Erin Potts, Exec Director & Co-Founder at Air Traffic Control Education Fund, Inc – YouTube

Erin Potts, Exec Director & Co-Founder at Air Traffic Control Education Fund, Inc – YouTube.

This Week in Music – Richard Jones, Manager for PIXIES – YouTube

On the 22nd episode of This Week in Music, Ian Rogers sits down with Richard Jones, Manager for PIXIES to talk about his work as a manager and how he uses direct-to-fan business model with PIXIES and the other artists he manages.

via - Music – This Week in Music – Richard Jones, Manager for PIXIES – YouTube.

YouTube + Email For Media | Topspin Media

As you probably know by now, Topspin entered into an exciting partnership with YouTube and now offers that sold through Topspin can appear on the artist’s YouTube Channel in a Store section. (Read all about it here.) The YouTube announcement got the Creative Services team (me, Parker & Chris) thinking…what else could we do on YouTube? Can we still collect email addresses?

Hell jes.

via YouTube + Email For Media | Topspin Media.

This Week In Music – Robb McDaniels, CEO of INgrooves – YouTube

This Week In Music – Robb McDaniels, CEO of INgrooves – YouTube.

This Week in Music – Jay Frank, CEO DigSin – YouTube

- Music – This Week in Music – Jay Frank, CEO DigSin – YouTube.

Two Questions That Can Help You Sell More Music & Merchandise

If you’re not selling as much music merchandise as you’d like, you might be neglecting to ask these two important questions …

via Bob Baker’s Indie Music Promotion Blog: Two Questions That Can Help You Sell More Music & Merchandise.

How To Get On Spotify For Free: Spotmeup – hypebot

Most digital distributors from Tunecore to The Orchard and CDBaby to IODA  deliver independent music to Spotify.  But I had not seen an alternative for artists that want to avoid all distribution fees or perhaps choose to offer a track only on Spotify. Founded almost a year ago, Spotmeup provides the answer with a simple and free Spotify uploader.

via How To Get On Spotify For Free: Spotmeup – hypebot.

Bands.com: (Almost) Free Direct-To-Fan Sales & Management Platform – hypebot

Taking aim at the likes of BandCamp, OneSheet, BandPage and VibeDeck, Chicago-based Internet media company Emerge Media has released Bands.com – a new platform for artists to aggregate and manage all the digital spaces they currently participate in, and provides a platform on which to sell music and merchandise direct-to-fan.

via Bands.com: (Almost) Free Direct-To-Fan Sales & Management Platform – hypebot.

The Ultimate Facebook Guide to Sell & Promote Your Music

The Ultimate Guide to Selling and Promoting Your Music on Facebook

via The Ultimate Facebook Guide to Sell & Promote Your Music.

Charity Drive – 12 Days of Christmas | Sloan

No, this isn’t Topspin related, nor is it even a tip.  Instead, it is a plea to help a charity on behalf of Canuck rock gods…Sloan.