The Best Music Marketing Newsletter You'll Read In The Next Five Minutes.

“Actually, this is the only music marketing newsletter I read.”
Jon’s Mom

You Pick the Topic, I Bring the Words – Deal?

I wrote a bunch of words about email marketing last week. Some people might say I wrote too many words about email marketing last week. To that I’d reply: You’re probably right. Honestly, I always feel a little burned out after sending a week’s worth of promotional emails; I think

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The 14 Best Spotify Promotion Services in 2025

Looking to try Spotify promotion and not sure which services are worth it? I personally tried dozens of companies to see which ones got real results. Based on those campaigns, here are my top (legitimate) services: Each of the companies up there provided streams from real people, not bots. While

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The One Simple Fix to Improve Your Music Marketing

Neither Tom nor I sent you an email last week. Shoot. I’m sorry. I think that’s the first time we’ve both skipped in like a year. It’s a case of shameful neglect, but we did have an excuse, at least… Tom (who is on the left, wearing what is, in my

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How Much Money Do Musicians Make?

$13,327. That’s how much money the average musician made in 2024, according to my incredibly unscientific (but still very interesting) survey of this very email list. Honestly, that number is a little higher than I expected, although it overstates things a bit. The data is a little wobbly with outliers;

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