Indie How To Guides

Here are our selected how to’s, guide books and blog posts on how to do almost anything indie or DIY. This is practical, tactical knowledge to support independence for artists; these are self improvement moves for the indie musician, independent filmmaker, small press publisher, indie game developer, fashion designer, producer, or independent operative of any kind. We wish you luck.

How To Get An Intern

Getting to teach someone can show you how far you’ve come with your craft, and remind you what you love about it.

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How To Keep An Intern

Getting someone to want to work with you is only half the battle.

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How To Get People To Your Event

A lot has been written about email marketing, but most of it is super PR person oriented, and a bit frightening.

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How To Mount A Play In Two Days

With less pressure to produce something of polish, we can focus on producing something of imaginative substance.

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How To Throw A Clothing Swap

First thing we did was look for a space…

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How To Talk With Anyone

Things to remember: Smile. Make Eye Contact. Say Hello.

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Are You Too DIY?

The goal is to be independent, not alone.

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How To Release An Album

A lot of the time, you’ll hear or see your press release being quoted as the description of your band, so write something that you like and that has lasting meaning.

And be humble, for goodness sake.

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How To Make CD’s

We’re still looking for ways to make our packaging more sustainable which, for us, means:

a) using as little plastic, ink, and unrecycled paper as possible,
b) having really nice packages that won’t get thrown out,
c) always thinking about what’s essential for people receiving our music.

A 40 page booklet? How about a link to a 40 page pdf posted on our website.

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Enjoy the selections below, and for even more resources check out our Indie Biz series.

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