As an independent jazz musician, how do you encourage fans to sign-up for your mailing list? Having an active list of jazz fans is valuable. It provides a base audience for new music, tickets to gigs, or anything else you happen to sell. But as anyone who has worked on this will know, actually getting …
Need some inspiration to get the most out of your Bandcamp page? I’ve found three jazz musicians who have done something great with their pages. Whether it’s great merch or smart use of different features, they’ve found something powerful – and useful – about using Bandcamp. In fact, they all use it as their main …
When you think about releasing music on Bandcamp, do you think mainly about selling full albums? I bet you do… People often associate singles with Spotify and the big streaming platforms, rather than on more direct online stores. But that strategy of releasing frequently to keep traffic flowing works on Bandcamp too! And, on top …
As every jazz musician who’s self-released music knows, picking a digital music distributor to get your tunes into online stores like Spotify and Apple is a seemingly simple task which somehow ends up turning into a time-consuming and confusing decision. In this article, Will Chernoff simplifies the process by looking at the different offerings of …