Do you want to get your band out to the world and make your band known without hiring someone else? We have lots of ideas on how to get it done.
Online Radio
- Does Last.Fm's Powerplay Campaign Work?
- How To Put Your Music On Jango And Make It As Effective As Possible
- Jango: Bringing Back The Dark Days Of Pay-To-Play Access Or Can It Help Your Band???
- Is Jango Worth It?
- You Can Now Upload Your Music To Pandora!
- Don't Forget About Blip.FM
- Sign Up With SoundExchange To Get Your Unpaid Royalties
- SoundExchange Now Offers Online Registry
- From The Readers: How Do Your Get Paid For Last.FM, Jango, Pandora, And Other Online Radio Plays?
- Watch: What Is SoundExchange? A Site That Can Make Your Money
- Jango
Adds The Ability To Get Fan's Email Adresses!
- GrooveShark Is Another Online Radio Station You Should Be On
Crowdsourcing Sites
- A Guide To Crowdfunding
- Another Crowd Sourcing Site For You: 100,000 Fans
- The Banded.com Is A Web 2.0 Battle Of The Bands
- Crowdsourcing Battle Of The Bands/Label Site The Banded Has Launched
- PickTheBand A Fan Run Record Label
- MyBandStock.com Is An Awesome Oppurtunity For Your Band
- Supernova.com A Site Of Tools For Bands And Battle Of The Bands
- Make Your Project Happen With Kickstarter.com
- How Polyvinyl Records Used KickStarter And What It Can Do For You
- SellABand Drop 50K Minimum And Changes The Game
- Public Enemy To Use SellABand To Finance Their New Record
- Public Enemy's Fan Funding Is A Joke? How They Could Have Done It Better
- MyBandStock
Shows What Sets Them Apart!
- Get Busy Committee Get With Kickstarter And Well... Get Busy!
Promoting In The Real World
- How To Turn A Show In Front Of 8 People Into One Of Your Most Important Shows
- Duh! You Need Stickers!
- Larger Than Life Prints Make HUGE Stickers For You/Your Band
- How To Make Friends And Help Your Community: Stop Van Thefts
- Another Idea For Choosing A Single: Give It To A Tastemaker
- Viral Merch: The Often Overlooked Powerful Way To Promote Your Band Part 1
- Promote Your Band By Adding Value (Write For This Site)
- The Cheapest Of Music Videos - Using A Survelliance Camera
- How To Screen Print Your Own Merch For Bigger Profits
- Experimental Merch With Silk Screens To Start A Viral Merch Trend
- What Do Record Labels Do? Part 4 - College Radio Campaigns And How To Do It Today
- Using
Fortune Cookies To Get More People To Listen To Your Music
- Re: Using Fortune Cookies To Get More People To Listen To Your Music
- Cool Merch Idea - Magnets
Tools And Websites That Can Help Promote Your Music
- LiveKick Is A Local Concert Calendar Based On Your iTunes Collection
- AllMusic.com Becoming More And More Relevant?
- How To Submit Your Music To Allmusic And Correct Listings
- Trendrr Is A Stats Site That Will Gauge Your Net Presence
- Make Sure You Use A Creative Commons License On Your Flickr Press Shots
- The Musician's Guide To Free (Legal) Software: Use Gimp Instead Of Adobe Photoshop
- The Indie Maximum Exposure List Now Has It's Own Blog!
- Thesixtyone.com Is Digg For Indie Music AKA Get Your Music On It Now
- DropBox Is A Great Way To Share Files
- YouTube Now Has Stats And We Will Tell You What You Can Do With Them
Esoteric Promotion Strategies
- The Musicians Guide To Creating Torrents
- How To Use A Open Source Remix To Promote Your Song Part 1
- How To Use A Open Source Remix To Promote Your Song Part 2
- Use A Gratis License To Get Your Music In Indie/Non-Profit Films
- Marketing Your Music Overseas Is Different, So How Do You Do It Right?
- WFMU Has Launched The Free Music Archive: What That Means?
