5 healthy lifestyle tips for musicians

It’s extremely likely that everyone reading this, in some point, has tried to initiate some form of healthy cycle in their lifestyle. This cycle may continue for a while, until we prove to ourselves that “we can do it” and unconsciously end the cycle. The real challenge is to persevere for about 3 months, until our mind becomes accustomed to this new pattern and we start performing it on an unconscious level.

I would like to pose a challenge to continue each of the cycles listed below for at least 3 months every day. This means that you will be adapting the lifestyle elements of some well known entertainers, and you will have the opportunity to see how you will benefit from them.

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Designing a site for your band: 7 tips

Your band needs a web presence these days. Without one, your fans won’t know where to get the latest 411 on your upcoming shows and album releases. 

However, many artists’ pages leave a lot to be desired. You need to tailor your colors and layout to optimize the user experience and promote sales. Here are seven tips to keep in mind when designing a site for your band. 

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Five Tips For Aspiring Musicians

When I was a kid I took guitar lessons. In this short article I want to share a few tips that helped me.

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Looking To Build A More Empathetic Music Website? Here Are Some Tips

The key to wielding magic with your website or app is to create an unforgettable experience. Wondering how to do that? The word is human-centered design.

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How To Save Money While In A Band

Being in a band is an exciting adventure. From touring and meeting fans to recording your own album, creating music with others is a one-of-a-kind experience. However, even if your shows bring in buckets of cash, you may find it difficult to save — especially with all the fun restaurants and bars you’ll find on tour.

Plus, if you’re touring full-time, odds are good you won’t be able to keep a full-time job.

Therefore, if you want the band to make it, you’ll have to find ways to save money. Luckily, there’s a number of things you can do to cut costs and put money in the bank while still having the time of your life.

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Tips For Starting Your Own Record Label

The music industry has undergone some transformation over the last couple of decades. Our digital landscape has been instrumental in altering the shape of how we consume tunes, how artists make music, and how the business operates. One of the positive effects is encouraging a DIY approach to all areas of the industry.

This means that there is a propensity for musicians to have direct access to audiences. They can release their music via streaming platforms such as YouTube and Spotify rather than rely upon the costly physical media that has dominated the industry This also presents openings for entrepreneurs who want to start their own indie labels. 

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Tips To Improve Your Rhythmic Technique

Although I am a drummer, this article has some gems for other instrumentalists. Although I’ve been playing drums for over twenty years, I didn’t start using serious rhythm enhancement techniques until … well, I’d rather not say that. But if I had taken advice from this article, I would have been WAY more prepared for auditions, performances and studio recordings. I wouldn’t have spent so many years with the bad habit of speeding up my pace, especially not while playing drunk! Truth be told, that habit does NOT set my rhythm technique!

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Top 3 Tips For Earning More In The Music Industry

Since the beginning of music’s existence, we’ve had musicians come and go but it is the pioneers, the ones who are weird and different, that are the ones we all remember!

When trying to make it in the music scene today, standing out is just as vital as anything else in having a fruitful career.
Here are our top three tips for earning more in the music industry:

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The Difference Between A Successful Band, And YOUR Band!

Ever wondered why your band struggles to even get pub gigs, yet a fresh new band is packing out venues from day one? Fed up of having to resort to Pay2Play gigs because no decent promoter is willing to take a chance with you? The secret to success is in plain sight, it’s just only a few have the vision to see it. This guide covers the importance of planning ahead, how to gain attention for your band, and how to score those exciting opportunities that are otherwise unavailable to you.

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10 Common Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Or Professionals Make

If you are young and reading this blog, you are probably grinding your teeth with rage at the sight of the headline alone. Don’t fret. I’m not some old crusty geezer here to teach you a lesson or put you in “your place.” I’m 25 and have been working in the music, marketing, and communications industry for 10 years. I started my company, AB Co., 6 years ago and have grown it into Canada’s leading music marketing and communications agency. I manage a team of 13 and started my company at the age of 18 with a whole lot of balls. 

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Five Essential Tips for a Successful Kickstarter Campaign

From no-name garage bands to established rockers like The Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer, crowdfunding on sites like Kickstarter—where artists of all stripes offer fan-friendly incentives to get their followers to essentially executive produce tours, albums, music videos, and so on—is becoming an increasingly effective model for bankrolling endeavors in lieu of ever-decreasing record label support.

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10 Sales Tips For Artists

When it comes right down to it, we’re all selling something. Every day, we’re selling our products, services, brand and our personal selves over and over again. As an artist or band, you have to be aware that sales are a big part of your equation for success. Here are 10 sales tips that can help you not only increase your revenue, but your fan base as well.

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Building a better Network

Most musicians or artists think of only one or two aspects of their career; music and social networking. I find that most musicians just go through the motions not really giving it their all especially when it comes to social networking. In order to improve your skills as a musician, get more gigs and make more money you have to think outside of the box. Improvisation is a key asset to your bag of tricks and can pay you back ten fold. If you always practice what you know you will never learn anything new or improve your craft and skill set. Trying new things out and getting out of your comfort zone forces you to expand your mind with the side effect being some potential hit tunes on your hand. More importantly it will help you to bridge out of your genre of music, once you get good, and allow you to diversify your income potential by taking on other projects or gigs. This article however is not about making better music or writing hit records, it’s about doing simple steps with social networking, like improvisation, that will pay off in the future.

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For Musicians: 10 Tips For Turning Your Fanbase Into A Tribe

Fans of groups such as the Insane Clown Posse (the Juggalo), the Grateful Dead (the Deadhead), and Jimmy Buffet (the Parrothead), are all apart of communities that exists beyond the band. The music is what brought these groups of people together, and the loyalty to the music acts as the glue bonding them together, but the artists themselves have no responsibility to control the group - the community acts as it’s own separate entity, with its own leaders and followers.

These fans belong to a tribe.

What Is a Tribe?

Tribes exist as a way to connect and to share an interest in a topic, and it is because of this that you as an artist must recognize that creating a tribe is an essential step towards success and career-longevity. And since a developed tribe acts as its own entity, the incessant ‘shameless self-promotion’ that unfortunately paints the walls of all too many artists’ Facebook and Twitter pages will become a thing of the past.

With a tribe of loyal fans at your side - just one announcement of any album, any show, even any new merch will be absorbed and spread like wildfire. Remember that a typical characteristic of a tribe member is to be overly dedicated, or obsessive, which can be used to your benefit! Think of these obsessive tribe members as your own instant viral marketing strategy- these are the types of fans who make sure that everyone in their social networks know about this new announcement.

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