While grinding it out in the lab on my endless quest of effective music promotion, Hip Hop Distribution’s identity came alive. The title of this article is the new tag line for this project: Online marketing for blogging musicians. This is a defining step for me since it has a centralized focus on my mission as a blogging musician.
Hip Hop Distribution is here to discuss issues relevant for indie musicians. Music distribution has become very easy to attain and earning a living as a musician is possible. The main obstacle for musicians is keeping consistent marketing plans during times of being understaffed or unorganized. Speaking from personal experience, nothing in this music industry comes easy. As an independent musician and label partner in Fried Roots, distribution was the initial obstacle. Fried Roots has used services for distribution such as Songcast and Tunecore to get our music with different major online retailers, and they work just great. Since iTunes … Continue reading
Selling music online requires a nice amount of tools that can optimize your chances of getting seen and heard. I was working with my business partner, Sundy, and he came across Feedburner which allows you to create a customized feed from your site and lets say, place it on Myspace. I wanted to direct some of my Myspace traffic to this blog so we can increase our subscribers and inform musicians on new opportunities. I created an account with Feedburner, which was acquired by Google, and from there we realized this tool is going to be a great way to … Continue reading
The purpose of this article is to see what the independent artist is thinking about in terms of their future in this changing music industry. Independent music is on the rise with digital downloads increasing, but how can we as independents make our mark in history? This goes out to all the producers, beat makers, songwriters, musicians, and podcasters. What are the strategies or tips you use when thinking about music distribution? Hip Hop Distribution was not created to tell you what you have to do, but to hear from people involved in the music grind and learn from our … Continue reading
The importance of music marketing is to keep up with the different techniques you encounter and implementing them in your operation. Here is an informative video just describing different aspects on how to get your music heard.
