Grassrootsy’s Top 10 FREE Resources for Musicians
We’re excited about EVERY SINGLE one of the following resources. We hope you will be too! INDIE ON THE MOVE Yes, we truly love these guys. We wrote about them a while back, but quite alot has changed since our original post in 2009! For one thing, IOTM is still the #1 place to get an artists [...]
Your Band Featured on Grassrootsy
GET FEATURED – (bands and solo artist) Send a few paragraphs about any innovative marketing your band is doing. Tell Grassrootsy readers what has worked for you and/or what has not worked for you? or Send a few paragraphs about any specific Grassrootsy posts (or tips) you/your band has applied. How have you applied them and how have they helped? Include a [...]
5 Things I Learned from my Kickstarter Campaign
I first discoverd Kickstarter when I came across independent artist Allison Weiss last summer. KS caught my eye as an innovative idea – a recycled concept made fresh by techy art lovers using social media to help artists succeed. And they’re doing just that! With the struggling economy, I began to reconsider whether or not [...]
An Interview with Allison Weiss
The first time I came across Allison Weiss’ myspace page, I knew she was a musician after my own heart. Grassrootsy first covered her back in July in a feature on Kickstarter. And after reading more about Weiss, it was apparent that she is one of the hardest working independent artists you will ever come [...]
Bandize: A Tool for Band Management
Not able to post anything thorough today, but i want to make you all aware of something a friend passed on a few days ago. It’s a new band management tool called Bandize. It’ll be introduced at this years South By Southwest and it’s extremely appropriate for the readers of Grassrootsy. Here’s a great introduction: [...]
Bandcamp – A Great Place to Pitch Your Tent
I first really got into Bandcamp when Pittsburgh Indie band, Colonizing the Cosmos, launched a digital release of their brand new album The First Frontier. Just when you think there are too many online digital music websites, another pops up. But Bandcamp is unique for several reasons. Here’s why you’ll love it and why it [...]
Incredible Resources You’ve Never Heard About #5
Over the past few years, several music-related websites have increased in popularity due to the fact that they put every-day people in charge of the decision-making. Sites like iLike allow users to vote their favorite artists into the limelight. It’s much like the blog phenomenon that took place 5 years ago; everyday bloggers became the go-to source [...]
Straight From the Mouth of The Big Guys
Over the past 8 months, a few industry execs have come across Grassrootsy posts featuring their products. See what they have to say about why resources such as Oasis, Tuncore, and Artist Data are so great… 1.] Posted by Brenden Mulligan (ArtistData CEO) in response to “Incredible Resources You’ve Never Heard About #1“ “Thanks for the fantastic writeup. [...]
Incredible Resources You’ve Never Heard About #4
I especially love writing this series b/c it tends to get the most feedback from artists. To see other posts in the “Incredible Resources” series, click here. Kickstarter Ok, I ran into Kickstarter last month, and I LOVE the concept. Chances are that you fall into the same category as most aspiring artist - lotta passion, [...]
The Negatives & Positives of Information Overload
Its overwhelming! The amount of information, resources, social networking sites on the internet is overwhelming. An independent artist has thousands opportunities and avenues to get their music out there. If you’re interested in a few of these, check out the following recent recent blogs. Positive: If one thing doesn’t work, try another Just because 1 band is using [...]
Incredible Resources You’ve Never Heard About #2
Check out the first post in this series… Incredible Resources You’ve Never Heard About #1 So here are a few new artist resources that people have passed on to me in the last month. If you know of any definitely shoot me an email joy[at]joyike[dot]com INDIE ON THE MOVE Indie on the Move is a 100% FREE online resource [...]
little things that make a BIG difference!
Whats the basic rule of thumb? Don’t take anything for granted. Yes, artists are generally big dreamers, but that doesn’t mean you overlook the simple, practical things. If anything it means you need to pay even more attention to the small details in order to make the big things better. Here are few things that [...]
Incredible Resources You’ve Never Heard About #1
In the last month, some new and interesting websites have been passed on to me so I thought I’d do a post on new and underrated music resources for independent artists. If you are aware of other resources please post them in comments…and give Grassrootsy readers a short description of what the they’re all about [...]
A Couple Things Every Artist Should Have – PART 2
Kate Gaffney To read the first blog in this series visit: A Couple Things Every Artist Should Have #1 A GOOD BIO Just like a good press release, a good bio should be written in 3rd person. The idea of being personal is great, but you should have some place online where people can go to [...]
Alternatives – CD Packaging, Production, & Distribution
This is continuation of yesterday’s post: “Starting from Scratch: What it takes to Release a CD“. Read that past to get ideas on CD recording, artwork, photography, and packaging. Now, lets say you don’t want to go the Dismakers or Oasis route (even though they handle digital distribution and other great hookups). Lets say you just [...]
