The contacts listed are sorted into FIVE sections.
1. Publications that will REVIEW your music
2. Radio Stations/Shows that will PLAY your songs
3. Labels, Vendors and Promotional Services that will help you to SELL your CD
4. Sites where you can UPLOAD your band's MP3s or videos
5. Helpful Resources for recording artists
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SECTION ONE: SITES/PUBLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR MUSIC REVIEWED
Music Morsels
PO Box 5147, Canton, GA 30114
Sandy Serge
MusMorsels@aol.com
musicmorsels.wordpress.com
We post positive reviews of CDs and EPs (not singles). We also review concerts in the metro Atlanta area. If we don't like the music, we won't review it, but we do listen to everything submitted. To submit your CDs for review, please send your presskits/ CDs to our mailing address. Although physical CDs are preferred, download links/EPKs may be submitted to our e-mail address.
RENEby
1500 N. Priest Dr. Tempe, AZ 85281
PH: 602-734-0848
admin@reneby.com
www.reneby4u.com
We promote independent music. We don't want to rely on dinosaur reviewer's opinions ... we want to hear from real people. We offer reviews of entertainment news and events by you.
Stickers Music Magazine
info@StickersMusic.com
www.StickersMusic.com
An online indie music magazine that focuses on up and coming acts, signed and unsigned. It features in-depth and characterized interviews with bands the reader may not easily find on their own. The magazine offers intelligent and sometimes humorous articles that go far beyond a band's major influences. Submissions are done through Sonicbids.
WeirdMusic.net
weirdmusicmag@gmail.com
www.weirdmusic.net
We are an online magazine/blog dedicated to Electronic, Experimental, Alternative & Indie music. We also provide an Internet PR and music promotion service.
BestNewBands.com
info@bestnewbands.com
www.bestnewbands.com
Spotlights new artists with daily show and album reviews, interviews, previews, and ongoing festival coverage, including previews and on-the-ground coverage of festivals around the world, from Coachella to Glastonbury and beyond.
SECTION TWO: RADIO STATIONS, SHOWS AND PROMOTERS
2.1 RADIO - STATIONS AND SHOWS
IMC Radio / The International Music Coalition
514 Daniels St. #354, Raleigh, NC 27606
PH: 919-525-1755
Miracle L. Smith miracle@imcstage.com
www.IMCStage.com
Promotes and supports independent musicians through a series of company-owned multimedia outlets. Specifically, we feature IMC-TV, IMC Radio, a daily radio show and a highly-publicized website. We promote all mainstream genres of music, but tend to rotate Contemporary/Pop, R&B, and World Music more due to their popularity.
TBFM Online Radio
Jason McGuire sales@tbfmonline.co.uk
http://tbfmonline.co.uk
Playing the best in Rock, Punk and Metal from all over the world.
UnsignedRadio.biz
445 Blackstock Rd. Sheffield, S14 1LB UK
Mike Evans unsignedradio@rocketmail.com
www.unsignedradio.biz
We exclusively play music by unsigned bands and songwriters. All genres welcome. Submit ONE song via our submission page Dropbox.
Battle Drawn
Graven Ravenwolf submissions@battledrawnradio.com
www.battledrawnradio.com
A themed podcasted talk show dedicated to merging the informational and cultural gap between all art-forms (i.e. Painting, Comics, Tattooing, Music, Sculpting, Visual FX, Writing, Fine Art etc.). The show features Host "THE SAGE" and his Co-Host "THE SARGE" as they interview creative artists and promote Rock bands from all over the world. Intent on unveiling the uniquely driven talent in the world of artistic entertainment.
Indie Outbreak Indie 104 iRadio L.A.
www.indieoutbreak.com
Featuring the best Indie music on the planet. Do you want the world to hear your music? Then send us your material for consideration for an up coming Outbreak.
Wutz Hood Radio
Tiffany Hood
airplay@wutzhoodradio.com
www.wutzhoodradio.com
We play the hottest in independent Hip Hop, Rap and R&B. Please make sure your music is tagged for airplay! If we discover your tracks are not tagged, they will not be aired.
Newusb Radio
www.newusb.co.uk
Offers independent artists all around the world free services and promotion of themselves and their music, ran by a team of volunteers again from all around the world.
XPN2 Singer-Songwriter Radio WXPN
3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
PH: 215-898-6677 FX: 215-898-0707
www.xpn.org
XPN's new 24/7 stream. Features classics from the heritage troubadours to new musicians and bands rooted in the Singer/Songwriter tradition.
