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Passionate about independent musicians and believing in the need to share information, Ben Brannen founded IndieBandAdvice.com in 2008 as an online source for artists to engage him in Q&A sessions focused on the fundamentals of the music business. With a steadily increasing readership, Indie Band Advice has become a trusted source of honest information for artists worldwide and is now part of the Digital Trellis umbrella, fortifying itself with advice and guidance from music industry professionals from all areas of the business.

Indie Band Advice connects you, the independent musician, with industry professionals in an effort to deliver valuable insights to help guide your career.  In an effort to further support and empower the independent community, IBA features independent bands with specific success stories.  These stories share a challenge the band faced, the steps they took to overcome it, and how it helped their career.

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Featured Artist – Darkest Grace

June 26, 2009

Featured Artist – Darkest Grace

Darkest Grace is an indie metal band in Seattle, on the grind, building a name for themselves everyway they can.  If you’re following this blog, you know one of the most frequent questions I receive is, “how do we open for a national act coming through town?”  This is a hurdle every young bands has [...]

Featured Artist – NYLE

June 13, 2009

Featured Artist – NYLE

I recently posted Nyle’s video for “Let The Beat Build” and if you read the post you know how much I enjoyed the video!  I had to feature Nyle and get some background on how they pulled it off…and as expected..time, energy, planning, and talent.  If you missed the video, I highly recommend checking it [...]

Featured Artist – Adams Dagger

June 9, 2009

Featured Artist – Adams Dagger

As promised, we’re going to start featuring independent artists that are out there hustling for themselves! There ARE success stories and I want to share them. We can learn from one another..so let’s share information!
First up, Adams Dagger. They recently toured the entire US from southern California to NYC and back. [...]

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