Be Insta-Ready – Every release channel has its own unique bells and whistles. Be it the way a potential audience is approached, how content is presented or how activity is monitored. Some need a…
THE CRISPIES: “Give the crowd something to remember”
The wave of Vienna based rock group The Crispies appears to be continuously getting bigger and bigger. After releasing their debut album “Death Row Kids” in 2016, they followed up with …
Benefits of Discovering User-Generated Content
From the earliest stages of ForTunes on, we were fascinated with the concept of user-generated content – UGC. From small, hobby channels on YouTube, to service-oriented playlists and channels, t…
What We Learn from Tracking 1000+ Music Blogs
The world of DIY Music PR work can be overwhelming: You have to initiate your own send-outs, deliver follow-ups and keep an eye on recent activity, creating your own reports. This is where music blogs…
LEX AUDREY “For us it is all about the music”
In 2017 LEX AUDREY appeared to come out of nowhere releasing their first EP „»GodGiven«“. It seems impossible to classify them into a specific genre, but after the first listen it becomes obvious that…
BITTEN BY: “Good preperation is everything”
The Synthpop Artist Bitten By released her debut EP “Relations” in fall 2017, managed to get the single “Ruins” on well-kown playlists and played her first live show at the SXS…
ForTunes x SubmitHub
We’re happy and proud to introduce SubmitHub events to our Feed. Here’s why this is awesome: In late 2015, Jason of Indie Shuffle created SubmitHub. A service that significantly eases up the lives of …
Defining Your Creative Cornerstones
Finding and defining your strengths can be a tricky endeavor: the more you draw from a variety of different influences and strengths, the harder the process of narrowing down your creative cornerstone…
“Four Questions with” Palastic
It’s always beneficial to get some first hand insights from fellow DIY musicians and producers. So we sat down with our dear friends Palastic to talk about the realities of being an emerging art…
Distilling the Magic of Live Off-Days
More often than not, live-off days are the result of minor gaps in a given booking schedule. Some musicians use these days to work on various adjustments to their live sets. Others just kick back and …