DIY Musician's Guide to the Digital Music Economy

By Terrence M. Freeman

Are you a dj, musician or independent artist trying to make a living in the new music industry? Do you want to release the hit songs that you’ve created? Do you produce music? If so, this book is for you!

Nearly everything about the music industry has changed and will continue to do so at warp speeds. In order to have a real shot at successfully releasing your own music, you must understand the new digital music business, and have the proper tools to communicate and engage with your fans so they can reach your music and content at any moment in time.

The DIY Musician’s Guide To The Digital Music Economy encompasses step by step instructions, tools, and resources that you can use in your quest at becoming a successful DIY artist, dj or musician. This guide is filled with fundamental information and key strategies for becoming a more efficient and productive artist while securely releasing your music, and ultimately generating an income! It was written with the independent DIY (do-it-yourself) musician in mind. The DIY Musician’s Guide To The Digital Music Economy will explain:

- Current trends in exploiting and monetizing music
- How set-up your music business and protect your songs and brand
- New ways to generate income from your songs
- Simple tips, resources, and methods for marketing and monitoring your website traffic
- Social media tools and tactics for automating your music marketing strategies, and much more!

The author, Terrence “Free” Freeman, has two decades of experience writing and producing music, managing artists and music producers, running a production company, as well as, extensive knowledge in content marketing and Wordpress development. Freeman’s detailed knowledge of the music business will serve as an asset to all artists: independent or signed with major label, music executives, A&Rs, artist managers, music producers, etc. Everyone is encouraged to read this guide!

Terrence’s comprehensive and practical DIY guide strives to give you the most up-to-date tools that you will need in your entrepreneurial quest of becoming a successful DIY musician, artist, band, DJ, songwriter, or music producer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terrence M. Freeman
• Release date: Apr 24, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310951107

Terrence M. Freeman

Serial entrepreneur, published music producer, artist, audio engineer, musician, music business strategist, and author Terrence “Free” Freeman, coach’s DIY musician’s through the ever changing obstacles of the digital music business. He teaches artist how to leverage technology, implement strategic guerilla marketing plans, and monetize artist to fan interaction.Terrence graduated from Georgia State University with a degree in Commercial Music Management. He’s certified by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Global Intellectual Property Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also certified by Avid Technologies as an audio engineer and operator in Pro Tools. He’s a DIY artist that enjoys writing, producing, and releasing music.

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DIY Musician’s Guide to the Digital Music Economy

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Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Acknowledgments

About This Book

Assumptions

Why I Wrote This Book

Why You Should Read This Book

Chapter 1. The State of Digital Music

Chapter 2. Time Management

Chapter 3. How to Set-Up Your Digital Music Business

Chapter 4. How to Protect Your Music

Chapter 5. How to Sell Your Music

Chapter 6. How Your Songs Make Money

Chapter 7. How to Market Your Music

Chapter 8. Measure and Modify

Chapter 9. The Future of the Digital Music Economy

About the Author

References

Appendix A: DIY Musician Organizations

Appendix B: DIY Musician’s Resources

Preface

From as far back as I can remember I have been a creator. Even before I understood that being artistic is a very precious gift that should be expressed and celebrated at all costs. Every facet of our lives encompasses some form of music. Imagine for a moment what a party, a club, a festival, or just simply riding in your car would be like without music. However, music can’t exist, without it first being created by people like you and me, the artists and musicians, who make it. Fortunately for us, the current direction and business model of our industry is undergoing forced change. In the innovation rules, ask for forgiveness rather than permission, private equity driven startup ecosystem, startup technology companies like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter are rapidly changing the way music is created, marketed, distributed and consumed. You can literally create a song and have it available for sale in less than one week. The process that once took months and a team of professionals can now be done by one person

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If finding your place in the world seems like an incredibly daunting task this book will be a breath of fresh air to get you started.