorsement and why should anyone give you one?
Endorsement deals – How to get an endorsement and why should anyone give you one? – LW Music Consulting YouTube Video – A great deal of artists always ask about endorsement deals or how to get an endorsement very early on in music consulting sessions with me. I hear how they want free drums, free [...]
Read More...Making it in Music – What is your definition of successful?
Making it in Music – What is your definition of successful? What is your definition of successful? What do you need to make in your mind to be making it in music? When you state the words “I want to be a musician”, what does that entail creatively, financially, and even time wise? When you [...]
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