Video | Coast 2 Coast Artist Success Stories
Our partners at Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes and Magazine are always hard at work "Giving Indie Artists MAJOR… [more]
New Industry Tips Column | Coast 2 Coast Magazine Issue 31
Check out the New Industry Tips column in the latest issue of Coast 2 Coast Magazine here with the legendary… [more]
Coast 2 Coast LIVE – Interactive Showcase Events for All Music Genres
Coast 2 Coast now offers great performance opportunities for artists looking to expand their brand in… [more]
12 Steps To Promote A Successful Concert or Show!
STEP 1: Choose Your Headlining Artist When picking your headliner, a few things… [more]
Chief Keef and Chicago Violence Ruining our Youth
Recently read a post by Wanja Lange with http://www.istillloveher.de which kind of summarized how… [more]
Street Team Promotions – Lost Art?
In today's music industry much has changed from the antiquitaded past, and nothing more drastically than… [more]
Infographic | Fail Often to Succeed in Business
Here is a very cool graphic that explains the state of small businesses in the US, and from my own experience… [more]
DailyTrak – Daily Discounts for Hip Hop Artists
We were recently contacted by the nice people over at DailyTrak to help spread the word about their… [more]
TheFuture.fm | Legal DJ Mixes
I just stumbled across an interesting new site specifically made to solve the problem apparent with some… [more]
Event | Coast 2 Coast Convention 2012
NewIndustryTips.com is again happy to be a sponsor of Coast 2 Coast Convention 2012! Every year Coast… [more]
Video | Coast 2 Coast Artist Success Stories
Our partners at Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes and Magazine are always hard at work “Giving Indie Artists MAJOR Opportunities”, but this video goes into depth about how the marketing company has played a key role in breaking some of the biggest artists out today! From Wiz Khalifa to 2 Chainz to Big Sean, Coast 2 [...]
New Industry Tips Column | Coast 2 Coast Magazine Issue 31
Check out the New Industry Tips column in the latest issue of Coast 2 Coast Magazine here with the legendary David Banner on the cover! The column is called “Grind Notes” by one of our contributors from iStandardProducers.com, Ciz. He goes into details of some of what it takes to grind out a living in the music [...]
Coast 2 Coast LIVE – Interactive Showcase Events for All Music Genres
Coast 2 Coast now offers great performance opportunities for artists looking to expand their brand in other genres besides urban/hip hop/R&B. Coast 2 Coast LIVE are interactive showcase events, similar to the Coast 2 Coast Industry Mixer Events we have covered earlier, but open to all genres. Specifically Coast 2 Coast LIVE is now looking [...]
DIGITAL DOWNLOADS – Where does the money go?
DIGITAL DOWNLOADS – WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? How much does an artist make once their song is legally paid for and downloaded? Once a song is digitally downloaded from an online digital music retailer such as Itunes, Rhapsopy, Tunecore, Amazon, etc.., there is a royalty that is due to the songwriters, producers, performers and [...]
12 Steps To Promote A Successful Concert or Show!
STEP 1: Choose Your Headlining Artist When picking your headliner, a few things to keep in mind are: a) Make sure the artist is popular in the city that you are holding the show. You can do this by going online and checking the popular radio station play-lists as well as asking other promoters. b) [...]
Chief Keef and Chicago Violence Ruining our Youth
Recently read a post by Wanja Lange with http://www.istillloveher.de which kind of summarized how I felt as well on this situation, and with little time to write myself I have included her email post below. She calls for activism which I believe is neccessary in this case, we need to let the youth know that this will not [...]
Street Team Promotions – Lost Art?
In today’s music industry much has changed from the antiquitaded past, and nothing more drastically than the street team. Prior to the year 2000, Street Promotion budgets were many times the single largest expense on a record budget behind radio. Whole businesses and teams were created to give the grassroots efforts needed to take an [...]
The Pitfalls of Music Production and Copyright in the Era of the Internet
Today, Sarah J. Thompson attempts to explain the ins and outs of music copyright law and its present inadequacies with regard to the way people record and share music in the era of the internet. Although copyright law, as it stands today, was originally intended to protect the musicians’ and songwriters’ creative works, [...]
Infographic | Fail Often to Succeed in Business
Here is a very cool graphic that explains the state of small businesses in the US, and from my own experience I see that many of the stats are very true, as it is necessary to fail often to finally find a successful model for most buinesses. At Coast 2 Coast we have changed our [...]
DailyTrak – Daily Discounts for Hip Hop Artists
We were recently contacted by the nice people over at DailyTrak to help spread the word about their unique spin on the daily deal business model, with Hip Hop artists in mind. As many of you know, we here at NIT are proud supporters of the Hip Hop culture and many of the posts here are [...]
TheFuture.fm | Legal DJ Mixes
I just stumbled across an interesting new site specifically made to solve the problem apparent with some DJ mixes and mixtapes as they are shared across the internet. TheFuture.fm found a gap in the system, where DJs upload mixes but are not able to correctly identify and tag the artists and songs that make up [...]
Event | Coast 2 Coast Convention 2012
NewIndustryTips.com is again happy to be a sponsor of Coast 2 Coast Convention 2012! Every year Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes brings together some of the most influential people in the new music industry for a weekend full of events, panels, parties and more. This year they are bringing all the VIP industry guests on a [...]
Infographic | A Crash Course in Piracy
Check out the graphic below for some very cool stats on the music industry as well as film and other intellectrual property. As well all know digital sales is taking over and this graphic points to some great facts about piracy and how it has had little affect on the actual film and music industry [...]
7 Things to do the Week Before Your Release
Post via Hypebot via Audible Hype If you are anything like me, which is an obsessive compulsive hustler that would rather sort through 500 business cards and procrastinate until the last day of a release to get anything done, I have prepared a little checklist for you to get ready to push your release, whether [...]
Coast 2 Coast Industry Mixer Events | March Tour
Be sure to join our partners Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes as they tour 7 major markets to bring the Coast 2 Coast Music Industry Mixer to your city!! Coast 2 Coast Industry Mixers bring together hundreds of artists, media, djs, models and more for a one of a kind networking event, showcase, dj battle and [...]
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42 Different Ways That Artists Can Earn Money
42 Different Ways That Artists Can Earn Money By Paul Resnikoff Songwriter & Composer Revenue Publisher advance Bulk payment to songwriter/composer as part of a publishing deal. Paid to: songwriter composer by publishing company. Rate: varies according to deal. Mechanical Royalties Royalties generated through the licensed reproduction of recordings of your songs — either physical [...]
Video | @DJPain1 – Promoting Your Music Online Series
Our good friend and Coast 2 Coast DJ, DJ Pain 1, has taken some time in recent weeks to post a great series for upcoming artists on how to promote music online. The series turned into 3 parts from social networking to getting beats to artists for producers. Pain 1 is a certified Gold producer [...]
4 Steps of Effective Mixtape Promotion
Being the President of Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes, we have made mixtape promotion a science. Every project we release is instantly posted to thousands of websites across the internet. There are not many secrets or shortcuts to effective promotion, as is the reality of most businesses. If you want to get your mixtape out there effectively to [...]