Coldwave Blog - Music Tips For Independent Artists

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Guest Post by Camille Evelyn. “As social media marketers, we tend to sweat the details. Am I posting at the most ideal times? Are my posts formatted to perfection? Do my updates have the right tone and brand personality? But while these things are important, there’s one thing that is most critical. And it’s something that is often overlooked by many marketers. That thing is consistency.” – Kelvin Claveria Welp! Mr. Claveria said it quite well! This article has one purpose, and that is to give you ideas on how to keep your social media buzzing and creating consistent content. Here we go! Have a weekly show/release Having a weekly show is one of the most common ways to keep your fanbase entertained on a regular basis. You can do a vlog (video blog) of your activity for the past week, release a cover or freestyle. If doing a cover or freestyle, have a download link in the description of the video. Also, be sure to give the segment a cat...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . One of the main reasons for creating a great music video is to gain editorial coverage with influential music press. But make sure you don’t forget the creativity press! We’ve created a list of blogs below that feature music videos for the sheer greatness of the video alone. These blogs care about creativity and artfulness and not about genre. Some of them have a huge following, so the chance of picking up more fans is a foregone conclusion. Plus features with these blogs will increase your credibility, giving you more amazing things to talk about on your social channels. 1. Video of the Day “The daily awards site for video content creators” Submit is bottom of the about page Twitter 1.6k Facebook 3.5k 2. Creative Review ‘The best in creativity’ Submit is at the bottom of the contact page Twitter 2,07m Instagram 108k Facebook 142k 3. It’s Nice That “championing the most exciting and engaging work online” Submit...

Originally from Beatport's Zendesk . by   Julie (Beatport) - August 17, Thursday, at 14:23 Coldbeat: "...Well, before we get into the post itself I would like to give a few words about this blog post. Since the last Beatport genre changes, is important for us to understand which are the genres currently being accepted on Beatport via distribution. Both, genres and sub-genres, are listed below..." * *As of August 14, 2017 Beatport will be adding three new genres to the store:       Leftfield Bass*  ( incl. sub-genres:  Deep Dubstep; Juke / Footwork; Global Bass )       Garage / Bassline / Grime  ( incl. sub-genres:  Garage; Bassline; Grime )       Trap / Future Bass  ( incl. sub-genres:  Trap; Future Bass; Twerk ) *Please note that Leftfield Bass will be a curated genre only and cannot be delivered as a primary genre via XML.  Also, all sub-genres will be exclusively assigned by our...

Blog post originally from MusicClout . If new artists are akin to California fires, the intensity is still the same as it was 20 years ago. It's just that more people now have matches. Sadly, they're all choosing to light up in the same spot. Everybody wants a major deal. It makes you wonder how many more crooked deals will be dealt before newcomers finally decide to promote their art independent of the strings of majors. Aligning with a major label offers few benefits beyond the spoils of fame and the facade of a panoramic lifestyle. Let's examine the merits and demerits of being on a major label, shall we? Fame Sure, having the long-reaching tentacles of majors will help deliver your product to the masses and bring you ample exposure. The problem is that new artists often get peanuts on their percentages in exchange for fame. Who wants to be a broke but famous star? Advances It's true that you're likely to get large advances from majors. That said, just ...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . Written by Ta'Rikah Jones . Getting your audio tracks out of Live for transfer, backup or mixing need not be a hassle. Joshua Casper explains everything you need to know about stems. If you’ve been in the production game for any length of time you have undoubtedly run into the term “stems” and you have a good idea of what it means. Just in case you aren’t entirely sure, stems are used in stem mixing and stem mastering. The Wikipedia page states that they are “method[s] of mixing audio material based on creating groups of audio tracks and processing them separately prior to combining them into a final master mix. Stems are also sometimes referred to as submixes, subgroups, or busses.” Essentially, it’s each channel or group or buss from your audio project bounced or rendered into an audio file to be used later. Like your MIDI & VSTi-driven synth lead turned into a WAV file or other lossless audio format. It could also be all...

Blog post originally from MusicClout.com A guest post by Janette Berrios of Symphonic Distribution Being a musician these days is tough! Back in the good ‘ol days, artists just had to worry about learning their craft and booking shows, hoping to get radio support along the way that could eventually get you signed to a label. But today things have gotten a bit more complicated. But with every challenge there always lies opportunity. This opportunity is that we now have more access to information than ever before–information is knowledge. Now all the barriers of entry only large record labels knew about are out there in the open. With a bit of research and time, we know the industry works and we know how musicians can make money in it. Artists today are lucky to have a window of opportunity literally at their fingertips for thousands of music fans to discover them. These music promotion tips will help you to bring your music into the digital age. Hopefully this post will sh...

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 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!

Blog post originally from the   SymphonicBlog . Written by Jorge Brea . As technology is growing and becoming much more accessible all over the world, more Record Labels and Artists are getting their Music Production hats on and releasing music to the world. The thrill of seeing the material out on platforms such as Beatport, iTunes, Google Play, and others is a great feeling but then the artist and record label begin to realize there is not enough attention that is needed and begin to ask, how can I get featured and get a banner on Beatport or iTunes and others? As a distributor of hundreds of thousands of releases, we don’t ever want to promise anyone that he or she will receive features because it would be dishonest and bad business. We will instead tell you that we will work extremely hard and WE WILL submit any release that you want to be featured for consideration to digital service providers worldwide such as long as it fits the specifications set forth by our partne...

Blog post originally from the SymphonicBlog . “THIS DAY AND AGE, JUST MAKING MUSIC IS NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH.” -ASAF BORGORE Here’s the reality: everybody makes music. In my niche, electronic music , this is especially the case. It easier now to be a musician than it has ever been before. To stand out from the sea of artists, it has never been more important to develop skill sets that complement your music. You might think, “Gee, Sky, shouldn’t I triple down on my music in order to stand out?” You could. It’s simpler to be different than to be better because there will always be people better than you. Unless you’re Beethoven and have been playing music since you could walk, you probably can’t skate by on music alone. So instead of directly competing with the thousands of musicians who make and play similar music to you, go the road less travelled by and build out your other skill sets. Whether you want to stand out to a promoter or cut through a label’s inbox, here are tips for...