New Driven Radio
PH: 770-538-4744
Sherry Sabine
NewDriven@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/NewDrivenRadio
A weekly 4 hour radio show that features only independent Rock from across the US and around the world. It airs Tuesdays 8-midnight (est). We feature independent bands from Soft Rock, Hard Rock, Punk, Metal, Southern Rock, Americana, Pop and everything in between. The first 2 hours are called New Driven Cruise and we feature the softer stuff there. The second two hours is called New Driven Torqued and the harder stuff is featured there.
2.2 RADIO PROMOTERS
Spire Music
Toronto, ON
PH: 800-3241-9128
Colin Maguire colin@spire-music.com
www.spire-music.com
Artist Development services, specializing in radio promotion, publicity and tour booking.
Marco Promotions
1620 16th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212
PH: 615-269-7071 FX: 615-269-0131
info@marcopromo.com
www.marcopromo.com
Country Music radio promotion. Specializes in promoting and marketing product to Music Row Singles Chart reporting stations and Billboard Indicator Chart stations. Our services include flexible promotion / radio marketing packages, detailed tracking reports, consistent feedback, street date promotions to increase awareness of album releases, single introductory 5-6 week promotion and e-mail campaigns, e-card and press release distribution to our full network of stations.
Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion
1828 Broadway, 2nd Fl. Santa Monica, CA 90404
PH: 310-998-8305 FX: 310-998-8323
Bryan
airplay@radio-media.com
www.radio-media.com
Indie airplay promotion to commercial, commercial specialty and college radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.
Howard Rosen Promotion
521 W. Channel Islands Blvd. #15, Port Hueneme, CA 93041
PH: 805-382-2200 FX: 805-201-7816
info@howiewood.com
www.howiewood.com
Since 1985 We have been helping artists reach their goals of obtaining radio airplay, expanding their fan base, and creating awareness throughout the industry. @Howiewoodpromo
SECTION THREE: SERVICES/VENDORS/LABELS THAT WILL HELP SELL YOUR MUSIC
3.1 SERVICES - PROMOTION/PUBLICITY
Push-It! Marketing & Promotions
PO Box 18061, Fairfield, OH 45018
PH: 313-207-5786
Bruce Knight pushitnews@gmail.com
www.Push-ItNews.com
20 year music industry veteran who provides consultation to independent Gospel/Jazz artists to include national radio servicing,promotion, marketing, distribution, television appearances and booking of special events.
Playup
PH: +61(0)403 997 278
Winston Giles
info@playupmusic.com
www.playupmusic.com
Australian service that specializes in placing new music by Indie artists to visual media projects. We license music to advertising commercials, TV shows, films, documentaries, web videos, fashion clips, sports events, computer games, corporate communications & new media projects. Our catalogue is full of new music releases with killer tracks by Indie artists from around the world. We are a "one stop shop" with full clearance rights for all the music in our catalogue. We also provide music clearance, music supervision & music branding services. Playup is always looking for hot new music to add to our catalogue. Please note that we only work with new release albums and EPs. Please do not e-mail us MP3s. Please e-mail us some basic information and LINKS to streaming music. We do listen to all music that is submitted to us. Please note that we cannot reply to all submissions.
Sound Authority Media
www.soundauthoritymedia.net
An independent, forward-thinking firm that provides tailor made service for our clients. Sound Authority Media targets niche demographics and secures press, airplay and media designed to fit the artist. Our staff has the prowess to represent high-quality music from many musical genres including Pop, Rock, Alternative and Electronic along with the various sub genres of Hard Rock, Punk and Metal. We understand the needs of the unsigned / independent musician and the major label artists.
TDNEET Enterprises
65 Glen Rd. #291, Garner, NC 27529
PH: 919-701-5051
Timothy D. Wilson
business@tdneetenterprises.com
www.tdneetenterprises.com
A Gospel artist's one-stop shop to getting the help needed to take their project to the next level!!
Grit PR & Promotion, LLC
4207 SE Woodstock Bl. #269, Portland, OR 97206
info@gritpr.com
www.gritpr.com
We offer the perfect blend of traditional and web based publicity and promotion services, completely customized to your needs. Grit works with all genres of music and represents Emmy and Latin Grammy nominees. 20+ years experience in the music industry!
