The fundamental idea behind musical friction is mutual progress. It takes a lot more energy to break out of an echo-chamber, looking for opinions that greatly diverge from one’s own. We gathered sever…
Compassion in Creation – Fostering Your Music Ecosystem
Maintaining tight relationships within your personal music ecosystem is incredibly important, no matter which stage of musical development you’re in. There’s a huge difference between short-term, situ…
Getting the Most out of Your Spotify Bio
Spotify just recently rolled out a new tool that lets you modify your own bio – up till now they obtained all their data from an external contractor, leaving little room for personal adjustment.…
Getting the Most out of Music Academia
Most musicians who have engaged in or were part of music academia go out with mixed, yet interesting feelings across a wide range of areas. Among some, there’s a peculiar saying that goes: : „We’re wo…
Using Spotify Codes to Boost Your Music Catalogue
Spotify codes are a great feature to boost your music catalogue. Their immediacy is quite interesting, and the way you can spread your music as quickly as sharing a picture. It basically works like yo…
10 Solid Reasons to Follow a Track by Track Release Strategy
The album format is a beautiful, holistic approach, yet there are various reasons to release new music track by track. To give you some input on this matter, we gathered some solid reasons why this re…
7 Strategies to Harness Digital Acceleration
Digital acceleration and the challenges of a rapid culture consumption economy demand forward thinking, creative strategies. We want to help you figure out some vital necessities when working in the c…
3 Strong Music Business Insights to Get You on Track
Most DIY musicians are confronted with a multitude of Do’s and Don’ts when searching for music business insights. We gathered some tips that may help! While setting up ground-rules and cle…
5 Essential Streaming Tips for Your Festival Season
We at ForTunes are all about connecting your digital sphere with your physical music environment. To give you some ideas how you can connect these two spheres, let us drop some pointers on getting the…
A2IM Indie Week New York
While Manhatten itself can be an overwhelming experience itself, meeting so many amazing and talented people sure was. The Reeperbahnfestival took a group of 30 delegates from Europe to the Indie Musi…