If you are a fan of indie rock you probably have your favorite sources to locate new music. But what if you want to find the music before it even makes it to places like Spotify or Pandora? How do you find independent …
Category: Music Industry
Why You Won’t Read A Bad Review on Ear to the Ground
Recently we came across some sites that took countless opportunities to lambaste some new albums dropped by known acts. They took pride in their creative way of basically saying, “This album is not worth your time”. And while we appreciate a good critique, …
Artist Interview: Rising Artist Spritely Shares Her Thoughts And Her New Video
We have dug the tunes from Spritely for awhile. The product of the music program at The University of Southern California, she is able to make pop tunes with a high level of intelligence and heart. Her website calls her brand of artistry “emo music, …
What’s it like to try out for The Voice? An interview with Dame Cassandra!
We’re all about learning how artists “make it” in the industry, so we asked a friend of the site Dame Cassandra about her recent experiences trying out for NBC’s hit show The Voice. We think you’ll really enjoy her insights here: 1) So …
Genre Escalator Pitch – Describe your sound quickly and effectively – Guest post from Clarence Charron
Photo credit: Gideon Tsang Flickr – Creative Commons Have you ever heard of an elevator pitch? It’s the classic sales technique of a being able to describe exactly what one’s company does to a potential client or investor in a literal elevator ride, …
Artist Interview: The Kite String Tangle’s Danny Harley Talks New Music, Starting a Label, and Losing to Iggy Azalea
One listen to The Kite String Tangle and you are hooked. The downtempo, indie electro brainchild of Australia’s Danny Harley, has generated buzz from his Vessels EP that featured the incredibly visceral “Arcadia”. This particular track has over 15 million streams on Spotify alone, and garnered an …
New Video: Good Things about the Music Industry in 2017
Maybe you don’t love vlogs. But maybe you do. Anyways, if you’re interested in the music industry, why don’t you have a slice of this positivity. If you enjoy the video, please give it a like and subscribe. We hope to have more …
Branded Content at EarToTheGround Music
As some of you might realize, this website began as a dream to help music fans and bands find one another. Sure, we offer criticism and commentary, but really we want to connect people. We want to connect amazing people doing amazing things …
20 Folk Music Blogs for 2017
Last year we decided to do a blog ranking article just as a way of making a contribution to our small little corner of the internet. Well thank you to everyone who viewed that post. It was really successful for us and allowed …
Why Does My Music Always Get Rejected from Blogs?
Why Does My Music Always Get Rejected from Blogs? Have you been sending music via email to blogs for weeks, months, or maybe years and getting no response? Are you frustrated by the lack of response and when you get one, it’s a …