IndiePower.com
PH: 818-505-1836
info@indiepower.com
www.indiepower.com
Started by industry veterans to further the goal of helping develop the cutting edge of new artists and labels with innovative marketing and talent. Combining 25+ years of valuable experience with an arsenal of talents and a passion for breaking albums and artists, Indie Power is about to add a few new pages to the history books! @indie_power
MiaMindMusic
254 Sixth St. #2, Hoboken, NJ, 07030
PH: 201-656-5458 FX: 201-216-1186
Stevie B.
MiMiMus@aol.com
www.MiaMindMusic.com
You've recorded, mixed, mastered and manufactured your music - now what? We are entertainment promotion & marketing specialists. Within our promotion division we are concerned primarily with radio tracking and specialize in working with close to 2000 BDS, CMJ, Mediabase as well as Mediaguide surveyed radio stations across the United States and Canada, while offering help in publicity. We can also provide national record distribution.
3.2 SERVICES - LABELS, DISTRIBUTORS AND ONLINE VENDORS
Poverty Records
7048 Columns Cir. #104, New Port Richey, FL 34655
PH: 800-864-9269 FX: 866-591-5861
Billy James King info@povertyrecords.com
www.povertyrecords.com
Independent record label and distributor. Non genre specific. When submitting your music we prefer MusicSubmit.
FANCYMUSIC
129515, Akademika Koroleva str. Moscow, Russia
PH: +79154627372
Sergey Krasin sergey.krasin@gmail.com
www.fancymusic.ru
Indie record label focused on Contemporary Classics, Electronic and Jazz.
Morribi Records
PH: +44-77-0631-4436
info@morribirecords.com
www.morribirecords.com
We specialize in Hip Hop and RnB music. We also work with different styles of music which vary from Afro reggae to Pop music. We give a comprehensive management, develop and promote artists from the initial stages of a musical career through to its recognition.We are always available to provide personal advices and information service to artists. We have seen how hard it is for so many talented youths to cope in the music industry. We took the bold step in promoting and supporting them. Our goal is to successfully produce and promote artists all over the world. We're building up a platform centre for creation and musical development of a new generation artists.
SECTION FOUR: SITES WHERE YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR BAND'S MP3s
OR VIDEOS
tweewoo
Vall d'Aran, 13 - Palau-solita i Plegamans, Barcelona, Spain
PH: 669404041
Ramon Arnella ramon@tweewoo.com
www.tweewoo.com
An easy to use platform for emerging and independent artists/bands and record labels to promote their music to a network of listeners from around the world. tweewoo hosts free online radio stations where users can listen to over 20 different genres of music, build a personalized radio based on artists they are following, download free legal MP3s, discover new artists and browse, share and connect with listeners with same music tastes.
YourTunes.org
PH: 091-450905
Ruth Ruane ruthzitaruane@gmail.com
www.yourtunes.org
A new & completely free, music based community.
When We Speak TV
Jermaine Sain jermainesainmusic@gmail.com
www.whenwespeaktv.webs.com
An online talk show featuring people from the Hip Hop and R&B music industry. Previous guests have included people like, Crissy Collins, background singer for Beyonce; Trina Braxton of the reality show Braxton Family Values; Quan Howell formerly of the Grammy award winning, Sounds of Blackness and Indie Music Queen of Soul, Julie Dexter. Join me on the show!
Music Video Distribution
PO Box 180902, Utica, MI 48318
Terrance
go@3000records.com
www.musicvideodistribution.com
Our team will upload and manually submit your music video to 40+ video sharing sites (Like: YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Screencast.com, Bebo, etc.) plus manually submit your video to the top search engines (Google, Yahoo! and Bing). We also provide YouTube SEO to get your video ranked with top results on YouTube. In addition we provide you with a full report on music video distribution work that is completed.
UKTop40Charts.com Magazine
www.uktop40charts.com
The place where music fans, artists, management, record labels ... well you know, anyone that loves music ... can come to chat, meet and make new friends and connections, we're a music magazine with a social twist, join today!
Hood Access
www.hoodaccess.com
Featuring the hottest in independent Hip Hop, Rap and R&B.
Mixcloud
www.mixcloud.com
Helps connect radio content to listeners more effectively. Mixcloud is re-thinking radio by joining the dots between radio shows, Podcasts and DJ mixes. We refer to them as Cloudcasts - audio shows that are stored in the "cloud" and available to be streamed on-demand. Mixcloud is for everyone who enjoys listening to great radio and DJ content and for content creators who are looking for better ways to host and promote their Cloudcasts online.
