ReverbNation Video Tutorials Now Available @ Viddler.com

The other day I sat down with some friends of mine who just dropped their debut album and are getting into marketing mode. For months now I’ve been telling them to get their asses on ReverbNation, and they finally were ready to listen.

Val Kilmer is a Musician and Uses ReverbNation & Snocap!

I’ve been really busy over at ReverbNation this week as I begin expanding my artist roster to include to local acts which I have had the pleasure of helping out over the past year, 61 North and Julian Day. We’ll have some more info on those acts here at evolvor shortly, but first I have to talk about one of the featured artists I saw while over the site.

JamBase and ReverbNation Sync Up Concert Data

Official Press Release:

ReverbNation, the preferred marketing and promotion platform for over 250,000 musicians, labels, managers, and venues, and JamBase, the world’s leading source of live music and concert information, have agreed to swap concert data in an effort to drive more ticket sales for artists, labels, and promoters who use the sites to reach live music fans.

ReverbNation Does Distribution, EPK’s, and Takes Out The Trash

I’ve been waiting for this day to arrive for a few months now!

ReverbNation quietly rolled out too hugely freakin’ important things over the weekend that further proves why they are the coolest kids on the block.

ReverbNation Lets Musicians Add Press Clippings to Any Website

The ‘Press Widget’ allows Artists to aggregate accolades from the media or fans into one place, and then deploy them to all of their other sites. Artists can add an unlimited number of clippings, with each one containing a link back to the original source for fans to read more.

Blog Shots of the Week; Fan Management, Royalties, & Your Website

Jed Carlson takes a look at his very own ReverbnNation’s “Fan Funnel” and a closer look into their“Band Equity” score via Music Think Tank. A very adult and business oriented tool that takes marketing principals many bands don’t think about (how to build and nurture your email lists, track conversion data) and offer it in a user-friendly way.

Last.Fm is now offering royalties to Indy bands for streaming content. While it’s probably won’t make you a zillionare, it’s still nice to know you are being compensated for streaming your work. Many similar opportunities will pop up over the next few years for independent artists to reap their own streaming radio royalties, and one day they might all add up to bring an additional revenue stream to your work.

ReverbNation Registers 200,000th Band in First Twenty Months

As usual, I’m posting ReverbNation’s latest press release as the service hit’s the 200,000 benchmark and continues to be THE service to use to help promote your music - there’s nothing out there quite like it!

ReverbNation Integrates Twitter to Help Musicians Engage Fans

ReverbNation, a leading ‘Online Marketing and Promotions Platform’ for Musicians, has integrated the popular communication service Twitter into all Artist Profile Pages.

The integration allows Artists to import and display their Twitter ‘posts’, keeping their fans informed about the Band’s daily activities. Artists can also create new Twitter posts directly from their ReverbNation account, saving them from having to login at both sites.

ReverbNation Launches ‘Gig-Finder’ to Help Musicians Target Opportunities

I gotta say, Reverbnation continues to impress me with the promotional tools they offer to artists - here’s the official press release for the new “Gig Finder” touring service.

Judas Priest Single “Nostradamus” Blows up with ReverbNation

Pre-Release from New Album Streamed Every Two Seconds on First Day

Judas Priest, on the verge of releasing their first new album in 3 years, pre-released the title track to “Nostradamus” via the ReverbNation TuneWidget on April 21st to a throng of hungry fans. The TuneWidget was initially placed on only four websites but allowed fans to grab it and embed it on their MySpace pages and blogs, leading to over 200,000 impressions on launch day alone.