Coldwave Blog - Music Tips For Independent Artists

A guest post by Martyn Croston . Originally at MusicClout . Starting any business takes a lot of perseverance and patience. Some people compare it to bringing up a child or having a relationship – more often than not it’s a total rollercoaster! But if you strongly believe (and enjoy) what you’re doing, it can be the most rewarding job in the world. Music teaching, like any profession, requires the right approach and strategy in order to succeed.  Here are eight factors you need to bear in mind when setting up a music teaching business. 1) Make sure you create a business plan Before you plunge into the deep end and spend all your life savings on creating a top notch music studio, you need to bear in mind several factors which can have an enormous impact on your business. How much competition is there in your town? Do people have money for music lessons in your location? Is there enough demand for lessons on your instrument? Questions, question...

CWREC118STEMS When I Die Official Release Date: May 26, 2017 Artist(s): Symbolize , Coldbeat Genre(s): Electro House , DJ Tools Sub-genre(s): Complextro , STEMS Label: Coldwave Records Available on Beatport and JunoDownload BIO: She made him see orange, but feel blue. She made his soul cry, while he kept dry eyes. She promised so much, and gave none. This is his reminder; you can't make me feel this way, 'When I Die'. Alongside the Original Mix by Symbolize we have Coldbeat with an Electro House remix, with Complextro slices, heavy beat and dirty basslines, in contrast to a breakdown full of mystery, with magical synths and trancy leads. Connect with Coldbeat on Soundcloud , BeatportDJ , Beatport , Facebook , Twitter and Instagram Connect with Coldwave Records on Facebook , Twitter , Soundcloud , Bandcamp and YouTube Featured on Beatport's Home Page (www.beatport.com) and Beatport's STEMS page (www.beatport.com/stems) Listen:...

Blog post by Coldbeat. Ok, firstly is important (or at least relevant to me) to mention how it feels odd when I write something referring to myself in third person, not sure if I'm doing it correctly but let's keep it like that for the time being, but I promise you that I'll look into that. In any case, feel free to share your thoughts in the comment area. Well, now where were we anyway? Right... the double feature thing. You know that moment when you listen to a song and almost instantly you feel a connection with it? And you must have that song on repeat for like an hour? That's pretty much how I felt when I first heard 'Back To You', the Original Mix composed/ produced by Madistt, Germany based producer, with lyrics/ vocals by Brooke Mitchell, from USA. That song is really catchy, but you can hear for yourself clicking here . 'Back To You' is the kind of Electro House/ EDM song that I like to remix, and so I did. I was really looking forwa...

Blog post originally from MusicClout . A Guest Post by Rowen Bridler . The good thing to note about realising you’ve made a few mis-steps in your career is that this is a perfectly valid entrepreneurial business tactic – it’s called ‘testing’. If something didn’t work, you know not to do it again and that way, you learn what does work. However, far too many musicians spend too long doing things that aren’t working without realising it, and that adds up to tedium, frustration and a major lack of progress. So, stop for a moment and check if you’ve been doing any of these things: 1) Being inconsistent Do you only work on your songs when you feel like it? Do you only play gigs when a friend mentions there’s a free slot one evening? If you can’t say when you practise and when you’re next gigging, you are probably projecting a kind of ‘hit and miss’ approach to your career. You can fix your inconsistent behaviour by setting aside certain non-negotiable times when you’ll defi...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Written by   Sean Davis . Labels, bands, and artists, as a once great Morty said, “Get your shit together.” I don’t mean that in an abstract sense, though. I mean it literally. Make sure the lifeblood and history of whatever artistic endeavour you are involved in has their shit together. The times we have encountered disorganization from any one of these groups is startling so we might as well talk about the basics. Here’s why file management for artists is important. Keep local/cloud copies of all files pertaining to your label/band, including: Contracts Audio Images Data Pictures of dinner napkins with lyrics written on them If you are ever in a situation where we as a distributor need these files for whatever reason, it is great to have everything categorically filed away for easy access. This keeps you ready for the future to respond quickly with your assets. In a promotions sense it’s great to have all of the ...

This article originally appeared on   PowerPublicity . Publicity is a powerful tool to increase awareness of your music, build your image, and grow your brand. While many emerging artists know they need publicity, they have misconceptions about how publicity works and how it fits into their overall marketing plan. Some even think that publicity is the magic component to catapult their career into mainstream success. We hate to tell you, but it does not work that way…at all. These misconceptions can prevent you from running a campaign on your own or with your publicist. Here are seven music publicity myths that musicians believe. Myth: Publicity will boost my albums sales There is no direct correlation between publicity and album sales. The main purpose of publicity is to generate awareness for your music and brand. While publicity does not directly lead to sales, no one will listen or purchase your music if they do not know it exists, right? Myth: Publicity is going to make me fa...

Blog post by Coldbeat. In today's music industry, with so many new artists, labels and songs being released every day, this is exactly the one thing we can't ignore. With the EDM scene growing every day, it's getting harder and harder to get some exposure out there (unless you are already huge famous). This last few days we had the pleasure of sharing some great news. Firstly we got 'Neon Lover' released, exclusively on Beatport at April 28, 2017. Few days later (April 30) we had the first great news, we had just noticed that 'Neon Lover' was on TOP#44 House Releases and TOP#11 Electro House Releases, and now (May 2) we're holding the TOP#31 House and TOP#7 Electro House spots. Is so great to hear new talents such as those 2 young artists. With vocals by HANNIE, the song produced by Portamento is a masterpiece, a great addition to House/ Vocal House playlists, and I was lucky enough to deliver a decent Electro House/ Complextro Remix of this g...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Written by Ta'Rikah Jones . So you’ve created an awesome electronic music track but you’re not sure where it should be featured? No worries, we’ve created the infographic below to help you out! Here are the online music stores for your music by genre! If you want to increase the probability of your music getting featured, click here . If you’re not sure how feature placements in stores work, click here . Ta'Rikah Jones Symphonic's Marketing Coordinator, love discovering new music, shopping, yoga and reading!