Get Your Creative Juices Flowing… – We All Make Music

As more and more artists try to go it alone in this do-it-yourself music era, they are taking advantage of web apps that let them create and share their tracks in ways they never could before.
The app gallery at SoundCloud—the popular outlet for musicians to share their work directly with fans, other artists and industry folks—is filled with hundreds of apps for artists on multiple platforms: mobile phones, tablets, desktops and browsers....

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“Connect With Your Fans!”
If you regularly visit any music industry blogs you likely read this all the time. It’s important advice, but there’s another step that’s just as important: helping the people in your fan base connect to each other....

If your music is being used by DJs to enhance their sets, you want to make sure you’reit would be nice to know you’re getting paid to be as well as played.
That’s where DJ Monitor comes in. Since 2005, the Dutch organization has been working to ensure that artists are compensated when their work is used during live performances and in DJ sets....

[Editor's Note: The following is the first in a series of articles by Ryan Sweeney about getting a residency for your band]
A residency is a phenomenal opportunity to give fans something unique. Though they come in all shapes and sizes – three or four shows on consecutive nights, one show a week for several weeks; promoter pays a guarantee, venue gives you a percentage...