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WWhat the Dominance of Streaming Music Services Means for Indie Artists

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What the Dominance of Streaming Music Services Means for Indie Artists

Todd A

Jan 8, 2016, Digital Distribution
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Unless you were on a total media blackout during December, you crossed paths with one of the countless headlines on how streaming music had

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Your Year in Music By The Numbers

Todd A

Dec 29, 2015, Inspiration
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I’m not a huge analyst of numbers. I think it’s important to keep perspective and keep making things rather than measuring every reaction to

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DGAFing About New Release Friday

Todd A

Dec 22, 2015, Building Your Brand
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One of the beautiful things about being an indie artist: DGAFing about New Release Friday In July of this year, faceless music industry corporate

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Your Website Needs to be Accessible to Everyone

Todd A

Dec 14, 2015, Building Your Brand
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Your Facebook page is not a web presence One of my biggest pet peeves in the post-social-media world in which we live is how lazy musicians can

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Your Releases Need to be Agnostic

Todd A

Dec 8, 2015, Marketing & Promotion
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Your Music Doesn’t Have to be Everywhere but it Has to be Available to Everyone Last week, I saw a friend post on Facebook that he had released

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