Music Promotion and Marketing tips for Indie Musicians
Micro-sync licensing might sound like small peanuts, but indie musician Josh Collum has earned over $200,000 from online sync opportunities, Audio Swap, YouTube lyric videos, and other user-generate content. In this episode, Josh talks about how he quickly grew his micro-sync revenues from a few hundred dollars a year to tens of thousands every quarter.
The soundtrack video referenced in this podcast can be found HERE.
Want to see how people are using music in wedding videos? Watch THIS.
Over the past decade, independent artists have begun to earn significant income from traditional licensing opportunities in TV and film; but with YouTube quickly becoming the most popular online music-discovery platform, there are countless opportunities out there too, and CD Baby is helping artists get paid for it!
CD Baby has partnered with music licensing firm Rumblefish to help CD Baby artists generate new revenue by licensing their music for movies, TV shows, ads, video games, apps, and YouTube. In this episode you’ll learn what sync licensing and Micro-Sync are and how you can take advantage of these new revenue streams.
Klayton is an artist, producer, songwriter, plus more!  In true DIY style, he turned his musical passions into a full time career. After being burned by the old school music business, he set out on his own to do things his way, and the result has been overwhelming success as an indie artist.  Celldweller tracks can be heard all over TV and Film, but beyond that, he has built his own musical brand and identity and continues to experiment with new methods for recording and releasing music.
Check out the latest release from Celldweller here http://www.cdbaby.com/celldweller14
Guess what? We’ve got a hotline: 206-426-5683. We’ve asked artists to call in and tell us about mistakes they’ve made in their music careers and what they’ve learned from these mistakes. In this episode, find out what songs you shouldn’t play at an Narcotics Anonymous meeting house, why not to taunt your audience at a roadhouse in Ohio and more. Plus music news and other indie delights!
As mentioned in the show : Nielson Soundscan’s State of the Industry Report
Closing song is by CD Baby artist: The Morals
Kevin shares his adventures in the land of 10,000 bands at SXSW (South by South West). Radiohead hits another line-drive and we wrap up our sync licensing episodes with some final insights. Join us as we do our darndest to help you find success in all your musical endeavors.
Music for this episode is provided by CD Baby artist Narwhal Vs. Narwhal
Radiohead’s multitrack downloadable, remixable, iTunes single is Here
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See your music featured in movies, TV, radio or the web, and make money doing it! This is Part One of our two part special on sync licensing. Don’t know what sync licensing is? That’s what we’re here for! Increasingly, TV shows, films and advertising agencies are looking to indie musicians to find the perfect song for their project. Likewise, indie artists are looking to make their music available to services that can often times turn their tunes into income. Sync licensing is the process that makes this all happen. In this episode, Kevin interviews CD Baby artist Gavin Heaney (Latch Key Kid), whose music ended up in a recent Super-Bowl commercial, as well as Joey Prather, who owns Blue Scout Music, a music licensing company in Portland, OR.
The music in the show is from CD Baby Artist Latch Key Kid
The Coke commercial mentioned, can be found on the Latch Key Kid website.
Blue Scout Music can be found here.
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