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Curator At the Core: Become a CityRep with youbloomConnect Today

07-Apr-2019 By 1 Comment

  youbloomConnect offers a panoply of options for creators, doers, and achievers: a youbloomConnect CityRep is an individual with all those things rolled into one: a pro curator. If your passion for planning and curating live music is contagious enough, youbloomConnect might just be your next dream job! Here are 4 of the most prominent […]

Filed Under: CityRep News, Festivals, Global Music Village, Independent Musicians, Live Music, Local Gig, Music Industry, Music Promotion, youbloomDublin, youbloomLA

youbloomConnect: First Step Towards a Successful Gig!

22-Mar-2019 By Petra Cugalj 2 Comments

Whether you’re a solo vocalist, a DJ or in a band, the music industry is a tough place to work in and there’s a lot of people trying to “make it”, just like you. How tough is it exactly? It’s actually pretty simple, let us do the math. Revenue is usually not shared! Approximately 75% […]

Filed Under: Artists, Independent Musicians, Live Music, Local Gig

youbloomConnect: Share the Gift of Music

05-Mar-2019 By 2 Comments

youbloomConnect: the new way to experience live independent music Everyone has that something special inside of them. Something to give to the world; so give the gift that can be taken anywhere. A gift that will fit in any suitcase or in the palm of your hands. You can enjoy it with a glass of […]

Filed Under: Artists, Fans, Global Music Village, Hosts, Independent Musicians, Live Music, Music Industry, youbloom Official, youbloomDublin, youbloomLA

How to Promote Your Music on YouTube – And Keep your Subscribers (2018)

21-Jul-2018 By 3 Comments

Promoting your Music on YouTube Promoting your Music on YouTube isn’t exactly revolutionary. In recent years, the content-sharing platform has beefed up its incentives for creatives looking to grow a subscriber-base and monetize their music. For the DIY musician, the challenge is rising above that seemingly infinite noise of YouTube content and its pesky algorithms. […]

Filed Under: Artists, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Promotion Tagged With: DIY Musician, Indie, music, YouTUbe, youtubeadvice

Knowing the If, When, and How of Hiring a Manager

18-Jul-2018 By 2 Comments

Knowing when hiring a manager (and whether or not to hire one at all) is right, can be a tough call for artists…     When deciding what’s right for your band, it’s important not only to weigh the obvious pros and cons, but also to consider the methods of attracting and choosing the best […]

Filed Under: Artists, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Industry Tagged With: DIY, how to promote your music, independent artist advice, independent musicians, indie music, live music, music, music industry

How to Hook the Super-Fan

07-Jul-2018 By Leave a Comment

Contrary to popular belief, a super-fan is not always a crazed group of followers or a die-hard groupie. All brands have super-fans. They’re a key component in building and sustaining a successful career by enagaging a solid fanbase.   The question then becomes: what classifies as a brand and how do you build one that […]

Filed Under: Artist Discovery, Artists, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Industry Tagged With: how to promote your music, independent artist advice, independent musicians, los angeles, music, music advice, music blogs, music industry

Local Gigs: How to Know When You’ve Outgrown Them

15-Jun-2018 By Leave a Comment

Is your local bar circuit starting to feel like a song on repeat? There is a sort of stigma, for some artists, around playing local gigs. Performing in the same city or the same rotation of venues can begin to feel repetitive- but how soon is too soon to expand your fanbase and seek venues […]

Filed Under: Artists, Independent Musicians, Local Gig, Music Advice, Tour

The 6 Music Conferences & Festivals in LA this Summer – 2018

11-Jun-2018 By Leave a Comment

In the Golden Age of Festivals it’s Easy to get Lost in the Noise It’s 2018 and we’ve graduated from festival culture. These are nuanced times we are living in where “music festival” is no longer synonymous with patchouli and Birkenstocks. Music producers, labels, and artists converge at music conferences to scout, network, and discuss […]

Filed Under: Artists, Festivals, Global Music Village, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Industry Tagged With: festivals, independent artist advice, music, music conference, music festival, music industry, Summer

Indie Artists: Be Your Own Booking Agent

27-May-2018 By 3 Comments

Time to Drop the Booking Agent, Here’s How to Book Your Own Shows No one knows better than an indie artist how frustrating and stressful it can be to book shows, tour, and perform. The struggle, when it comes to getting in touch with venues, managers and bookers, is quite real. Hiring a booking agent […]

Filed Under: Artist Discovery, Artist Matching, Artists, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Industry Tagged With: DIY, freelance, freelance musician, how to promote your music, independent artist advice, independent musicians, los angeles, music advice, tips for artists

How to Write a Grant Proposal for Your Music Project

24-May-2018 By Leave a Comment

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So you’ve got a great proposal for a music project, but how are you going to get it off the ground? Whatever this proposal contains and whatever music you’re planning to embark on, you’ll need the most important tools to get funding and this will come from a grant. A grant will take the financial […]

Filed Under: Global Music Village, Independent Musicians, Music Advice, Music Industry

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