BuyMyMusic
www.buymymusic.info
Offers independent artists all around the world free services and promotion of themselves and their music, ran by a team of volunteers again from all around the world.
JukeBoxAlive
311 Montford Ave. Asheville, NC 28801
PH: 828-232-0016
Will Cumberland cumberland@jukeboxalive.com
jukeboxalive.com
Our Advanced Jukebox Player protects your music from being digitally downloaded, yet allows fans to hear your music online. This creates exciting possibilities for you to present yourself to new audiences without being ripped off.
SECTION FIVE: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES
SixString
www.sixstring.com
A mobile social-networking application for guitar players. By hitting the "PLAY" button users can share audio, images, video and text with a guitar-centric community.
SECTION SIX: HELPFUL TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR YOUR BAND
6.1 RESOURCES - GENERAL
IROCKE
545 Cypress St., Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Karl Rogers & Allen Sanford
info@irocke.com
www.irocke.com
Jam-packed with over 1,000 new live online shows each month, IROCKE is the source for live stream concerts worldwide. Our music-loving editors monitor over 2 million artists and thousands of live stream music sources around the world to make sure you know about every live performance, studio session, and greenroom chat featuring your favorite artists. Turn us on to an upcoming show and we'll promote it. NOTE: To be included in our guide, events must be a live-stream (truly live, not archived) music performance or artist appearance.
Score Revolution
1680 Vine St. #521, Hollywood, CA 90028
PH: 323-790-0524 FX: 323-790-0520
contact@scorerevolution.com
www.scorerevolution.com
Our mission is to connect film music rights holders with licensing customers worldwide. By employing the most sophisticated web technology together with an expert sales and support staff, Score Revolution has dedicated itself to being the leader in the expanding global market for independent film music.
Peerless Mastering
1085 Commonwealth Ave. #322, Boston, MA 02215
PH: 617-527-2200
info@peerlessmastering.com
www.peerlessmastering.com
Dedicated to providing the highest quality restoration. We offer the highest quality stereo and 5.1 pre-mastering, CD, CD Enhanced, and DVD-A authoring and full audio restoration. Our staff is exceptional at giving our clients the best quality and service, guiding them through the final phase of their sonic process with ease and expertise. We are uniquely equipped to provide the highest quality mastering available anywhere. We have the expertise, equipment, and skills to achieve the full sound potential of your album. As more and more artists are choosing to record in project and home studios, high-quality professional mastering in an acoustically accurate room has never been more important. Working at Peerless' state-of-the-art studios with our highly trained engineers, you can realize your sonic vision and make your recording sound as full, warm, punchy, and clear as possible. We will guide you through every step of this final phase of your project, and you will be truly amazed when you hear how incredible your music can sound. @PeerlessMaster
6.2 RESOURCES - EDUCATIONAL
Make It In Music
PO Box 51871, London, NW2 9BR UK
PH: +44-208-830-7831 FX: +44-208-830-7859
Ian Clifford
ian@makeitinmusic.com
www.makeitinmusic.com
After working tirelessly to find, develop and hone young talent for many years, it became glaringly obvious to us that the young hopefuls always had the same questions and always made the same mistakes in their quest for fame and fortune. This resource was created to help you succeed in the music business.
MUBUTV
www.mubutv.com
A blend of my passion for music as well as educating artists and others who have a strong curiosity about music, technology and the new emerging models within the business.
Music Lessons Singapore
159B Thomson Rd. Goldhill Centre (Next to United Square) Singapore
PH: 65-63533252
the.music.academy2013@gmail.com
www.themusicacademy.com.sg
A great platform for learn music lessons in Singapore and provide instrument courses of guitar, singing, piano, drums, violin and more with experts experienced instructors.
Music Marketing Manifesto Blog
John Oszajca
john@musicmarketingmanifesto.com
www.MusicMarketingManifesto.com
Advanced strategies, secrets, tactics and tips on selling your music online. @JohnOszajca
6.3 RESOURCES - TOOLS
HootSuite
5 E. 8th Ave. Vancouver, BC V5T 4S8
www.hootsuite.com
A social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. Launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audiences, and distribute targeted messages using HootSuite???s unique social media dashboard.
Moozar
23 Rue d'Anjou, 75008 Paris, France
contact@moozar.com
www.moozar.com
The internet is awesome for music lovers. Nothing is better than discovering and enjoying a great song on YouTube or SoundCloud and sharing it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr. Moozar provides "reward" links to artists so everyone who enjoys their songs can freely "reward" to support. At the very heart of Moozar is the "reward" link. It's a simple link that is attached to videos and tracks. It follows the content wherever it is enjoyed and shared.
