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Indie musicians face the challenge of cutting through thousands of marketing messages. Intercept Music’s Tod Turner has 5 steps toward rising above the noise.

Breakthrough Findings in Pt. 2 of Indie Artist Survey Last week we unveiled the initial findings from Intercept Music’s Indie Artist Survey. This week, we’ll drill down into the all-important findings about artists’ income, marketing choices, desire for business tools, and some of their frank observations about the music scene. Before we share the findings,…

In the second part of our Indie Artist Survey analysis, about a quarter of the survey respondents said that their music-related income is “significant.”

We’re so proud to have “Flossy The Boss” Harrelson on board as Intercept Music’s head of business development. Flossy’s mission is to help indie artists surpass their professional goals in this very competitive industry. To that end he has mentored countless indie artists about music publishing, royalties, marketing, and more.   We thank Flossy for his…

Intercept Music is proud to have “Flossy The Boss” Harrelson onboard. Flossy has mentored countless indie artists about publishing, royalties and marketing.

A few weeks ago, Indie Bible readers were invited to take part in a survey that sought to map the indie musician scene, including their music genres, release activity, and marketing tools. It also explored the amount of work musicians put into their craft and their measure of music-related income. The survey was conducted by…

In an indie musician survey, genres were diverse, most have been at it for 5+ years, most self-managed, and they invest an enormous amount of time in music.