The purpose of this blog is to help everyone \u2013 from businesses and marketing consultants to artists and bloggers \u2013 succeed with spreading ideas online.\u00a0 Today I thought I\u2019d aggregate some of my favorite music-related posts I\u2019ve written over the years on this blog, especially as they relate to digital music marketing (but also a few to get your creative thinking going).<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0Social Media And Artists Are A Natural Fit<\/strong> 2.\u00a0\u00a0A Creative Commons License Is The Ultimate Music Promotion Tool<\/strong> 3.\u00a0\u00a0Q-Burns Abstract Message On File Sharing And Music Marketing<\/strong> 4.\u00a0\u00a0Digital Is The Master Copy<\/strong> 5.\u00a0<\/strong>An Experiment In Music Sharing \u2013 Social Media Mixtape<\/strong> 6.\u00a0<\/strong>For Music and News Industries, Power is Now With the People<\/strong> 7.\u00a0<\/strong>How To Be More Creative<\/strong> 8.\u00a0\u00a0How Audio Production Taught Me Self-Discipline<\/strong> 9.\u00a0<\/strong>21 Reasons You Should Make Art<\/strong> 10.\u00a0<\/strong>How To Overcome Writer\u2019s Block \u2013 15 Tips<\/strong> 11.\u00a0\u00a0Social Media Is Enabling A Digital Renaissance<\/strong> 12.\u00a0<\/strong>If You Can Blog, You Can Write Music<\/strong> The purpose of this blog is to help everyone \u2013 from businesses and marketing consultants to artists and bloggers \u2013 … <\/p>\n
\nAn introduction for artists to leverage social media to build a fan base and achieve \u201c1,000 true fans\u201c.<\/p>\n
\nThis post explores results I\u2019ve had as a downtempo\u00a0electronic music artist\u00a0publishing my music free under a creative commons license (neat that Techdirt\u00a0wrote up this story\u00a0too).<\/p>\n
\nThe talented Q-Burns shares up some thoughts on how file sharing is beneficial to independent artists.<\/p>\n
\nThe truth is that the tangible versions of media are temporary and less useful copies of their digital masters.\u00a0 You\u2019re paying for the medium, not the message \u2013 and there\u2019s no logical reason for that when there are more efficient ways to get (and share) the message.<\/p>\n
\nThis was pretty much an excuse to share share some music I enjoy with readers here.\u00a0 It\u2019s one of my goals to spread electronic music to new people, as to me it is very much the modern version of classical music (beautiful, inspiring and\u00a0 misunderstood in its own time).<\/p>\n
\nThe music and the news industries had to have seen the writing on the wall, and basically decided to ignored it until it was too late.<\/p>\n
\nIs being creative something that can be taught?\u00a0 That\u2019s a question without a simple yes or no answer.\u00a0 The more I experience in life and grow as an artist and writer the more I try and put into concrete terms what conditions are necessary for the best moments of clarity and inspiration.<\/p>\n
\nI credit much of my self-discipline I have in all aspects of life to sticking with the process of audio production.\u00a0 I sacrificed much of my social life to follow creative pursuits, (and still do to this day) but after getting to a point I was able to create the art I envisioned, I didn\u2019t really care.<\/p>\n
\nDo you just work in your industry all day but never engage in creative tasks purely for intrinsic reasons?\u00a0 You\u2019re missing out.\u00a0 Whether you decide to experiment making music or another form of art, it\u2019s one of the better choices you can make.<\/p>\n
\nThese tips aren\u2019t just for bloggers \u2013 actually, I came up with these tips from the perspective of a writer of both music and words.<\/p>\n
\nIndependently produced content is rising to the top quicker than the massive industry players can churn out overproduced, unoriginal works.\u00a0 The content quality of amateur productions is in many cases better than that which is professionally produced, even if the actual production quality is higher.\u00a0 Passion and authenticity win every time over expensive equipment.<\/p>\n
\nJust as the web has democratized the tools necessary to spread ideas, advances in audio production software have democratized the ability to write, remix and produce your own music. Programs like\u00a0Ableton Live\u00a0have turned the creative process of composing music into something relatively straightforward for anyone with a decently powered computer and some imagination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"