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The Musician’s Guide to Taking over NAMM Part I – Why You Need to Be There
The NAMM show is an event that happens in Anaheim, California every January, typically running from a Thursday through to Sunday, and is attended by musicians, vendors, and industry people from all around the world. The acronym stands for the ‘National Association of Music Merchants’ which is a not-for-profit organization that serves the $17 [...]
How to Teach Music Online
As a musician, you want to have as many ways to make a few bucks available to you as possible, from playing shows, to selling various merch such as tshirts, custom cds, DVDs, posters and the like and from earning royalties on plays on online radio or iTunes downloads. But over and above that, sometimes [...]
The Top 3 Things Your Band Can and Probably Should Avoid on Stage
Playing shows can be one of the most rewarding experiences of being in a band, there’s the instant feedback of the crowd, their energy mixed with yours, the chance to get out there and do what you love in front of an audience and maybe make a few new fans and a few bucks in [...]
2011 in Review: How to Conduct Your Own Year in Review
Twitter’s done it, so has yahoo, and now it’s time that you should consider doing it too – that is conducting your very own 2011 year in review. The year in review is a collection of the highlights (and sometimes the low-lights as well!) of your band’s year, or if you’re not in a band, [...]
2011 in Review: Top 5 Mixonic Articles to Change Your Band’s (Musical) Life
If you’re an avid blog-reader, then you may have noticed a common trend in the blogosphere, and that is for bloggers to post their ‘Year in Review.’ This is a great way for the blogger and blog followers alike to take a look back at things they might have missed and pick out the best [...]
Is the Direct to Fan Approach the Sales Model of the Future?
Most bands start out with this business model, selling their own CDs and merch at shows, before moving on to selling MP3’s through sites like iTunes, and then eventually even getting signed to a record label who takes over things, flipping the script on the sales model, which no longer becomes direct to fan – [...]
Show Flyers – Should you go Digital?
The flyer is synonymous with promoting your band’s shows, but in today’s ever-increasing online world, are physical posters a thing of the past? Or should we still be sticking to our old faithful flyers?
A recent article on HypeBot entitled ‘How to Adapt Your Gig Posters to a Digital World’ argues for a place for both [...]
DVD Authoring Services Now Available at Mixonic!
Made an indie movie, filmed an instructional video, or several hours worth of your band playing live? If the answer is yes, and you’re thinking about releasing it on DVD, then you are going to want it to be polished, professional and easy for your audience to use. That is where DVD authoring comes in, [...]
How to Handle Merch Splits with Venues
So you have booked yourself a show, or perhaps even a full tour, and you’ve had your t-shirts printed, and your CD’s pressed, posters made and every other type of merch you could possibly want to take on tour with you and you’ve just rolled up to the venue ready to load in, when you [...]
Phone Interviews for Musicians – Five Top Tips
The phone interview, or the ‘phoner’ as it is more colloquially known is a very important part of any band or musician’s career. The phoner is a chance to talk one on one with an interviewer about youself, your band, and your music in a much more in depth way than perhaps an email or [...]
