Tour Planning & Logistics – TuneCore Live Session [Recap + Stream]
Ready to hit the road? Check out our TuneCore Live Session webinar to get some tips on planning your first tour!
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Planning a Tour? 4 Expenses You Need to Consider
Previously, Rich Nardo broke down some tips for saving money on tour. In this piece, we take a look at the inevitable costs an artist must face when planning their next tour.
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5 Ways To Maintain the Fans You Made on Your Last Tour
You just got back from your latest tour and you saw those social numbers rise! Now, how do you keep up with these new fans? Rich Nardo breaks it down.
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Avoid Dead Ends: 6 Tips For Successful Touring as an Independent Artist
[Editors Note: This article was written by Rich Nardo.] If you were to survey one hundred independent musicians who have spent at least a full year touring, I’m willing to bet that at least 75 of them are going to say the experience did not live up to their expectations. Touring is arduous, it’s difficult […]
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What Touring Looks Like For Unestablished Bands
[Editors Note: This article was written by Patrick McGuire.] When non-musicians think of bands on tour, they typically conjure up scenes of crowded venues, indulgence in the form of sex, booze, and illegal drugs, and thriving young musicians without a care in the world. The stereotypes associated with touring are often wrong and typically only […]
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Your Tour Survival Kit
[Editors Note: This article was written by Patrick McGuire.] Call me old (I’m 33), but touring inspires about as much dread in me as it does excitement these days. Yes, it’s an opportunity for me to connect with audiences, meet other musicians and share my art with the world, but even the thought of it […]
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5 Reasons Teaming Up With Another Band Means a Mutual Boost on Tour
[Editors Note: This blog was written by Jhoni Jackson, a music journalist and Puerto Rico-based venue owner.] Heading out on tour with your band has the potential to bring everyone in it closer together. Co-existing and constantly collaborating, playing together night after night—becoming a tight-knit troupe in the process is almost inevitable. But why not double […]
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Interview: The Maine Discuss Their Completely FREE Tour
Touring: it’s long hard work that’ll exhaust most independent artists. Driving for hours on end, sleeping on floors, and spending a lot of time with the same small group of people for a very long time – it’s not easy, but these are the rites of passage that independent artists and bands must endure. Whether […]
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