Celine Dion was the youngest of 14 children and grew up in a low-income household. She learned to sing at her parents’ piano bar, and helped her father earn a measly $160 a week to support his...
5 Celebrity Must-Do’s
At Promolta we give advice on things like musician-to-musician relationships, promotion, marketing, business transactions, and how to create hype for songs and shows. While all of this is indeed...
Ok Go: Onto 10 Years of Viral Music Video Hits
Ok Go is a alternative rock group famously known as “the treadmill guys” for their viral music video in 2006, “Here it Goes Again” where they performed a dance routine on treadmills. Their...
Lady Gaga: College Dropout to Queen of Pop
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta withdrew from college when she was 19. She lived in the cheapest apartment she could find and ate the cheapest food she could buy. Her music originally was piano...
Promotion Tip Wednesday!
Last week, beloved musical humorist “Weird Al” Yankovic dropped his new album Mandatory Fun. Propelled by a set of eight viral videos, it quickly rose to the top spot on the Billboard charts...
Releasing Monthly Music Videos For A Year: What She Learned
Artist Julie Geller committed to recording, shooting and producing a music video for her music once a month for an entire year. Then, she wrote this article about all the things she learned. So make...
1,000 True Fans
This article came out a while ago, but it’s worth posting again, as the idea behind it rings true for us music experts at Promolta. We don’t try (as a Bot website may) to get you millions...
8 Stars Who Made It Big on YouTube
While of course there is a small amount of luck involved in making it via YouTube, you can speed up the process by utilizing Promolta as a resource to get your videos seen. Simply posting it on...
Simple Wisdom From Successful Musicians That Will Help Your Career
One of the best ways to learn about success in the music industry is by listening to words of wisdom from people who have already “made it.” These successful musicians have experienced a lot...
4 Reasons We Are Thankful For The Indie Music Scene
1 – Artists keep song ownership. One of the most insidious practices of the old label system is they’d take ownership of a band’s songs. Plenty of artists have had to either fight extended...