Hip Hop Distribution is here to discuss issues relevant for indie musicians. Music distribution has become very easy to attain and earning a living as a musician is possible. The main obstacle for musicians is keeping consistent marketing plans during times of being understaffed or unorganized. Speaking from personal experience, nothing in this music industry comes easy. As an independent musician and label partner in Fried Roots, distribution was the initial obstacle. Fried Roots has used services for distribution such as Songcast and Tunecore to get our music with different major online retailers, and they work just great. Since iTunes … Continue reading
Myspace is a great social network to get your music heard in a quick manner, potentially leading to sales. When you sign up for Myspace, you have the option to sign up for a normal profile page or a band page. This is actually a good thing for you from a marketing standpoint. One of the main drawbacks with only having a Myspace music page is that many people don’t add bands to their friend’s list, denying your friend request. Creating a normal myspace profile page will allow you to not miss anyground. As a musician or artist, you want … Continue reading
Myspace is key to marketing my music and new releases to my fans. You have the opportunity to add friends and potential customers from all over the world to your friends list and network. Snocap provides you as an artist a great way to market your band and make money at the same time. Snocap makes your Myspace page into a virtual store front to sell new music. Snocap is essentially a great tool if you don’t have any distribution and even better if you do have distribution. I currently have distribution through Songcast for one project but I can … Continue reading
