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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 [...]
What Type of Merch Should Your Band Bring On Tour Part II – Dotted Music Guest Post
Every month Mixonic contributes a guest blog to the Dotted Music blog. This month our piece was spread over two parts, ‘What Type of Merch Should Your Band Bring on Tour – Part I‘ and ‘What Type of Merch Should Your Band Bring on Tour- Part II’. The first part covered items like t-shirts, keychains, [...]
The Mixonic Guide to a Better Band Photoshoot Part Two –Planning the Shoot
Once you have your photographer chosen (learn more about this in part one) things to work out may include: who owns the photos when they’re done – you or the photographer?
If you are hiring them and paying them money to take the photos, you would assume your band owns the rights to the photos, right? [...]
The Mixonic Guide to a Better Band Photoshoot Part One – Finding the Right Photographer
Band & artist photos are a completely necessary part of any band or artist’s promotional efforts – a band photograph is used for anything from the posters for upcoming shows, to album cover art, to utilizing on Facebook and other web presences and social media, in press kits, for potential reviews, interviews and other press [...]
Five Tips for a Better Band Facebook Fanpage
If you don’t have a Facebook fanpage for your band or solo music project – or indeed just about any company or creative project these days, you are missing out on the many opportunities to interact with fans and potential new fans that a Facebook Fanpage allows. Here are five tips for a better band [...]
Ten Websites Your Band Needs To Utilize
The internet is the most important resource a musician can use these days to get their music heard. The following are ten websites your band should not be missing out on:
Youtube.com, Youtube, as discussed previously, is one of the most viewed websites in the world, all musicians should be taking advantage of this great opportunity [...]



