Michael Jackson Thriller: The Person. The Music Michael Jackson Thriller was the number one selling album of all time and was the sixth album that was put out by Michael Jackson. Epic records released this album in November of nineteen eighty two. Thriller followed another famous album Off the wall which was released in 1979.Within off the wall and thriller Jackson went through a lot of changes. Around this time Jackson was having...more
Music Marketing Companies vs DIY Music Promotion...Fight! In this post I want to talk to you about how hiring music marketing companies can be a great idea for your music career, if you can get together a little bit of a budget.Now I'm not saying that doing music marketing on you own is a bad thing, and if you have ever read my blog you will now that I post up information every day about how to get new fans with sneaky marketing...more
Music Artist Management - Music Industry Management That Rocks! Good music artist management can be the difference between success and failure in the music business, but the problem is that nobody in the world cares as much about your music as you do. There are also a lot of managers out there who are just in it for the glamour and will leave you with no success at the end of it.So when you decide to work with a manager you need to think long and hard about it before you sign the contact. Bad music industry management can drag your whole career down!In this article I'm going to give you an insight into some of the things you need to look out for in the music artist management contract:1. Keep the contract simple and easy to understand, just cover all the basics in a clear and concise format.2. The contract should be fare to both parties, even if your potential manager has signed successful acts in the past don't give them a better deal that you should.3. Trust your manager at the start of the relationship otherwise don't sign.4. The length of the contract - I like to look for a one year contract with the option to extend at the end of the year if things are going...more
How To Promote Music On The Internet Using Facebook! In this article I want to show you how to promote music on the Internet using the biggest website online.You might be thinking Google, but would you be surprised to hear that Facebook now gets more monthly views than the mighty Google! Plus the users stay on the site ten times...more
Music Distribution Online: Digital Music Distribution Companies In this article I want to talk to you about music distribution online and answer a few of the questions that come up when a band or musician is first thinking about getting their tracks out to the world.First of all well done!You are being very clever going digital...more
Musician Marketing Plan: No1 Marketing in the Music Industry I have one rule for any musician marketing plan that I write and it's that it must be really simple to understand and fast complete everyday.Most bands will try and be all over facebook and twitter, and every other social network out there. But they are not able to master the promotional opportunities for any of them.It's you job to pick an online fan source like facebook or YouTube and then work with it everyday until you get some good marketing skills and build momentum.In this article I'm going to show you how to get massive traffic on YouTube that will easily get you a big following if you really commit to it everyday.I call this the YouTube Fan Transfer!Here we go. 1. First of all you need to find successful bands that really sound like you. And I mean really! ( We do this because their fans will be much more likely to get into your stuff. This saves wasted marketing effort.) 2. Sing up for a YouTube and Google reader account. 3. Set up google alerts so that it sends every bit of information on the bands you found to your google reader automatically. 4. When you hear that one of the bands has a new...more
Do You Market Your Music Online Using This Google Loophole? In this article I want to talk to you about a secret method to market your music online that I'm not hearing anyone else talk about at the moment.I think that is just because...more
Music Mixer Software - Pro Tools vs Garageband...FIGHT! When you first go about buying music mixer software the whole thing can be a little bit of a mine field because there are so many programs on the market. But once you start to use...more
Music Producing Program - The Best Drums Program Out There! In this article I want to talk to you about a music producing program that is used by every serious producer around the world and something that I have been working on for the...more
Techno Music Making Program - Bullet Fast And So Easy To Use! If you're looking for a great Techno music making program then you should look for a program called Reason.There are so many things that make Reason the best program for...more
Reason Music Software Review - Ultimate Reason 4.0 Tutorial The first thing I want to tell you about the Reason recording software is what it's not...I need to go into this now because a lot of newbie producers get confused and then...more
The Benefits of Music Education for Kids Did you know that infants can already appreciate music and dance? Yes, some researches confirm such findings. And so, we can conclude that, even if normally regarded as whimsical, music...more