- Use The Free Music Archive To Distribute Your Instrumentals For Remixes
- A DJ Set, Playlist, Mixtape Isn't Just For Dance And Hip-Hop Artists
- Host A UStream Concert For Your Far Away Fans
- How To Use
Discount Code Promotions To Build Up Your Following
- The
Best BitTorrent Trackers For Uploading Your Music
- Making
A "Mixtape" Of Your Friends And Local Scene Can Help You All
- Re: Making A "Mixtape" Of Your Friends And Local Scene Can Help You All
How To Get On Blogs And Deal With Them
- The Golden Rules Of Blog Promotion
- Submitting To Blogs: Use A Personal Introduction
- Establishing Relationships With Blogs To Get Covered
- Follow-up To Blog Submissions: Saying Thank You
- The Hype Machine Gets RickRolled - Showing Their Twitter Chart Is Easily Gamed
- Hype Machine Don't Take No Mess
- Use Hype Machine To Find Blogs That Will Blog About Your Music
- Re: Getting Publicity - Use Hype Machine To Find Blogs That Will Blog About Your Music
- RCRDLBL.com The Best Blog/Label On The Net?
- Bad Promotion Idea: Yelling At Bloggers For Posting Your Music
- FilesTube Will Find Your Music If It Is On Most Of The Major File Sharing Sites
- Fairtilizer The DIY Music Club / Music Sharing Site
- Getting
Blogged About - Send A Stream And Download
- Getting
Written About In Blogs - Time Is Of The Essence
- Another Reason Getting Blogged About Is Imortant (Even The Small Ones) - Blog Aggregators
How To Handle Graphics In Your Promotions
- Choosing Colors To Represent You/Your Band
- The Musician's Guide To Free (Legal) Software: Use Inkspace Instead Of Adobe Illustrator
- What Do Record Labels Do? Part 2 - Graphics And Design And How To DIY
- BandJob
Is A Place To Shop For Music Based Graphic Design Work
Misc. Articles
- Read A Great PDF On Best Practices For Promoting An Unknown Act
- From The Readers: How Do You Get A "Internet Band" Noticed?
- Watch Tim Ferriss's Speech - How to Create a Global Phenomenon for Less Than $10,000
- Band Interviews: A Tip Sheet
- Take the Compliment
- A Cheap Video Can REALLY Help Your Band! Part 1
- Live Lessons: Get Noticed
Writing Your Bio
- Writing Your Bio For Reviewers - Write What You Want Them To Say
- Try Using Lyrics In Your Band Bio
- No One Cares: Cut The Extraneous Influences In Band Bios
- Before You Show Something To The World Let 5 Pairs Of Educated Eyes See It
- How To Write A Great Bio
Getting Publicity For Your Music
- Hot Tip: Google Alert You/Your Band
- How To Get Your Band Publicity: Feed Them! Part 1
- How To Get Your Band Publicity: Smile For The Camera! Part 2
- How To Get Your Band Publicity: Collect Interested Ears Part 3
- How To Get Your Band Publicity: Track Down Writers Who Do Reviews Part 4
- How To Get Your Band Publicity: Tracking Down Writers Part 5
- Be Your Own Publicist: Collecting Publicity And Posting It To Flickr
- Getting Publicity - Use Hype Machine To Find Blogs That Will Blog About Your Music
- Music Industry Red Flags: Having Bad Photos Talks About Your Work Ethic Not Your Look
- Re: Having Bad Photos Talks About Your Work Ethic Not Your Look
- Use BackType To Do Your Publicity More Effectively
- How To Use Google Alerts And BackType Searches To Find Gigs, Fans And Publicity For You/ Your Band
- Publicity Myth - Comprehensive Google Alerts Don't Work As Well As Individual Searches
- Must Read: Why Your Press Releases And Stuffed Letters Aren't Working
- More Modern Publicity Techniques From Ariel Hyatt
- Regator Is Another Way To Find Blogs That Will Write About Your Music
- Don't Sleep On Your Local Press - It Can Mean Big Breaks
- WhosTalking Is Another Great Site To Search The Internet For Talk About You
- Getting
Good Publicity Is A Discouraging Battle If You Don't Know What To
Expect
- The Searches You Should Be Checking Everyday
Marketing Ideas For Your Music
Here we show you some ways other bands have marketed themselves.
- MKTG
Ideas Is A Blog Of Marketing Ideas Brought To You By The New Music
Tipsheet
- The
RockBand Network Is Now Open For Submissions!
