Aderra Inc. has created a genius product for musicians to use as a way to generate more revenue after a live show. I came across their press release and found the Live Music USB Flash Drive Wristband. Aderra specializes in the recording of live events and transferring that audio to a USB wristband that is made available immediately for sale after the event. Great slogan: “Sell your event twice!” They gained publicity when the Midem 2009 world music conference announced they were going to discontinue CD distribution of their British content to USB Flash drives. The storage drives allow for … Continue reading
Myspace is key to marketing my music and new releases to my fans. You have the opportunity to add friends and potential customers from all over the world to your friends list and network. Snocap provides you as an artist a great way to market your band and make money at the same time. Snocap makes your Myspace page into a virtual store front to sell new music. Snocap is essentially a great tool if you don’t have any distribution and even better if you do have distribution. I currently have distribution through Songcast for one project but I can … Continue reading
The avenues are endless when it comes to finding affordable distribution for the independent musician. Lets assume you have a produced album or podcast, you own a band website domain, and you want to sell digital copies of your album or podcast for download off of your website. There is a quick way for you to control your own distribution with EasyBe 1-2-3 music store. Easybe is a php script that you integrate into your website. The cost is $68 for musicians or $168 for labels. If you want them to set up your store then there is an installation … Continue reading
