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How to Get Your Music Discovered in 2021?

The music industry is extremely competitive and each musician tries all possible ways to get music discovered. Luckily, it's 2021, and it is easier than ever to get your music noticed and recognized by the community, meaning no more reliance on record companies to listen to your CD and sign you to their label.

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7 Incredible Ways to Engage Your Fans on Social Media

Oh boy, social media is literally the coolest thing for ANY individual right now. As a band member and artist in general you should never neglect using social media channels to engage your fans and promote your brand image. Many tips have been created to help you with this and here’s the selection of the most effective ways for you.

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How to Build Your Band Image?

Creating an image for your band might be frustrating and time-consuming, but this is something you MUST do. Developing your artist brand is a crucial step in your music marketing plan and overall development of your music career so that your band image will be cemented in the hearts and minds of your followers.

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10 Things You MUST Do to be Successful as a Musician

The heart of the matter is that success in the music industry (or any field, apparently) doesn’t happen overnight. You will have to invest your time and efforts to be successful as a musician, alongside having patience, tenacity, acceptance of criticism, and even some failure to clarify your goals and make your aspirations come true. Below are 10 things you must do to grow as an artist in the music industry.

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What Are Some Unusual Questions to Ask a Band at a Meet-and-Greet?

Meeting a band, in general, can be overwhelming and a bit frightening. “What do I ask?” “How do I behave?” “Who do I ask first?” And dozens of other questions might be popping up in your mind before a long-awaiting meet-and-greet. Well, a no-no is to scream and ask them to sign your bra or something else.

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3 Ways to Get More Music Fans

When starting out, you will not have thousands of loyal fans, but you can get a few diehards that will show up to most of your gigs and support you!

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Stage Presence

Stage presence is a critical component of every successful musician’s career. Are you ready?

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Protecting Your Hearing

Everyone knows there is a hearing-loss risk from loud music, but that doesn't mean you can't join your friends at a Rival Sons concert or take a date to your favorite rock club.

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Fan Expectations

Knowing what kind of music a band plays before going to a show increases the likelihood of having a good time.

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Band Insights

Learning what songs your fans like helps your band deliver better shows and build a deeper connection with them.

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Building Relationships

Jukebox Live provides exciting new ways for local cover bands and their fans to easily find each other and stay connected before and during a show.

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Inspiration for Jukebox Live

Jukebox Live is an app designed by musicians for musicians AND fans. We believe that the relationship between fans and bands is the most important aspect of live music.

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