Music Promotion and Marketing tips for Indie Musicians
What are your music goals for 2016? Do you work best when other people can hold you accountable? We do too. That’s why in this episode, Kevin and Chris each list a few things they hope to accomplish with their music-making in the year ahead. Plus, some guesses at what the music industry will look like 12 months from now. What’s your prediction?
How will the iPad and devices like it change the way we listen to and create music? Is this technology a step forward or a step back in computing? Kevin makes his predictions about the future of independent music and Chris and Bolton weigh in with their thoughts. Listener feedback, laughs and great indie tips! Join in the discussion!
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Kristin Thomson is the Education Director at the Future of Music Coalition, a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture where artists flourish, are compensated fairly for their work, and where fans can find the music they want.  The coalition works to lobby lawmakers to ensure that  the voice of the artist community is heard during the legislation process.  At the moment, fair access to radio is one of the top issues they are working.  Kim will guide us through the tangle of legislation that has drastically shaped the radio landscape and acquaint us with the steps her organization is taking to make radio a more open fair medium.
To learn more about the Future of Music Coalition, go here – http://futureofmusic.org
Dave Kusek is a musician who has been inventing the future of music for the past twenty-five years. He was one of the first to capitalize on the commercial potential of computers and music. As an early synthesizer and electronic music pioneer, Dave cut his teeth on innovation.  Today, Dave Kusek is innovating at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., the premier school for aspiring professional musicians for over half a century. Dave runs Berklee Press, as well as leads Berklee’s major initiative to expand music education worldwide, through an online music school at Berkleemusic.com. An associate professor of music business at Berklee, Kusek also finds time to run Digital Cowboys, his consulting firm.
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