From the category archives:

Industry

Things are pretty busy down at the studio at the moment with the new EP and a few other projects I’ve got on the go. One of those new projects is a seminar for musicians who want to learn more about promotion and publicity. I’ve got some amazing speakers onboard for the day so if [...]

{ 0 comments }

Finding your fans is something that we all should be doing on a regular basis and one of the simplest ways is through the many social music sites. So here’s a quick outline of my plan for building up my network of fans before I release the EP. This only focuses on the social music [...]

{ 0 comments }

Is music a career??

by J Bluevibe on May 10, 2008

It’s currently New Zealand music month and I wanted to ask the question “Is music a career?” Chris Knox actually got me thinking about this on May 1st when he was quoted in the media as saying “If you don’t have a passion for it there’s no point in doing it. Don’t think it’s a [...]

{ 0 comments }

Free advice from Music Marketing.com

by J Bluevibe on May 5, 2008

Dave Hooper from MusicMarketing.com is setting up a new section of his excellent blog and is giving away free advice to musicians who subscribe to his mailing list. Not only is this a great opportunity for bands it’s also an excellent way for Dave to generate content and get more subscriptions. Dave will be talking [...]

{ 0 comments }

Is the CD finally dead?

by J Bluevibe on April 24, 2008

Some would say that the CD is already dead as a means of delivering music but I think the final nails are being driven in to the coffin by some innovative ways of selling digital downloads. A month ago I read a great review of a company called Discrevolt who sell customised cards which have [...]

{ 1 comment }

Just a quick post this week with a list of links to my favourite music industry websites. These are the sites I subscribe to using their RSS feed through google reader, if you read quite a few blogs and don’t use RSS then you should really check it out. It just means that I can [...]

{ 0 comments }