What are the best products for the business side of a musician?

Question

I'm looking for every product that helps a musician run their business side more efficiently so they can focus more on the art.

Joseph Sunny · Accepted Answer

Best way to receive support from the audience. Very widely used by creators on BandCamp.

Answer

Manage your mailing list, sell your music, organize your digital world. Also it's free!

Phil Haddad · Answer

Noisetrade is a platform that allows artists and labels to exchange free songs/samplers for data on the fans who download their music. With 1.3 million + subscribers it can certainly help new artists build their email list and get discovered by new fans.

Pete Shimshock · Answer

DistroKid solves the headache that is digital distribution. It's user-friendly, reasonably priced, and gets you paid quicker than the other services. It also will distribute your music to Youtube, Shazam, and emerging services as they pop up.

Chris Tanner · Answer

Spektrol helps those in the music industry understand their fans, their competitors, and easily build contact lists from their fan bases. Understanding your fans is key in building a strong brand strategy.

Eric Soelzer · Answer

One of the best tools for musicians today. Sell physical goods and digital music from one place. Very active, supportive community. Can't recommend enough.

Alberto Jauregui · Answer

Tokenized music streaming. Will evolve into an engine that does a host of things like royalties, licensing, and other aspects of the music industry.

Emma Walsmith · Answer

We built Tikly to support touring musicians and facilitate opportunities for musicians to make more money at gigs they're already playing. VIP experiences, direct to fan ticketing, merchandise pre-sales are all areas we specialize in - bonus, any contact information you collect via Tikly remains uniquely your own.

marian jacob · Answer

The product serves to sell/buy music and act as an online music portal like SoundCloud/Spotify.