Do you want more control over your music and branding on the #1 streaming platform in the world? Then you need an Official Artist Channel on YouTube. We’re really excited to give CD Baby clients first access to YouTube artist verification, helping you claim your Official Artist Channel from within your CD Baby dashboard! What …
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Andrew Duhon is a singer-songwriter from New Orleans. His 2014 release The Moorings was nominated for a Grammy for “Best Engineered Album.” Duhon’s latest record, False River, was produced by Eric Masse and was released in 2018. Since quarantine, he’s written and recorded 18 tracks from his “Quarantine Songs” series that will be released as …
Have you ever heard actors talk about the difference between acting in a play versus acting in a film? Actors will often talk about how they have to exaggerate their movements and facial expressions on stage in order to get their point across. While on the other hand, an actor in a film can use …
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Art Tracks on YouTube seem to cause a lot of confusion for musicians. Who can view them? Who owns them? Where do they live? Can I see mine? Do I even need Art Tracks for my music? Let’s dive in. What is a YouTube Art Track? According to YouTube, an Art Track is an automatically …
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When distributing your music, it’s important to not put all your streaming platform eggs in one basket. While Spotify is a popular streaming platform, there are plenty of other platforms you should be distributing to in order to maximize your revenue. Case in point: Apple Music is often right alongside Spotify as the two major …
YouTube monetization is a vital source of money for many musicians — and it’s just ONE of several important forms of music revenue from YouTube. What are those different revenue sources? How is that money generated on YouTube? And how do you collect it all? Read on! Before we get too far into the topic of …
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Good photos are a key part of your promotional toolkit as a musician. Whether you’re using these photos for social media, album artwork, your Spotify profile, or getting press, your next band photo shoot should yield a variety of images that are: High-quality Visually compelling Reflective of your current style Most importantly, your musician photos …
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These days, there are more ways for musicians to make money from their work than ever before. In the modern era, downloads and streaming have become the new “traditional” revenue sources; that is, the ones most artists are familiar with and know they can earn money from based on use of their sound recording and …
Look, 2020 sucked. That shouldn’t be a controversial take at the end of a year with a seemingly endless string of challenges, setbacks and generally terrible news almost every day. The global COVID pandemic hit nearly every industry square in the jaw, with workers in numerous fields out of work due to temporary (and in …
