Tag: music marketing

Pitching to Music Journalists

Music marketing is all about getting your music into the world—and one of the fundamental ways to do it is by effectively pitching it to music journalists.  The music industry is widely connected to the social arena and its ways to reach out to the largest number of people possible. For this reason, when you’re…
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An Effective Press Release: Howard Mandel

Now that you’ve learned what a press release is, it’s time for you to ensure that yours is an effective press release. Luckily for everyone who’s starting in the music marketing of their career, Howard Mandel, the president of the Jazz Journalist Association, has created a basic scheme for producing one impactful document. We think…
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Press Release: an Introduction

When you’re in the process of marketing your music, you need to know what a press release is. It is useful when you’re creating your marketing plan, as well as your promo package. In marketing theory, a press release is a document that you prepare for the media that announces something newsworthy, such as the…
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How to Nail that Music Promo Pack

If you’re an independent artist and you’ve already gone through the basics of the music promo pack, you’ll surely benefit from these additional tips we have for you. Once you’ve gone through the music selection, bio note, press release, press pack, photos, and contact information, you’ll want to get going with the personal touch, the…
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Music Promo Package

If you’re already at a stage where you’re looking for music distribution, you cannot forget your music promo package. A music promo package is an informative and professional multi-page document that you present to the potential client. This client can be a distributor, but it can also be a label record or the manager of…
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Initial Steps for Music Distribution

Once you have finished your latest track, EP, or album, it’s time to get into distributing your music. The reason is, of course, you want to see your creations on the shelves, whether they are physical or digital! To achieve this, here are three initial steps for music distribution: 1 – Steps for music distribution:…
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Distribution Deals

Simply put, distribution deals are the agreements between a company (or label) and artists for the allocation of their product. It is the way in which your music reaches potential customers so that you can obtain money by it. The first step to get one is, of course, to have finished the recording of your…
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The Distributor in Music Distribution 

The music distributor is the figure in charge of dispensing the musician’s product to the public. As you can see in our entry on music distribution, there are two types available today: the traditional and the digital. What is most important is to learn how distributors help you within the music marketing logic. In this…
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Traditional Music Distribution

As you have learned from our entry on music distribution, there are two kinds: traditional music distribution and digital one. Even if the latter has taken hold of most of the music promotion nowadays, you cannot lose sight of the former. Whereas the digital type focuses on the Internet and social media, the traditional narrows…
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Music Distribution

Music distribution is what enables the bond between your creations and your potential audience. Even if the term seems self-explanatory, it involves various nuances that are crucial to anyone who’s getting into the music biz—even more so today. But, to begin with, let’s start on common ground with an initial definition. In brief, music distribution…
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