IndieLab - Promoting Independent Indie Music in the UK and Beyond http://indielab.co.uk Providing Resources and Tips on Innovative Music Promotion for Independent Artists in the UK and Beyond Tue, 10 May 2011 12:30:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Selling your music online – Bandcamp vs Topspin I’ve been asked by a few people recently for a recommendation on the best way to sell music online via your own website rather than one of the major distributers like iTunes. There are loads of options out there and…

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2011/05/selling-your-music-online-bandcamp-vs-topspin/ How To Steal Like An Artist And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me – Austin Kleon

A brilliant article by the artist and writer Austin Kleon, written from experience it has some brilliant little inspirational insights.

How To Steal Like An Artist And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me – Austin Kleon.

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2011/05/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me-austin-kleon/ Shane Beales – A New Year Happy New Year from everybody at Indielab, we’re not sure what the new year will hold for us here but in the meantime enjoy this absolute gem of a track and music video from Shane Beales.

A song…

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2011/01/shane-beales-a-new-year/ Hootsuite – Twitter Tools for Musicians I recently saw Martin Atkins from Tour Smart speak at a conference and he was singing the praises of Hootsuite as a great tool for musicians who are using Twitter to market their music and keep in touch…

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/06/hootsuite-twitter-tools-for-musicians/ Quicklinks: 360 Deals, Creating A Good Digital Music Strategy and There’s a really good article on Music Think Tank explaining 360 Deals

Also on Music Think Tank is a great series of articles about creating a good digital music strategy. A PDF of the whole article is…

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/06/360-deals-and-creating-a-good-digital-music-strategy/ Midas Fall – 17 We really like this haunting track and video from Midas Fall. Check out the album and more info at http://www.myspace.com/midasfall.

Midas Fall – 17 from monotreme records on Vimeo.

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/05/midas-fall-17/ Un-Convention Factory

The Un-convention team pulled off another fantastic event last week with the debut of Un-Convention Factory. It brought together about 300 people to discuss and debate working as an independent musician in the post major label…

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/05/un-convention-factory/ How To Make It In Music – Mag Book Review We’ve been sent through a copy of the new Mag Book “How to make it in Music” and we have to admit, it’s rather good! It has apparently been written by musicians for musicians and covers everything from dealing with…

]]> http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/05/how-to-make-it-in-music-mag-book-review/ Susan Enan http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/04/susan-enan/ FEATURE: Susan Enan – Bring on the Wonder, Bring on the Song http://indielab.co.uk/blog/2010/04/feature-susan-enan-bring-on-the-wonder-bring-on-the-song/