Graham English

Posts Tagged ‘MySpace’

How To Become An Artist 2.0

Merlin Mann just pointed to a New York Times Magazine article about Jonathan Coulton and The Hold Steady. These artists are thriving in the post-CD music world through intimate virtual relationships with their fans.
Music promotion through blogs and social networks like MySpace is getting more and more powerful. Managing this vast world of Web 2.0 [...]

How to Market Your Music with MySpace

This should go without saying, but …

If you aren’t promoting your music on MySpace yet, you need to start — fast!
If you already have a MySpace artist profile, you need to make the best use of it so you get the maximum exposure possible.

Find out what successful indie acts like Relient K, My Chemical Romance, [...]

Back in business

I’m home and I’m back in business. I’m not entirely unpacked, but I’m finally functional. Get ready for some new and exciting directions to musical virtuosity.
Some interesting links while I was away:
MySpace to Let Members Sell Music:
A new partnership will allow indie artists and established rockers to sell mp3s of their songs directly to fans [...]

Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd

Rockers Work a Web-Savvy Crowd, by Robert La Franco from Wired magazine.
Japanese alt-metal group Dir en grey’s first U.S. tour finds the band playing packed halls and moving mountains of merch, all thanks to the promo power of anime conventions, video games and MySpace.
If you aren’t promoting your music on MySpace yet, you need to [...]

Your Best Stuff

From Your best stuff:
So, the question: should you put your best song on the free CD?
If it’s your best song, and it’s free, then no one will pay to get it from iTunes. And if it’s the best song on the album, maybe no one will buy the album since they already have the song.
It’s [...]