Derek Sivers, founder and president of CD Baby and the indie artist’s modern day hero has put out a free e-book titled ‘How to Call Attention to Your Music’. Readers of his blog will know how precise and precious his advice his.
For any band that wishes to get a label, it is necessary that they be popular before hand. From Derek’s book - Record labels aren’t guessing anymore. They’re only signing artists that have made a success on their own. As Alan Elliott says, “A record label used to be able to look at a tree and say, ‘That would make a great table.’ Now all they can do is take a finished table and sell it at Wal-Mart.”
Nine chapters filled up to the brim with insights on marketing without a budget, audience segmentation, keeping it real and how to use the internet to get your music heard. A review is warranted, but when the New Testament of Indie Music’s Bible is only 71 pages long, with a large font for good measure, just dive in.
Your enlightenment is assured.
Get the free e-book from here - http://sivers.org/pdf/DerekSivers.pdf
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