- The
Hype Of Surround Has Died But It's Still A Great Gift To Fans
- A
Few Not Obvious Ways To Gain New Fans
- Akron/Family
Launch Website To Showcase Covers Of Their Song/Free Show Admission
- Mint
Chicks Team With Music Hy.Pe To Fansource Many Cool Promotions
- Nine
Inch Nails Crowdsource New Free DVD/Blu-Ray And What You Can Learn From
- ThisFlaming Lips Use Album Sneak Peak As Concernt Ticket Tie In
- Is The Deluxe Edition Getting Beyond Stupid?
- Mike Masnick Talks NIN and How They Are Getting It Right
- MIDI Mafia Talks About Breaking Into The Business
- Band Promotes Their Music Through Torrent Site
- Soulwax AKA Too Many DJs To Launch Radio Souldwax
- Well That's One Way To Promote Your New Record
- Tiga Goes All Charlie Rose In New "Interview"
- The Gossip Use A Funny Infomercial To Promote Their New Record
- Mars Volta Looking For Fans To Host Listening Parties
- Chester French Rewards Fans For Burning Their CD
- Taking Back Sunday Bonds With Fans And Enacts A Genius Promotion
- The Max Bemis Song Shop - Personalized Songs For You!
- Billy Talent To Release Guitar Villain
- Far Crowdsources Their Gang Vocals For Reunion Record!?!?
- WTF? Univeral Launches YouTube Game For Artists
- Ryan Leslie A Lesson In Treating Fans Right
- The Mos Def T-Shirt Idea Hits A Snag
- 25 Great Punk Logos That Can Give Anyone Inspiration
- Slayer Send Out Digital Press Release From The Studio
- How A Band Gets A Buzz A Study In The Rural Alberta Advantage
- Awesome Webcam Crowdsourced Based Video Done On The Cheap
- The Used Offer Weekly Guitar Tabs To Build Momentum For New Record
- Tara Busch Goes Deluxe With A Pretty Cool Limited Edition Package
- Muse Launch Treasure Hunt For USB Drives With New Songs
- 10 Odds Way To Distribute Your Music
- Imogen Heap Shows Everyone The Right Way To Do Making A Record YouTubes
- $99 Music Videos Showcases Great Videos Done On The Cheap
- Great Merch Idea - Printing Inside The Shirt
- Jimmy Eat World Does Track By Track Recap Of Clarity - A Great Idea For Bonus Material
- AFI Uses Twitter To Promote The Revealing Of New Album's Tracklist
- Chester French Make The Smart Move Of Making Super Fans Vs. Semi-Interested Fans
- Band Sees Major iTunes Sales Boost And Concert Sales From Pirated Video
- Health Give Fans A Reason To Buy With Insane Ticket Based Giveaways
- Best CD Packaging Ever? CD Case As Theremin!
- David Guetta Uses An Awesome Soundboard To Promote His New Record
- The Used Use Twitter To Get People To Listen To Their New Record
- Ash Start An Expensive Singles Service... Is This Over-Staying Your Welcome In The Newscycle
- Earache Records Signs Deal With Rapidshare To Give Away New Acts Music
- Metallica Launch iPhone App To Sell Live MP3s
- 30 Seconds To Mars To Give Away 30 Guitars In 30 Days Via Twitter
- You Can See Paramore's New Video In Exchange For A Tweet
- The Musformation Guide To The Philosophies You Need To Know To Navigate The Music Industry Today
- The Musformation Guide To Getting Your Band Started
- The Musformation Guide To Writing Better Songs
- The Musformation Guide To Playing Live And Touring
- The Musformation Guide To Taking Your Band Into The Studio
- The Musformation Guide To Social Networks
- The Musformation Guide To Your Website, Mailing List, Essential Tools For Your Band And SEO
- The Musformation Guide To Getting Signed And/Or Noticed By The Music Industry
- The Musformation Guide To Distributing Your Music
- The Musformation Guide To Getting Your Music Licensed
- The Musformation Guide To Promoting, Marketing And Getting Publicity For Your Music















































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