Break Till Further

Sorry all for the lack of posts but I will be incognito till March. The site will remain up of course, but no new material till march. I will NOT be available on Hot Indie Music World either till after march.
Feel free to leave messages or comments, but again do not expect a [...]

Guess Where 20% of Rihanna’s Music Sales Came From?

Rio Caraeff, the executive vice president of Universal Music Group’s digital division, said 20% of Rihanna’s revenue came from ring tones. You can read the rest of what Mr. Caraeff told the New York Times in the article titled Music Sales Fell in 2008, but Climbed on The Web.
Web Sales Not Enough To [...]

Get Your Internet Radio Station

Indie Artists, get your own online radio shows and/or stations now!! I’ve preached this time and time again so I won’t go into depth. Radio stations are getting killed right now because companies are not buying ad time. New York Times just covered this story (read here) and if you still don’t believe [...]

Luda’s Picks on WeMix.com

I recommend that all indie artists use social networks to help promote their music online. One of the social networks I recommend is Ludacris’ WeMix.com. The site is still a work in progress, but it has a very valuable feature that most social networks due not have. What is it? It’s [...]

It Takes Time It Takes Time….

to generate revenue as an indie artist. Just ask Michael Buckley, the self-taught host of a celebrity chatter show. Michael is not and indie artists but rather indie comedian/impersonator that is making a living on YouTube. He is part of YouTube’s partner program that splits its ad revenue with the creators of [...]

Big Labels Getting Desperate So….

Indie artists have your albums ready and available (to sell yourself of course). Yes, when it happens just remember I said it first, the record labels are going to tank until the entertainment industry, along with the rest of American government and private industry, adopt more efficient infrastructure. In short government and private [...]

Indie Music Artists Overlook A Simple Self Promotion….

tactic. Make your best song the ring tone on your cell phone. Do it….do it now. Make your family members do it as well as your significant others. Remember you want to get people to hear the song all the time.
Yeah this one was short and sweet =).

Jamille Luney
Music Analyst
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John Nash’s Economic Theory Explains Why Millions of Indie Artists Go Undiscovered

Online Music Retailers Over Crowded
In the past I have stressed the importance of signing up with online distributors such as itunes. This is true, but now there is an over population problem on these sites. There are way too many indie artists overshadowing each other and getting lost in the shuffle. The [...]

Atlantic Records Reports More Than Half of Its Sales From Digital Downloads

Yes we all knew it was coming, but Atlantic records was the first to hit the milestone according the International Herald Tribune, The Global Edition of the New York Times. There is not much to tell here, indie artists you know what this means. Press CDs for live events and promotional venues, but [...]

Do It Yourself!!!

I recently read an article where a man created a cell phone game is his spare time (he still held a day job) and uploaded on apple’s
i phone application store. For those of you who don’t know what that is, the i phone application store is a store like i tunes where you can [...]