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Turn Raw Materials into Gold

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Make the Most of Free Content: Turn Raw Materials into Gold

Kevin McElroy Editor, Tune Up Magazine Everyone’s a Creator: Use Free Content to Your Advantage There are a million plus blogs, YouTube channels, podcasts, and radio stations these days. This explosion of creativity is both a challenge and an opportunity for bands trying to stand out. That’s not a bad thing—in fact, it’s amazing. The tools exist for anyone to create and share. We’ve built our entire operation on this […]

todayJanuary 10, 2025 18

2025 Hard Rock Demands

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My Top 10 Hard Rock Demands for 2025

Kevin McElroy Editor, Tune Up Magazine A New Year, A New Rock Resolution It’s a new year, and I’m going to keep hopeful. Before the holidays, I was listening to Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation show on Sirius XM, and he proposed what I thought was a great idea: Instead of calls complaining about what’s not happening in Rock, why not channel some positive energy? Listeners could share their hopes and […]

todayJanuary 3, 2025 28

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Creative Judgment: The Case for a Clear Brief

Why Every Band Needs a Roadmap for Creative Collaboration Kevin McElroy Editor, Tune Up Magazine When it comes to many things, design being one of them, I believe there’s really nothing new under the sun—maybe you feel the same way about music? As an outsider looking in, I admire the language you musicians share. It’s like a code. You see a bandmate’s key change and instantly know when to adjust. […]

todayNovember 20, 2024 18

Rock Band Performing a SWOT Analysis

Music Marketing

SWOT Your Band Into Shape

How a Simple Strategy Can Help Your Band Find Its Identity, Strengthen Its Weaknesses, and Rock the Competition Kevin McElroy Editor, Tune Up Magazine I’ve been at this game for a long time—working in the same industry for decades. It’s easy to get jaded, thinking I’ve seen it all. And it’s true—there are a lot of repeating patterns in this business. Problems that need to be addressed over and over […]

todayNovember 14, 2024 22

Musician standing at a crossroads holding a guitar case with a road sign labeled Single, EP, and Album.

Music Marketing

Stop Making Excuses: Release Your Music or Get Out of the Game

Facing the Crossroads or Putting Up a Roadblock? Kevin McElroy Editor, Tune Up Magazine I hear a lot of musicians being interviewed, and I get it—up-and-coming artists are still figuring things out and learning the ropes. But when I heard a veteran rocker who’s been making music for over 40 years saying the same damn thing? Time to call bullshit. At this point in their careers, seasoned rockers like that […]

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