Regardless of what you do within the music industry you can use the power of the press release. If you’ve released a new single or album, write a press release. If your label just signed a fantastic new artist, write a press release. Even if you’ve just created a small set of cool samples that [...]
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As a musician you really need to be collecting information from those people that enjoy what you do. As a performer, you should be collecting contact details from people that turn up to gigs or that have enquired about booking you (providing they are happy for you to contact them with updates). Furthermore, there is [...]
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So, how can you get good promotion at MySpace? Well, it’s quite simple, although I can’t say that it comes all that easily. Time is the main factor you need to put into such things these days if you want it to work out well for you. So I recommend you set aside some time [...]
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Posting links to Twitter can be a bit of a minefield, particularly when you want people to follow them and stick around a little. Otherwise, what’s the point? Well, it’s about building up a sense of trust and a relationship between yourself and your followers. Once you’ve established that your followers will be much more [...]
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So you’ve got your band MySpace profile, added good quality content and networked with potential fans, venues, promoters and musicians. You’ve most likely already thought about music promotion through the MySpace player and uploaded your music but have you thought about the impression you’re giving off? Your MySpace profile is essentially promoting your demo. Would [...]
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So we’ve covered the basic Myspace features and ensured you make your profile as friendly as possible. Next we can look at networking and getting people to find your profile… and music. First of all, don’t go ahead adding any random being you come across. It is likely to have any real benefit to you [...]
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As I’m sure you are aware, MySpace is a great networking resource for sharing and promoting music. It’s great for networking, but has some great features you should be taking advantage of if you aren’t already. First of all, you need to sign up for a musician’s account, rather than a typical user account. This [...]
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Trying to get exposure for new music is a difficult thing to do, locally or globally. Promoting new music isn’t an easy task since at the end of the day it’s likely that, since you’re reading his article on How to Get Local Exposure for New Music, not too many have heard of you or [...]
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Although this is all about making your music accessible, something that I’d covered briefly in a previous post, I want to look into ‘how’ this can be done and the best approaches to take. I know of some people that would rather not include samples of their music anywhere – or if they have to, [...]
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First and foremost, one of the first things you should be doing in promoting your music online is making your music accessible and developing an online presence. That way people will start to know that you exist. Whether they hear your music or not is another matter. But as long as it’s available, should someone [...]
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