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 Selling merchandise can greatly increase your income. Picking the right items, knowing where to get them, setting the right price and knowing the best ways to sell them will result in greater sales and greater profits! Here are some tips for each of these areas:

Music licensing has become a very marketing and revenue-generating valuable tool for indie artists. However, when most artists think of licensing, they limit themselves to feature films and TV. But just think about this for second. Almost every time you hear music, regardless of where you are or what you are [...]]]> © 2012 Vinny Ribas

Music licensing has become a very marketing and revenue-generating valuable tool for indie artists. However, when most artists think of licensing, they limit themselves to feature films and TV. But just think about this for second. Almost every time you hear music, regardless of where you are or what you are doing, someone somewhere was looking to find the right song! Here are 10 more places that you can try!

All too often having great talent isn’t enough to get people to leave the comfort of their homes and come out to see you perform. So, here are some creative ways to draw more people to your shows. Many of these work just as well on the road as they do [...]]]> © 2011 Vinny Ribas

All too often having great talent isn’t enough to get people to leave the comfort of their homes and come out to see you perform. So, here are some creative ways to draw more people to your shows. Many of these work just as well on the road as they do in your hometown. Get creative! Modify them so they fit you. Change the giveaways, prizes etc. Make it unique. This accomplishes several key things:

1. It can introduce you to new fans
2. It can enable you to charge more money
3. It enables you to play bigger and better venues.
4. It makes the venue want to bring you back!

Here are the ideas:

Knowing who your truest fans are is as important as getting them in the first place. It helps you refine your marketing, your songwriting, your pricing, your merch etc. Get this down to a science, and you’ll find you’re attracting more and more ‘super fans’!

Here are some example:s of what [...]]]> Copyright 2011 Vinny Ribas

Knowing who your truest fans are is as important as getting them in the first place. It helps you refine your marketing, your songwriting, your pricing, your merch etc. Get this down to a science, and you’ll find you’re attracting more and more ‘super fans’!

Here are some example:s of what you should know:

Music Licensing is the fastest growing revenue stream in the music business today and is quickly becoming the largest source of income for both performers and non-touring musicians. 

In this workshop, former music supervisor, Sarah Gavigan, will go [...]]]> An overview of the music licensing business and a strategy to help you get your music licensed. 

Music Licensing is the fastest growing revenue stream in the music business today and is quickly becoming the largest source of income for both performers and non-touring musicians. 

In this workshop, former music supervisor, Sarah Gavigan, will go over basic industry terms and expectations for music submissions. She will also reveal how to successfully pitch your music to a Music Supervisor. Learn what the decision makers are looking for and how to create a music submission that stands out. 

What you’ll learn: 

• The components of Music Licensing business, who does what
• Basic terms you need to know
• How to prepare your tracks for licensing
• What Music Supervisors are looking for 

About Sarah Gavigan

Sarah Gavigan is a 12 year veteran of the music licensing business. In 2000 she founded Ten Music, the first company of its kind representing Indie Artists and Labels to Advertisers. Today she is a full time Music Supervisor and teacher in her online education series called GET YOUR MUSIC LICENSED. 10 years and thousands of placements later, Gavigan is one of the foremost leaders in her field.

Who should watch this video? 

• Songwriters and Musicians who have music they want to license
• Non-touring musicians such as Composers and Producers who have music catalogs to license
• Music industry professionals who want to learn more about licensing

Prett much any club owner or other entertainment buyer is going to want to know quite a bit about you before they book you. Sending a formal press kit – a package with your photos, video, music, tour dates, set list and more – is the most common method of conveying why your act [...]]]>

Nancy Moran

Prett much any club owner or other entertainment buyer is going to want to know quite a bit about you before they book you. Sending a formal press kit – a package with your photos, video, music, tour dates, set list and more – is the most common method of conveying why your act should be hired. There are physical press kits that you drop off or mail, as well as electronic press kits, or EPKs that you email or that a buyer can view online.

In order to get the best gigs, it is important to have an EPK (electronic press kit) and/or a physical press kit that shines to the poiunt that it really sells your act! In addition, it needs to make you sstand head and shoulders above all of the other press kits that venues receive! In this video, popular indie artist and industry consultant, Nancy Moran goes through the components of a great press kit, as well as how to use it most effectively! It is a must for every indie artist!

The old saying goes, ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.’ With that in mind, here are some of the most common yet damaging timing-related mistakes that many artists and songwriters make.

Here are a few pieces of advice that I wish I had known when I quit college and jumped into music full time. There is nothing new and revolutionary here; just practical, common sense thinking. But with music being such a creative and emotionally charged industry, I found that sometimes my [...]]]> © 2011 Vinny Ribas

Here are a few pieces of advice that I wish I had known when I quit college and jumped into music full time. There is nothing new and revolutionary here; just practical, common sense thinking. But with music being such a creative and emotionally charged industry, I found that sometimes my common sense would take a back seat to ‘the dream!’