Since the official launch on March 1, 2013, Hard Rock Daddy has made a concerted effort to feature the music of Independent Hard Rock Bands on the site. Throughout July, Hard Rock Daddy will be featuring stories about how these bands have managed to achieve varying degrees of success without the support of a record […]
Hard Rock Daddy Reaches Father’s Day Milestone
On April 1, 2013, it was announced in a press release that Hard Rock Daddy’s international audience had reached 48 countries, a somewhat surprising achievement given that the site was officially launched on March 1, 2013. Serendipitous timing has allowed an even greater milestone to be reached on Father’s Day weekend. As of today, Hard […]
Hard Rock Bands Under The Radar: POYNTE
Many hard rock bands are leveraging the power of social media to build a fan base without record label support (see “How Independent Hard Rock Bands Are Building Fan Bases On Their Own”). The article was inspired by POYNTE, a five-piece hard rock band from Covington, GA that has somehow managed to fly under the […]
How Independent Hard Rock Bands are Building Fan Bases on Their Own
The music industry has drastically changed due in large part to technology. It all started on June 1, 1999, when computer programmer, Shawn Fanning, launched the beta version of Napster – the first peer-to-peer file sharing platform. And though the original free version of Napster was shut down in 2001 due to illegal sharing of […]
