So you want to be the next Justin Bieber, Adele or Psy, but you’re not sure what things new musicians should be doing on the internet to promote yourself? Have no fear, you can do better and get discovered from the comfort of your bedroom. It’s such an exciting time to be a musician. You […]
Top 7 Ways Musicians Get Ready for a Gig
“Top 7 Ways Musicians Get Ready for a Gig” is a guest post written by Eduardo Uke It is super exciting and fun to go to a concert or live show and watch how amazing everything has come together, but have you ever wondered what the process of getting to that wonderful performance has […]
Top 5 Ways to Slay Your Musical Performance
I’m sure you know a band or two that completely transforms when they are up on the stage during a live musical performance. For musicians, these sets are the moments we live for. Strong and engaging shows are memorable both to the fans and the band as well – especially when performers push themselves to […]
The Best (and Worst) Ways for Independent Musicians to Make Money
When independent musicians are just starting out, the road can get pretty bumpy. Digging for change in the crux of your band’s van to come up with enough gas money to make it to your gig one town over might sound bad, but when your equipment gets stolen after the show and your bandmates leave […]
How Music Works: Youbloom — teaching you how to make a living from music
The old music industry models have splintered and shattered in different directions and platforms. Beyoncé just released a visual album that was announced via a HBO TV special. Drake streamed Views From The Six exclusively on Apple Music. Kanye West continues to tinker away on The Life Of Pablo after its been released. Adele doesn’t […]
6 Things Your Band Should Be Doing on Facebook
Creating your online presence and growing your fan base is not as easy as some make it out to be. If you were creating your Facebook page for your music five years ago, this would have been a different story. Few artists had band pages, and it was less difficult to get lost in the […]
The Three P’s of Recording
Last week, I went into White Room Studios in Austin, Texas to begin work on Of The Sun’s new EP, Before A Human Path. This marks possibly the 17th anniversary of the first time I’ve ever “laid down tracks”, as they say. While most of my experience in recording has been in either makeshift or […]
How to Totally Suck at Touring
Don’t bring merch. Alison Shaw summed it up perfectly in August for youbloomTV: if a person (likely in a state of inebriation) who has never seen you before decides they like what they hear, they’re going to want to take something home with them that they can listen to again, or a T-shirt they can […]
A Consumer’s Guide to Song-snatching (Part Two)
We know you’ve been anxious for part two of Clinton Heylin’s article on the art of song-snatching, so here it is! If you missed part one, you can find it here! 6. James Bond Theme In 2001 fabled film composer John Barry was finally forced to defend a libel suit brought by Monty Norman after […]
A Consumer’s Guide To Song-snatching (Part One)
Perhaps best known for his extensive writing on Bob Dylan, Clinton Heylin has been called “a formidable rock historian” (The Australian), “Arguable the world’s greatest rock biographer” (The Irish Independent), and “One of music writing’s foremost practitioners” (Irish Examiner). His work also includes biographies on Van Morrison and Sandy Denny in addition to numerous other […]
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