by Carly Schorman – Getting your music “out there” has certainly changed a lot in the last decade or two. If you wanted to DIY it...
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Why Does Being Your Friend Mean Buying Your Album?
Answering the question of Friend vs. Fan is an important one that musicians and artists must tackle before embarking on crowdsource fundraising efforts…
Continue reading...5 (Other) Music Blogs You Should Check Out
5 (Other) Music Blogs You Should Check Out featuring NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION, The Wicked Sound, Balloon Machine, Brutal Resonance, + The Mad Mackerel | YYM+A | your PHX guide to music everywhere
Continue reading...How to Promote Your Band in the Post-Social-Media Era
by Carly Schorman – More than one of the youngsters here at YabYum has made fun of me for still using Facebook. And, although I regularly...
Continue reading...5 Rad Regional Music Blogs You Should Check Out
5 Regional Music Blogs You Should Check Out featuring The Bay Bridged, Vortext Music Magazine, Boston Hassle, Speak Into My Good Eye, + Immersive Atlanta…
Continue reading...Band Basics: Mike Zimmerlich
For our fourth episode of Band Basics, we asked Mike Zimmerlich of 80/20 Records to join us in the studio. As the co-founder and President of 80/20, we talk shop on running a record label, submitting your music, contacting the press, plus a whole lot more. Hosted by Mark Anderson, catch this hour long conversation with Mike and (hopefully) learn a thing or two as they discuss a myriad of topics about being in the music business. Check out our interview with Mike below as well as his Spotify playlist that not only features the two songs we preview in this episode, but a bunch of bands both local and abroad…
Continue reading...Episode 04: Mike Zimmerlich
For our fourth episode of Band Basics, we asked Mike Zimmerlich of 80/20 Records to join us in the studio. As the co-founder and President of 80/20, we talk shop on running a record label, submitting your music, contacting the press, plus a whole lot more. Hosted by Mark Anderson, catch this hour long conversation with Mike and (hopefully) learn a thing or two as they discuss a myriad of topics about being in the music business…
Continue reading...5 Music Blogs You Should Check Out (and Maybe Submit To)
5 Music Blogs You Should Check Out (and Maybe Submit To) featuring American Pancake, Sweet Static, Weirdo Music Forever, POST-TRASH, + All That Shreds…
Continue reading...Social Savvy: James World
by Allyson Bills
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Phoenix’s James World recently went where no band has gone before: on the night of April 3rd, they used the Arizona’s tallest building (the Chase building) to project an image of a globe and a text that read “James World 5/26” in order to promote their upcoming album release show for Funny Dreams at Valley Bar. Their bold promotional tactic caught the eyes of the Downtown Phoenix Community as the band’s Instagram story was flooded with reposts of this image…
Continue reading...Lessons Learned: How to Brand Your Band
In this months Lesson Learned we’re going to go back to basics with band branding. So before you even play a note, here’s a few things to consider…
Continue reading...7 Music Blogs + Playlists You Should Check Out (And Maybe Submit To)
Hey, we know we’re not the only music blog out there so we like to take a moment, now and again, to talk about some cool music supporters out there on the interwebs that we like for the other music-lovers and musicians in our lives (and readership)…
Continue reading...Lessons Learned: 5 Kinds of Band Members
by Brandon Kellum
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There are 5 Kinds Of Band Members. Every band has them. Which one are you?
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