Our sixth episode features Rob Bravery, a singer-songwriter born in Bristol, UK and currently living in Melbourne, Australia. Rob has been compared to the sounds of Radiohead and James Blake; he has released numerous albums over the last ten years after being signed to a major publishing deal, the latest of which is “Agoraphobe’s Bossa […]
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Episode #5 is a warm reunion of LEVL8 co-founders Nick Sadler and Matt Ryan! Matt is also the director at Par Excellence and over the course of his career he has managed artists such as Foreign Beggars, Alix Perez, The Upbeats and Shades.In this episode the two will go over the reality of artist management […]
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Do you want to have your own successful record label, releasing music to thousands of adoring fans? Do you want a blueprint you don’t have to think about, and can just crack on with creating your label? And do you want to do this in just 7 steps? You are in the right place! This […]
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The Ultimate Hacks To Boost Your Instagram Followers From Three Industry Professionals. Maddy Raven(Burstimo) Damian Keyes(DK Music Management) Adam Ivy(Marketing Mentor and Music Producer) Instagram is one of the biggest platforms that music fans engage with daily. If you are an artist or record label, then it’s vital that you are actively using the platform […]
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Watch the video below to get a rundown of what to expect as a member of The Label Machine. Features IncludeBlueprints: Step-by-step practical guides, with hours of easy-to-follow tutorial videos that cover the four main phases of setting up a record label ; planning, building, running, and growing.Checklists and Templates: Multiple checklists and templates used […]
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In this post we will discuss what a music distributor is, what they actually do for you, and how they make money. We then breakdown the different types of distribution available and review the distribution companies available to you. And finally give you some real world examples of the distribution deals we have done.Your distributor […]
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In this article we look at the eight elements that make up a record label business plan, and work through the template providing examples you can edit for your own record label.Writing a business planRunning a successful record label is like running any other successful business, first and foremost you need a plan.Every business I […]
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We are going to look at how to be your own PR machine.For bigger music campaigns and albums you might decide to work with external PR company, however many indie labels will run PR in-house to keep costs down and to have more control over ensuring the music is being pushed out to the right […]
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Why artists very rarely get signed from sending an unsolicited demo to established independent record labels.This article explains why an unsolicited demo sent to a record label has a slim chance of being signed, and what you can do to increase your chances of being signed and have a career in music. I’ve never signed an […]
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