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Connect Your ReverbNation Store to Facebook
Posted by Ken McGuire on Friday, February 26th, 2010
ReverbNation brought their store out of beta and into the public domain, giving listed bands the chance to get their merch out onto Facebook, amongst other things.
We’ve been poking our heads around the site recently, encouraged by RN’s recent facelift as well but the latest addition makes it easier again for bands to connect to [...]
If You’re Selling CDs, Tell People, The Right Way
Posted by Ken McGuire on Monday, February 8th, 2010
There’s an art to selling CDs. I’ve seen acts sell albums to everyone in a venue, and seen acts go home with more CDs than they arrived with. In the first of a series of posts in pitching yourself at gigs, here’s a quick look at pitch your CDs. No matter how you go about it, at least remember that you’ve got CDs to sell.
TuneCore adds MySpace Music
Posted by Ken McGuire on Monday, February 1st, 2010
MYSPACE MUSIC has arrived at TuneCore, one of the web’s most subscribed to digital distribution services for independant musicians. Now when you go to your TuneCore dashboard you have the option of adding MySpace Music, distributing your tunes to MySpace and getting paid for streams from your profile.
Full instructions are available on TuneCore.com though quite [...]
Bandcamp Announce BCWax Launch
Posted by Ken McGuire on Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Bandcamp, one of the online services we used in 2009 for the fan release of The Lions Mane’s Strands, have announced the launch of their new “un-label”, BCWax.
Taking two artists (to start with)who have a strong digital presence but little in terms of physical, their first release is a limited edition print of Sophie Madeleine’s [...]
March Release for new Von Bizmark single
Posted by Ken McGuire on Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Out of the studio and getting back on the road, Dublin-based Von Bizmark are set to release Address The Silence on Friday March 26th, the follow up to 2009 release London.
This will be the first of what is likely three new releases from the indie-rock quartet and we’re delighted to be working with the band [...]
Digital Services for Artists
Posted by Ken McGuire on Monday, January 18th, 2010
EVENT MEDIA are delighted to introduce Rewind PR for January 2010, the digital services wing of Event Media for those venturing into the music world.
Joining Rewind Magazine and Rewind Records, Rewind PR will provide a broad range of services for artists and musicians including online PR, web presence development, social media management, and online distribution [...]