Hostbaby
5925 NE 80th Ave. Portland, OR 97218
PH: 888-448-6369
hostbaby@hostbaby.com
www.hostbaby.com
The best place to host your website/domain! Powerful artist tools including blogging, calendar, mailing list, selling merch, and streaming audio. Integrate your site with Facebook, Twitter and more! No design skills are needed. We have hundreds of professional design templates. Sell your music through CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, Rhapsody + over 15 other music sites!
MyNewsletterBuilder
comments@mynewsletterbuilder.com
www.mynewsletterbuilder.com
A user-friendly, feature-rich, online newsletter management program for novices and professionals alike.
6.4 RESOURCES - AUDIO
DIAMONDISC AUDIO - "Where Audio Meets Art"
204 Still Water Cir. Nashville, TN 37221
PH: 615-662-6870
Doug Diamond
doug@diamondiscaudio.com
www.diamondiscaudio.com
A full-service multimedia company specializing in Audio and CD Mastering services as well as Stereo Mixing, CD/DVD Duplication and Replication, Video Editing, DVD & Blu-ray Authoring, Graphic Design, Website Design, Music Supervision, Composing, Publishing and more. We are dedicated to providing top-quality creative services, excellent customer care, and affordable prices to independent artists and small businesses. Let us help you put those finishing touches on your final mixes in the all-important Mastering stage. You're going to want your project to be equivalent to those found in record stores when it comes to Volume Level, EQ, Compression, etc. - that's where we come in!
6.5 RESOURCES - ORGANIZATIONS
Creative Musicians Coalition
PO Box 6205, Peoria, IL 61601-6205
PH: 309-685-4843 FX: 309-685-4879
Ron Wallace
aimcmc@aol.com
www.creativemusicianscoalition.com
A 27 year old international membership organization dedicated to the advancement of new music and the success of independent musicians. If you are making beautiful music, we encourage you to join with us.
SECTION SEVEN: THIS MONTH'S ARTICLE
"Can We Get In Pitchfork?" 6 Philosophical Reasons Indie Bands Fail
by James Moore, author of "Your Band is a Virus"
© 2013 All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission
At Independent Music Promotions we are lucky enough to be exposed to an extremely wide variety of independent bands, and it often seems the difference between a band rising fast, sinking like a stone or staying motionless in place comes down to the ideas and beliefs held by the band members themselves. Just like in life, ideas, philosophies and belief systems can cause us a lot of trouble internally and externally, leading us to do and think all kinds of irrational things. Some of the following list will be concrete things that many artists tend not to think about, and some of it will include harmful ideas they hold dear.
All of them I see first hand, and often enough to be inspired to share this article.
1) "All or Nothing"
Possibly due to growing up with long-held cultural expectations going all the way back to Elvis Presley and the Beatles, our collective idea of what it is to "be in a band" or "to make it" generally involves visions of superstars gracing the stage in front of 50,000 or so obsessed followers. It's fine and good to have an image in your mind of your goal. The problem is, this goal, if held too close and without the proper neutrality, can taint all the building blocks along the way and cause bands to implode early when they were just on the verge of getting somewhere. Artists who start off wanting everything nearly always grossly underestimate the work involved, and this leads to disillusionment and despair. There's no such thing in reality as "all or nothing". You are where you are so start from there.
2) "I'm a True Artist"
This is a true poison. If you're an honest, true artist, I congratulate you. In my view, you're a wonderful thing for this world. However, just BE an honest artist. Don't THINK you are one. It will get in your way, trust me. It's the same as the man on the path to enlightenment who thinks "I'm a great yogi". He won't achieve his goal. Thinking "I'm a true artist" tends to solidify subconscious beliefs about lack of success, "the Man", and the army of commercial sods out there that you're up against. It can make you feel alone in a music industry that sometimes seems to be a more dangerous environment than the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Don't let yourself get polarized. The Doors are considered by many to be true artists, and yet they also had the business drive to make it. They called in to Los Angeles radio requesting "Break on Through" to get their foot in the door. They didn't expect anyone to find them because of their unique gifts.
