Music Industry Business Consulting and Label Services - Everything you need to know about getting your career in the music industry off to the right start. We will provide you with in-depth and personal consultation on any of the subjects below and we’ll help you design the type of session that will get you the answers you need to navigate the music industry.
- Writing a Business Plan
- Licenses – LLCs vs Sole Proprietorships
- Revenue and sales planning
- Marketing strategies
- Social Media
- Creating effective and low cost music videos
- Selecting album singles
- Website design and e-Commerce
- SEO/SEM strategy
- Understanding how Google ranks your website and your links
- Google Analytics
- Online advertising strategies
- Band Bios
- Photography
- Copyrights
- Performance rights organizations
- The RIAA and The Grammy Foundation
- Music publishing
- Music Licensing
- Album Pre Production
- Recording
- Finding the right studio and engineer for your band
- Mixing
- Mastering
- Choosing the right format for releasing your album
- CD and vinyl manufacturing – qty discounts and pricing negotiation
- Manufacturing timelines and managing the process and delivery of your product
- Distribution
- Merchandise and assortment planning
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The album release and pre-album release press push
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- Effective strategies and timelines for a successful album release
- Planning your album release show
- Press contacts
- Radio Promotion
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Touring - US and European options - routing and planning strategies
- How to effectively integrate festival bookings into your touring strategy to increase the profitability of your tour
- The post-album release press strategy
- Accounting and royalty calculations, revenue models
- Business Analytics
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Networking strategies
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Contracts, lawyers, music managers and how to protect your assets
- Knowing your audience and managing career expectations
