The purpose of this article is to see what the independent artist is thinking about in terms of their future in this changing music industry. Independent music is on the rise with digital downloads increasing, but how can we as independents make our mark in history? This goes out to all the producers, beat makers, songwriters, musicians, and podcasters. What are the strategies or tips you use when thinking about music distribution? Hip Hop Distribution was not created to tell you what you have to do, but to hear from people involved in the music grind and learn from our … 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
Songcast has an amazing service. You get to have the same benefits as a major label with this form of distribution. Songcast is a music distribution service that places your music with major online retailers such as iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic and many more if you choose. The beauty of this service is that you dont have to worry about waiting for independent submission to each retailer, they take care of the dirty work. To get the process started, you create an account and upload your album. You then choose where you want your music. You have the option of … Continue reading
