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Double Your Income… No Really

By Ari Herstand

When you’re on tour, merch is your #1 income generator. This can’t be stressed enough. Believe it. Bands stress over their guarantees and door splits and turnouts. If you want to survive financially with your music you must understand the importance of merch sales and approach it as such. I’ve played shows where 10 people showed up, but they had such an amazing time and I stressed the merch to them that all 10 people bought something averaging about $15. That’s $150 in merch sales. That’s good for any night.

• Artist Marketing
• Marketing & Promotion
• The Industry
• Web/Tech

#TCVideoFridays – August 10th 2012

It’s #TCVideoFridays today on TuneCore! Check out a few awesome videos from some talented TuneCore Arists.

But first, a quick reminder! TuneCore can distribute your videos to iTunes. For more info, click here or contact [email protected].

• Artist Spotlight
• TCVideoFridays
• Web/Tech

Average Artist Income 1 Bajillion Dollars – Cure Cancer, Bring Peace To The Middle East And End World Hunger

By Jeff Price

In the words of President Obama, ” … if we just make stuff up and pretend that facts are not facts, we are not going to be able to solve our problems if we get distracted by side shows and carnival barkers…”

This “average income” conversation is the strangest I think I have come across in quite some time. We are sitting in the middle of a transformation of a sector and the conversation is about a silly useless statistic around dividing Lady Gaga’s income into other people’s bottom line?

• Jeff's Postings
• The Industry

Adapting To The New Music Industry

They say one year on the Net is like five years in the “real world,” in regards to the music industry, one year sure feels like 15. When we launched TuneCore half a decade ago (sounds more impressive than five years) we built a system to change the music industry and empower and serve artists.  Since then, the industry has changed and evolved: […]

• Jeff's Postings
• The Industry

The Emergence of The New Music Industry – It's Global, Generates A Lot Of Money & Is Based On Six Copyrights

There have been six fundamental changes to the music industry that have revolutionized and transformed the business. It is vital that artists are fully aware of these changes in order to make the most money and pursue their passion on their own terms.

• Jeff's Postings
• The Industry

Arrested (Artist) Development

Sometime in the 90’s, “artist development” for rock and alternative bands, got turned on its head helping to destroy the music industry

• Jeff's Postings
• The Industry

The State of The Music Industry and the Delegitimization of Artists: Pt. 3 How a Skewed Perspective Delegitimizes Artists

– a Six Part Series  by Jeff Price Part III: How a Skewed Perspective Delegitimizes Artists Read Past Chapters Part I: Music Purchases and Net Revenue For Artists Are Up, Gross Revenue for Labels is Down Part II: The Impact of DMCA Streams and Why They Should Be Considered  Upcoming chapters: Part IV: The Growth […]

• Jeff's Postings
• The Industry

Video Response to The State of The Music Industry and the Delegitimization of Artists Pt. 1

To read the original post, click here   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYeJInsC9OY&fs=1]   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm1YCFP_6xA&fs=1]     [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xatjXz7Eq0I&fs=1]  

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• The Industry
• Videos