Direct To Fan Music Marketing

Direct To Fan with Ditto Music

Steve — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:29:15 +0000

For all you D2F bands/artists out there, especially those in the UK, I just wanted to comment on Ditto Music. If you're looking for digital distribution of your music then you might want to check them out - here's the link:

CD Baby Reaches $150 Million In Lifetime Payments To Artists

Steve — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:46:25 +0000

This pleases me to read this as CD Baby were the first direct to fan service provider and opened up a lot of doors to the possibility of bands being able to sell direct to their fans. Awesome news. CD Baby, the world’s largest online distributor of independent music, has surpassed the milestone of $150 [...]

Strummerville

Steve — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:00:38 +0000

Objective: To move content from static website onto a fully customised Wordpress redesign. Branding and social media integration were key for this project which I am currently running.

The Penny Black Remedy

Steve — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:02:54 +0000

Objective: To use creative assets created by Labrotorium in Croatia and develop into a fresh design. This is a band website which is fully synced with Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp, Topsin & RSS.

Music Supported Here

Steve — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:03:38 +0000

Objective: Work as social media / online consultant to London based This is Real Art agency. Advise on Wordpress build and carry out social media planning, set up and campaign management.

Rebeladelica

Steve — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:04:05 +0000

Objective: Transfer static music photography website onto Wordpress. Rebeladelica required a speedier process to add fresh content in the form of blog updates when returning from shooting live music concerts.

Strummerville a film by Don Letts

Steve — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:01:37 +0000

This is an amazing film. Watch the trailer, share, embed this clip. Better still buy the DVD, more info on that can be found on Strummerville.com

The Rise of Digital Music & The Return of the Record

Steve — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:12:35 +0000

The Rise of Digital Music & The Return of the Record "There’s been a lot of speculation as of late with regard to the future of digital music, but judging by the results of a recent report by Nielsen Soundscan, music sales have only increased this past year. According to the report, sales were up [...]

One of the best SEO tools – SearchStatus :: Add-ons for Firefox

Steve — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:04:05 +0000

SearchStatus :: Add-ons for Firefox "Display the Google PageRank, Alexa rank, Compete ranking and SEOmoz Linkscape mozRank anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword density analyser, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa info and more."\n\nthe best firefox plugin for SEO – simple, lean – essential for any seo tool box tags: firefox, seo, pagerank, searchstatus [...]

Some interesting services on new music industry

Steve — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:00:08 +0000

Tunited: UK based independent music community platform "Tunited is a UK based music platform, dreamed up by Midge Ure. Bringing together various elements of services like Drowned in Sound, Bandcentral and MySpace, the site will be part shop, part social network, designed for both for listeners and artists. The creators are placing a strong emphasis [...]