Here are 10 music blogs we think you should be reading in order to filter out the noise and get right to the important information. We’d recommend you spend at least an hour a day in between your every day tasks checking out these sites, scanning the headlines for interesting information.
Hypebot posts daily
content for indie musicians and record labels. Their posts are often
long but well worth reading, also check out the comments on their posts
as these are nearly always interesting.
Not necessarily a blog but it has everything you
need to know about digitalised music. You’ll struggle to find sites that
break news faster than these guys.
A blog for
musicians written by musicians. Generally if you’ve thought about it
they’ve written about it, a great musicians to musician site.
We aim to post
helpful tips and advice for musicians to enable them to create
sustainable careers, focussing on music marketing and technology. You
can subscribe to our blog by clicking here.
Mostly unrelated to
music but when it comes to marketing and thinking ‘outside the box’
Seth is a good read, just be sure to interpret his posts so that they
are music relevant.
An entire community
of music bloggers giving away their information and experiences.
Managed by Hypebot, MTT will push the most popular and interesting blogs
to their front page for you.
Advice for new and emerging artists with simple clear and informative posts. Usually monthly posts and all well worth a read.
A mixture of videos and text, Bob Baker writes advice based on music marketing and self promotion for indie artists and bands.
Passive Promotion
focusses on “Set It and Forget it” music promotion, as well as posts on
music production mastering and mixing as written by a mastering engineer
and recording artist.
In their own words
Make It In Music are “dedicated to helping musicians make it in their
own terms.” Covering everything from promotion to interview techniques.
There are other
great blogs out there so if these don’t fit for you then have a look
around they’re easy to find. We’d also recommend following these blogs
on Twitter, so you not only have their headlines amongst your feed but
also see what accounts and websites they interact with.
Have you got a favourite music blog that wasn’t featured above? Let us know by tweeting us!
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