JAZZFUEL BLOG
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Mailing Lists for Jazz Musicians: Incentives & Bribes
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...
Press Campaigns | Spring 2021
By Spring 2021, gigs were still largely on hold, but the number of great independent jazz albums only seemed to be growing! We ran press campaigns for 25 album releases (check them out here!) in the first part of the year and have pulled together some key takeaways...
Interview with Mario Steidl of the Austrian Jazzfestival Saalfelden
At the end of August, many international musicians and industry people come together in Saalfelden for a jazz festival against the backdrop of breathtaking mountain scenery. Ranging from intense listening experiences to exuberant dance parties, concerts take place on...
Interview with Dutch Jazz Journalist Mathijs van den Berg
If the goal is to win fans, book more gigs and sell more music, actually making a brilliant album is only half the story: you need to get it out there so people can discover it! Of course, a great way to do this is by getting reviews from trusted journalists...
3 Excellent Bandcamp Pages (Case Study)
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...
Women In Jazz Media | Interview with Fiona Ross
For today's interview we welcome Fiona Ross, founder of Women In Jazz Media, a not-for-profit organisation created to help support and create an equal, diverse, safe and healthy Jazz Industry. WiJM is a team of writers, photographers, painters, musicians, presenters,...
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Jazz Singles on Bandcamp [2 Common Mistakes]
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...
Interview with Øyvind Skjerven Larsen of Oslo Jazz Festival
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges as an independent jazz musician is finding the time to pitch for gigs whilst still practicing, rehearsing, writing and doing all the other jobs you're expected to take care of... But until you have someone doing this for you,...
Facebook: Personal Page vs Artist Page
Love it or hate it, Facebook has more than 2.6 BILLION users and we can only hope that some of those are jazz fans too. Forget meaningless stats such as 'likes' and 'followers' - your challenge is to get your music in front of those potential fans, make them...