Here are 3 reasons why you should always make a music videos rather than still videos. 1) Videos appeal musically and visually. Someone listening to your song is probably multitasking...
The New Label-Artist Relationship
Before the Internets came and blew up the 20th century music industry, record sales were the main source of revenue for both bands and their respective labels, everyone was happy. Recordings were...
How Record Companies Make Money in 2015
Record companies have always made money selling recordings, but it’s a high risk business. Approximately 90% of the records that are released fail to make money. Record labels make money when their...
The Rise of the Music Video
Times aren’t like they used to be. Way back when, sometime around 1910, people used to be satisfied with the simple things in life – dolls, homemade lemonade, those bikes with one huge wheel and...
3 Tips for Success from Rising Stars
Take it from the ones that have already made it. Here are 3 tips from rising artists: 1) Ryn Weaver – Keep your music organized. If you spend more than 15 seconds looking for a previous...
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...
Martin Garrix’ 3 Tips for Success
Martin Garrix is one of the biggest names in EDM and he’s only 18. Here are 3 lessons to glean from this young music success: 1) Don’t stop practicing. Martin Garrix started playing with...
Song Title Hack for More Plays
Here’s a dirty trick to get more plays on your song and more attention for your channel. When you release a free download track, release it again after a week with a name of a similar artist. If...
How to Sign the Right Contract
When your effort finally pays off and someone finally offers a deal it will be easy to say, “yes I accept your offer, lemme sign the dotted line!” Hold your horses though – deals are not...
FB Game Changer: The “See First” Feature
Since Facebook’s inception it’s been obvious that tons of page “likes” were key to page popularity and expansion. The more people liked a page, the more others were saw it too, liked it, and...