The prevailing wisdom on Instagram has always been that if you want your posts to reach more people, then you have to use hashtags. The suggested number to use has always been different from year to year though, and for a while that was the major question – how many hashtags should I use for […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Elisa Di Napoli, who’s a holistic life coach, hypnotherapist, author and performer. Elisa specializes in helping professionals and artists overcome creative blocks and beat stage fright so they can better share their gifts with their audience. She’s been a holistic clinical hypnotherapist as well as Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner for two decades, where her approach […]
Continue readingFacebook, Instagram and Twitter each require a different posting strategy than other social platforms in order to receive the most engagement. It’s all about posting at the right time of day and the best day of the week, and those targets move every year. Spout Social has been keeping track of this over the years, […]
Continue readingTikTok is certainly the hottest social platform out there but it doesn’t do you much good unless you use it the right way. Finding that out can be a little hit and miss, but the platform itself now provides some tips to maximize your performance on the platform. The service has done a thorough analysis […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Ron Jones, who’s had a long career writing for some of the biggest hit television shows of our time. Ron has worked a variety of popular prime-time shows like The A-Team, Magnum P.I., Hardcastle and McCormick, Hunter, and Star Trek Next Generation, but he may be better […]
Continue readingI’m really pleased to announce that the The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook 5th edition is now available, and at a special introductory price. Mixing continues to evolve and this latest version reflects all the recent changes in our technology and studio operating methods. What’s New Some of the brand new topics include: Three new mix build […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Larry Jaffee, who’s going to take us behind the scenes of the biggest vinyl selling day of the year, Record Store Day. Larry has been editor in chief of several magazines and websites covering the media and marketing businesses, including Medialine, which specialized in physical music product. […]
Continue readingEver since streaming music began there’s been one constant, the price for a monthly subscription to a streaming music service was always $9.99 per month. That price could be fudged a little when a streaming package was mixed in a bundle or with a family plan, but the basic price hasn’t changed, even with inflation […]
Continue readingSocial media use worldwide continues to increase, which results in some truly astounding numbers. Here’s are some recent social media facts lifted from a post on Social Media Journal that shows us just how much we value our social interactions. 1. We like to share the love. The average internet user has 8.6 social media accounts. 2. […]
Continue readingThe popular narrative about Spotify and streaming services in general is that they pay so little per stream that no one except the A-list artists ever make any real money. You can believe that if you want, but the fact of the matter is that artists do make money from streaming, and Spotify has the […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Gary Lux, who is one of Hollywood’s premier music mixers with literally thousands of projects to his credit. Before stepping out on his own, Gary was the head music mixer for Universal Studios, where he earned two Emmy Award nominations for his work with The Jacksons, and […]
Continue readingThe latest IFPI report just came out look backing at how the global music industry did in 2021. If you take the report at face value, it looks like the music industry had its best year ever last year, coming in at worldwide total of $25.9 billion. While it’s true that its 18.5% $4 billion […]
Continue readingMy guest on the podcast this week is Laura Whitmore, who started her career in the direct marketing department of CBS Records before a 20 year stint as the marketing director for Korg USA. There she was instrumental in marketing, PR and artist relations for the Korg, Marshall, and VOX brands as well as editor […]
Continue readingRegardless of the social platform that you use, your major aim is to increase your fan base and engagement. There are plenty of ways to to do this, but one of the best ways is by utilizing social polls. Poll Benefits Everybody loves a good poll as long as it’s on a topic that your […]
Continue readingIn what looks like an effort to compete with paid third party live streaming apps and tools, YouTube is adding new live stream features that emulates some of what they offer. Apps like Stream Deck, OBS and Ecamm Live undoubtedly have taken a bite out of the active streaming directly from the platform, and YouTube […]
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