With the recent Myspace Music relaunch, a pivotal question has been posed to indie musicians: what kind of distribution is right for me? As an indie artist and label owner, having your music online is pivotal to any band’s success. You can reach a global audience and increase fanbase size by creating mailing lists and article submissions to multiple directories. Many musician friends of mine were happy to see Myspace get a shot in the arm so to speak by bringing attention back to their network. They wanted to be part of this distribution launch and signed up for Snocap … Continue reading
Establishing your online presence in a Web 2.0 crazed world is critical for any music operation and their success. This list provides different avenues each artist can tap into to increase their visibility online. These different target areas allow you to focus your marketing energy towards different social networks and forms of music promotion. Developing a marketing strategy is easy. With all the tools out their for independent musicians, all it takes is some effort. Web Hosting
Songcast is a music distribution service that places your music with major online retailers such as Amazon MP3, iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody. As digital distribution is changing, Songcast has been adding great new features to keep up with the social networking times. // < ![CDATA[ var amzn_wdgt={widget:'MP3Clips'};amzn_wdgt.tag='song04-20';amzn_wdgt.widgetType='ASINList';amzn_wdgt.ASIN='B001EIMK6E';amzn_wdgt.title='www.songcastmusic.com/artists';amzn_wdgt.width='250';amzn_wdgt.height='250';amzn_wdgt.shuffleTracks='False'; // ]]> Currently Join Songcast and they will place your music with iTunes and the new Amazon MP3 and provide you with an Amazon Widget. These widgets are great for covering all your social network profiles like Myspace or Facebook and even on your free Songcast profile. Cover as much marketing … Continue reading
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
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