Facebook For Musicians: A Definitive Guide. [This post by Bryan Kim (@freshbreakfast), Biz Dev master at Tracksby, originally appeared on his blog Trackswell.
Thanks to Bryan for letting us re-post it here.] Facebook is the largest marketing channel for most musicians and bands. Surprisingly, it’s also the one they know the least about. So in this guide, we’re going to breakdown why Facebook is important, how it works, and most importantly, the specific steps you can take to make Facebook work for you and your fans. Artists, you can’t be blamed. Furthermore, Facebook largely ignored music for most of its existence. But Facebook is really not that hard. EdgeRank: What It Is, Why It Matters Before we get into actionable tips, we need to familiarize ourselves with the concept of EdgeRank.
EdgeRank is the name of the algorithm that Facebook uses to determine how often your content appears on a user’s news feed. EdgeRank’ algorhithm determines what a user will see on their news feed. Posting to Maximize Engagement: A Checklist. The 3 Most Common Mistakes Made by Independent Musicians. [This guest post was written by Shaun from Music Industry How To and Independent Music Advice.] I love the idea of the independent musician. You don’t have to rely on anyone else to get your music career moving and you’re able to let as much of your creative side show as you want. But being a successful independent musicians is hard work. Signed artists usually have a team of people who know the business helping out. As an indie, you have to keep an eye on everything yourself and do much of the heavy lifting. While there are courses that can teach you the business side of things, many musicians start their music career by just trying things out and seeing how they go.
Today, I’m going to look at three of the most common mistakes I see independent musicians making. So, let’s get into it. 1. Many young artists are afraid to appear like they’re taking themselves too seriously. While you should aim to get paid directly from live shows, this isn’t always possible when you’re a fresh act. Daily Download: Snag a Free Song Every Day of the Week. Shooting music, from Johnny Cash to Junior Walker. During his 25 years in Chicago, Kirk West photographed legendary blues, country and rock ‘n’ roll musicians.
His intimate photographs of candid moments have rarely been seen by the everyday music fan. After retiring in 2010, West finally took the time to painstakingly sort through everything he shot from 1968 through the early 1990s. He says he spent about a year organizing and scanning pictures from that time. Many of those never-before-seen images are collected on his recently launched website, KirkWestPhotography.com. At the age of 10, in 1960, West received his first camera from his grandmother. He fell in love with music in Nevada, a small town about 30 miles north of Des Moines. After high school, in the summer of 1968, West packed up his 1951 Henry J hot rod and left Nevada, bound for the city lights of Chicago. "The world of music photography at that time was completely unregulated,” he said.
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