How To Use Submithub: An Interview with Founder, Jason Grishkoff
If you are trying to get publicity or on playlists you most probably have already heard of SubmitHub. But if you haven’t, it's a platform that allows you to submit your music for a small fee to music bloggers, playlisters, and tastemakers who can help to give your...
Understanding Spotify and Lyrics Sync With MusixMatch
Apple, Amazon music, Spotify, and many other streaming platforms have an amazing lyric sync partnership through MusixMatch. What Is a Lyric Sync, You May Ask? A lyric sync is a visual aid that shows fans the lyrics to a song as it is being played on your device. When...
Musicians Guide to Using Bitly
URL shorteners are must-have tools in today’s world of marketing and branding. Sharing information is critical, but you have to be able to keep it brief. With character limits on social media platforms, a host of developers and software brands started creating short...
What Are Music Stems And Why Should We Care?
When working on releasing new music, you may have heard the phrase; "music stems". Many of our self-producing artists know the term well but many may not. Music stems are key to have (or create) if you are considering monetizing music with synch If you are not sure...
5 Things Every Artist Should Know About Music Publicity
I was delighted to be interviewed by Manafest - Chris Greenwood - the founder of Smart Music Business about my latest book The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity. It's short and sweet and packed with great advice about public relations for musicians! We identified 5...
9 Critical Music Publicity Tips You Should Know
We decided to refresh our Music Publicity Checksheet freebie (if you haven't already downloaded that, click here now!), so we thought it only see fit to refresh this old blog post from 2016 for 2022! You have your music, your vision, and you are eager to make that...
How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 3
Getting that first article or review written on a music blog can feel like a daunting task. Two great places to start are music blogs in your local area or with online calendar editors (assuming that you don’t live in New York, Los Angeles or another massive city)...
How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 2
In Part 1 of "How to Be Your Own Music Publicist," I took you through all the different elements of an effective digital press kit and talked about the fact that you need to have them available for the media to easily access. Here, in How To Be Your Own Music...
How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 1
The world of DIY music publicity can feel very overwhelming. Sadly, a lot of artists get bad advice when they are just starting out that the first thing they should do is go out and hire a music publicist. We don't think this is the best advice at all as you may not...
Musician’s Guide to Marketing Plans: The Nuts & Bolts – Pt. 1
These Musician Marketing Plan posts are the most popular series at Cyber PR Music. They are fully updated for 2022. In this ever-changing landscape, we see the same issue consistently: A vast majority of musicians don’t create long-term marketing plans. Artists skip...
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