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Tag Archives: music industry
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Musicians and Artists Commenting on Submithub.com
Artists on Submithub.com Earlier I wrote an article from the perspective of a blogger on why we appreciate SubmitHub so much. One might be wondering, though, how artists feel about it. We’ve met some great artists over the past five years of running …