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Why Press Releases Are Relevant to Indie Musicians

Ashley — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:15:22 +0000

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 [...]

Why Press Releases Are Relevant to Indie Musicians is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Growing Your Fanbase Naturally

Ashley — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:53:21 +0000

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 [...]

Growing Your Fanbase Naturally is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

MySpace Promotion – How to Get Better Promotion at MySpace

Ashley — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:48:15 +0000

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 [...]

MySpace Promotion – How to Get Better Promotion at MySpace is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Using Twitter to Tweet Links More Effectively

Ashley — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:58:15 +0000

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 [...]

Using Twitter to Tweet Links More Effectively is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

MySpace Band Promotion – Your Music & the Player

Ashley — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:29:39 +0000

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 [...]

MySpace Band Promotion – Your Music & the Player is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Promoting Music with MySpace – Networking

Ashley — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:11:08 +0000

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 [...]

Promoting Music with MySpace – Networking is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Promoting Music with Myspace – Setting Up

Ashley — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:35:03 +0000

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 [...]

Promoting Music with Myspace – Setting Up is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Exposure for New Music

Ashley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:05:43 +0000

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 [...]

Exposure for New Music is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Get Your Music Heard – Making Your Music More Accessible

Ashley — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:18:30 +0000

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, [...]

Get Your Music Heard – Making Your Music More Accessible is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.

Promoting Music Online – Getting Started with Social Media

Ashley — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:03:07 +0000

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 [...]

Promoting Music Online – Getting Started with Social Media is a music promotion post from Music Marketing UK, aiming to help bands, musicians and DJs promote their music better on the internet and within the music industry.