3) "We have no money"
That may be true, and everyone has their stories as to why they're in that situation. People have stories about why they're in ANY given situation; why they're lazy, why they're sick, why they're angry, why they don't trust people, why they are religious, why they are stressed, why they believe humanity is doomed???and many of our stories are quite rational and justified. We re-enforce them by repeating them over and over to anyone willing to listen.
But it doesn't help.
The tough thing to accept, and this really is a bitter pill to swallow, is this. No one cares about your story. They may understand. They may empathize. But no one really cares. Once you know that, once you TRULY know that, it's liberating. You can face who you actually are and where you actually are with courage instead of excuses.
Your band is a BUSINESS. In no other business are people allowed to say "I don't have money but I want success". The landlord would kick you out in a second. It's only independent bands who have such an issue with investing in themselves.
4) "Can we get in Pitchfork?"
I've been asked this question by many artists who are just starting out, and of course, there is always that chance. However, there seems to be a looming expectation attached to the question that has some troubling residue. One artist advised me that he would accept interview requests from publications like Pitchfork or Rolling Stone, but I would have to get his permission for "smaller publications". Do you see the issue here? If you don't embrace and respect ALL the media, including the tiniest independent music blogs, you'll most likely be very disappointed with your results. Most bands contact the top 50 music blogs after finding a list somewhere and ignore the rest of the blogosphere. In their minds, they're simply too good to waste their time on small publications.
5) "We're very coachable. Mold us!"
Not everyone will agree with me on this point, and it's fine because my point of view is subjective, and based on the kinds of music I personally value. I often receive submissions from bands who quite obviously try to sound like their idols, whether that be Creed, Jack White, Lil Wayne, or Nickelback (shudder). While this can end up being a successful strategy for some, most media personnel will just see you as a clone. If you really get to know publications like Popmatters, Consequence of Sound, Pitchfork, and Filter Magazine, or checking the latest festival lineups, you'll see a trend happening that leans heavily towards the innovative.
This goes against what most music promotion guides tell us. They tell you to be coachable and to listen to industry guidance. Write radio friendly songs. But I don't think that's true. You need to be genuine, and it's not genuine to copy someone or try to cater to an industry for financial or vanity reasons.
Don't compromise your art. Run with it. Do something vital, dangerous, meaningful, and most of all, honest.
6) "Wait in line and you'll get your share"
With the prevalence of endless music authorities of every kind, independent artists have in some cases adopted a "wait in line" mentality that can be quite harmful. You've submitted your music to every blog on Hype Machine and applied for every opportunity on Sonicbids. No one has responded. Now what?
Most music publications receive hundreds of submissions per day. More than likely they won't even listen to your music. Some blogs appear to be open to independent artists but are effectively shut down to the outside world. The idea of sending your album to all the respective "review queues" and waiting for something to happen, playing by the rules as it may be, just doesn't work.
There is a commonly held subconscious belief amongst musicians that pictures a level playing field of sorts. The music industry, as we like to think of it, is a giant, endless panel populated by A&R representatives ready to listen to every band, one at a time. But the reality is that very few people have the time or will make the time to listen to your music, let alone spread it in any way. You need to understand this and take control of your own progress.
Reach out personally to any genre expert who could possibly help you. Take the time to personally connect with as many people as possible. Hire freelancers to get on your side and possibly cover your band's new release. Offer something in return. Donate to blogs you respect and they will appreciate it. If you support them, they are much more likely to support you. Yes, I said it. It's the truth. Most bands think each website has a whole bunch of writers waiting with all the time in the world to write blogs about them, but people generally want something for their time, whether it's money to keep doing what they're doing, cross-promotion, acknowledgement of their work, or just an actual human conversation instead of a robotic press release.
Advertise. Research micro-job websites. Reach out to respected licensing companies. Contact writer's individually and let them know which pieces of their's you enjoyed rather than going through the main channels. Start a blog of your own and offer cross-promotion. Follow up when appropriate. Target non-music specific publications that have music sections.
There are thousands of things you could be doing while you're waiting in line, but never just wait.
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James Moore is a Canadian music promoter and author of the bestselling independent musician's resource guide "Your Band Is A Virus! Behind-the-Scenes & Viral Marketing for the Independent Musician".
As featured on Indie-music.com, Examiner.com, I Am Entertainment Magazine, Antimusic.com, and recommended by countless music publications, "Your Band Is A Virus! Expanded Edition" is the ultimate music marketing guide for serious independent musicians and bands. Get your copy now.
www.amazon.com/Your-Band-Is-Virus-ebook/dp/B00ADPGIXK/
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