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20 Ways To Market Your Act Or Your Music For Little Or No Money
© 2011 Vinny Ribas You can make YouTube videos at home. Build your own channel. If you play covers, videos of you performing those songs can drive attention to you as an artist. You can then lead your fans to your original music. Build relationships on social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn. People who ‘know…
100 Things That You Are Doing Right
© 2011 Vinny Ribas It’s easy to second guess yourself, especially if your music career isn’t progressing as quickly as you want it to. But I think it is vital that you first recognize the things that you are doing right! Some things just need more time, not a complete overhaul! Use this checklist to…
The Makings Of A Music Superstar
© 2010 Vinny Ribas Superstar status is only given to a select few out of the millions of entertainers and sports figures in the world. I am not talking about the flash-in-the-pan, one-hit wonder artist. I am not talking about the artist that jumps on the latest trend and rides the wave as long as…
“Using Innovation To Set Yourself Apart From Other Independent Artists” by Vinny Ribas
© 2010 Vinny Ribas The biggest thing that you, as an independent artist or musician, can do to for your own career is to find a way to set yourself apart from the pack. In a world of copycats and knock-offs, this may seem an impossible task. However, hundreds of thousands of artists have found…
Celebrate Yourself!
© 2010 Vinny Ribas With all of the ‘don’t do this’ and ‘don’t do thats’ that we are deluged with daily regarding your career in music, it is easy to become overwhelmed. The truth is that, if you are serious about your music, you most likely do a lot of things right every day. For…
Planning To Be Famous
© 2010 Vinny Ribas Let’s say you and your band members pooled your money and spent $1,000 on a really cool music video. And low and behold, it went viral on YouTube and was seen by 1,00,000 people in a week! Then David Letterman decided to air it on his show, reaching countless millions more. Now, because…
Where Did All Of My Fans Go?
© 2010 Vinny Ribas These days the music market is more fickle and ever changing than ever. Your fans have an uncountable number of choices regarding the music they want to listen to and ultimately buy. And they themselves are changing. They grow up, take on different roles in life, find new interests etc. As…
There IS An Audience For You
© 2010 Vinny Ribas These might be the most liberating words you’ll ever hear as a musician. No matter what kind of music you create, if you do it well enough, there is an audience for you! Not only does an audience exist; it is anxious to find you! That may sound a bit overdramatic,…