Spotify adds a new functionality to help you support your virtual concerts. You can now list your “virtual events” on Spotify. You can also pin them to the top of your artist profile. In certain cases, Spotify will even send an email to your followers about your upcoming live streams. Earlier this year Spotify enabled …

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Most musicians can keep live-streaming on Facebook Musicians, artists, bands, please read: There is so much misinformation and misleading headlines about Facebook’s change to “listening experiences” happening on October 1st, so I wanted to help clarify. In short: If you’re doing a concert from your living room, singing your own songs, you have nothing to …

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Artists can now live stream on Amazon Music through Twitch The rise of live streaming has been one of the major storylines in the music industry during the current pandemic, with artists who normally would play live shows in person acclimating to the format and expanding it in ways no one could have predicted. Twitch …

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CD Baby is placing music by many independent artists in high-profile TV shows and films, and you could be the next success! Want your music to be used in film and TV? CD Baby’s sync licensing program has placed an impressive amount of songs on every major network, in big budget films, and on many …

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Get heard on Resso, the innovative music-streaming service from ByteDance CD Baby continues to make big international moves on behalf of your music, helping your songs reach more and more listeners around the world.  In the past six months we’ve announced partnerships with Tencent in China, Boomplay in Africa, and Hungama in India; now we’ve partnered …

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Singing Away the Sorrows: Maintaining Your Voice During COVID-19 Let’s be honest: COVID sucks. Of course, this deadly virus has impacted every community. And this situation has been rough on musicians and artists of all stripes; especially singers. That’s because singers are at even higher risk of infection. You probably already know this, but singing …

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How to build an audience for your music with online advertising There’s one thing that every artist wants: FANS! Loyal listeners don’t invent themselves though. They have to be found, wowed, and converted. Found, wowed, and converted — by you.  Why should you advertise your music? There’s a movie where a ghost tells a guy to …

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How to promote your band without breaking the bank You want an affordable way to promote your band, but you don’t have it in the budget to pay for the standard marketing strategies. Fortunately for you, expanding your fan base is easier than you think. It’s less expensive as well. With a little help from …

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Our I Use CD Baby giveaway starts today! One thing is clear from the events of the past few months: independent artists are writing, recording and releasing more music than anyone anticipated. As a CD Baby artist, you’re part of that community, and we want to celebrate your creativity while giving you a chance to …

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Want to get your song or video in front of the right new listeners?   We do too. That’s why we’re really excited to announce the launch of a new Interactive Ads format within Show.co’s Ad Builder tool. It’s the easiest way to build your audience online.  You can now instantly turn any Spotify track …

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