We’ve all come to associate web design with painful, expensive, and – if we’re honest – pretty ungratifying experiences.
It’s different now.
This video on musician web design shows how you can set up your music website in 10 – 15 minutes with WordPress. It’s not complicated, it’s not technical, and it’s 100% free (apart from web hosting, obviously).
Sure, there’s still SOME times when you’ll want to pay a developer to do it for you. SOME things are tricky. But for most of us, we can get exactly what we need – a good looking site that tells our fans, friends, and all in sundry really, who we are and what we’re about, and they can grab a listen to our music. FREE. In a few minutes.
There’s a lot of buzz floating around about NuMuBu! The creators claim, “NuMuBu empowers the individuals and businesses that make up our industry by providing them with the tools and the network to succeed.” I visited the today and created an account under ‘Artist Development’. There are way too many features to list here, but the NuMuBu Intro Video outlines the site pretty well. Check it out and let me know…
Here’s a subject that’s certainly making its rounds within industry circles. Google’s new APP INVENTOR! It’s free and apparently user friendly as it requires NO programming knowledge. This video is pretty basic, but I think you will see the potential. Learn more about it at http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about. Oh yeah, there is a waiting period, so sign up now!
Merge.fm is a web application that let’s fans be there when great songs are made by their favorite artists. Looks & sounds pretty cool to me. Check out the video, then visit http://merge.fm/
I’ve signed up and it’s pretty freaking cool! That’s all I’ve got to say about that. Draw your own conclusions as to how this fits into your hectic touring schedule. Watch the video, then head on over to http://google.com/voice
I’ve just installed WordPress 3.0, which looks to be very promising. It does mean I have to re-learn a few things, but the WP format has always been relatively easy to learn. You may have noticed I’ve also installed the new default Twenty Ten theme. I don’t know if I like like it, but we’ll let it ride for a bit. Meanwhile, check out the video for a quick overview of version 3.0.
I snagged this from Hypebot today. YouTube Free Video Editing Tool – looks like MovieMaker in the cloud. Pretty basic, but should be fun to mess with. Check out the video tutorial below.
Ran across http://tunerights.com today and thought I would share it as an industry profile. It looks to be a different, yet interesting twist on fan-funded projects. Since I’ve always suggested to my artists to get the fans involved in every aspect of your business…
What is TuneRights?
TuneRights is a stock exchange for songs.
Songs become stocks
Fans become investors
Artists get paid
Check out this short tutorial video. I’d like to hear your thought on the subject.
Sounds a bit cliché, huh? The following video has restored my faith in the fans of unsigned/underground music. As publicist for HEMOPTYSIS, I saw this as a powerful marketing tool, developed by a true metal fan. Bands can’t buy this kind of publicity! My hat goes off to the man known as ‘guitarzero’.
This is a 2D-barcode containing the address of our mobile site.If your mobile has a barcode reader, simply snap this bar code with the camera and launch the site.
Many companies provide barcode readers that you can install on your mobile, and all of the following are compatible with this format:
