If you’ve ever appreciated the work we do at EarToTheGround supporting musicians and artists, then we finally made something for you to hold in your hands. Here it is – the highly anticipated interviews book. We complete each interview as a labor of …
Category: Music Industry
Top 25 Indie Rock Blogs for 2018
These ranking articles are really fun to write, even though people don’t always agree with our ranks. But here’s the fun thing about a list like this. You are sure to find a blog or two that you have never heard of before …
Top 25 Folk Music Blogs for 2018
Here it is – the highly anticipated ranking of folk music blogs for 2018. Okay, so maybe not super anticipated, but we definitely see a lot of traffic on these types of articles so we’re happy to put one together. There was definitely …
Five Tips for Naming Your Band
We get the chance to see a lot of band names. We won’t publicly tell you the names of the “bad” but we’ve found some pretty difficult ones. Here are a few things to consider while naming your band. 1) Don’t name your …
How do you discover music?
Let’s call this an editorial with a question. How do you discover music? We hear from a lot of PR firms that they would like artists to be added to our playlists so that you, the readers can discover them. But is that …
The Ten Most Popular Blogs on SubmitHub.com
As many of you know, we use SubmitHub.com to process our submissions. It streamlines the process for us and really helps us cover more music in an efficient way. But we are a very, very small fish in this massive ocean of the …
Guest Editorial: Cultural Opportunity Cost by Dominic Go
I’d like for you to take a moment to think about two types of experiences that you’ve had. First, think about a moment when you heard a song for the first time, and it absolutely floored you. You couldn’t explain why, but right …
Editorial Note: Our Direction for 2018
Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2017. From people who purchased our book, read articles ranking blogs, enjoyed our features on new artists, or listened to our playlists, we enjoyed the eager participation from a variety of people. If we open …
How do you decide what music to cover on this site?
Today we’re going to address a common FAQ about EarToTheGround Music. In fact, quite a few people have gotten upset with us for not covering their music. We’re sorry, honestly. If we loved every submission we got, we would have to own a …
Fastball Member Tony Scalzo Talks Life As A ’90’s Hitmaker, Advice For Up and Coming Bands, and A Less Than Satisfying Collaboration With Billy Preston
“We have sort of an invisible band name,” explains Fastball bassist/vocalist Tony Scalzo. “Everyone knows our songs but we tend not to do well even in our hometown of Austin . . . they perceive us as ‘90’s one-hit wonders.” If you are …
