As I’m working today, I’m reminded about how important it is for you as a music artist to stay on top of your emails, social networks and other types of correspondence that relate to your music career. If you read Making it in Music on a frequent basis, you know that I’m all about giving tips and bits of nuggets to improve your game and get one up on the other person. Randomness does nothing but place you in the pack of a whole lot of ot...

Pitching your act to music business professionals should always be included as a necessary part of your daily activities as a music artist. However, it is important to understand how to properly promote yourself in a positive way that will create real impact and potentially move yourself forward in the minds of decision makers and people in the industry that can prove to be beneficial for your career. I receive a lot of emails on a weekly basis ...

This guest post was writ­ten by Dave Scotford. Dave is a music industry entrepreneur from the UK with experience as a promoter, manager, booking agent and more. He is the author of No Bull: The Music Industry, which will be available July 1st. You can contact Dave at dave@davescotford.co.uk. We’ve pretty much all got social networking profiles, probably two or three different sites too. It’s rare these days for anyone with regular access ...

One of the newest and coolest digital publishing/distribution platforms on the net is Bandcamp. While MySpace offers more features, such as blogs, videos, tour dates etc, Bandcamp focuses on a cleaner, less cluttered look with NO ADS!  This means you won’t have to share your page with a mobile phone or singles ad. With no ads, you would think it comes with a membership fee. Nope. It’s FREE! Bandcamp offers some distinctive features th...