Promoting Your Playing And Your Music And You!, Tips and Tricks on Getting the word out about you! |
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Promoting Your Playing And Your Music And You!, Tips and Tricks on Getting the word out about you! |
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Apr 23 2012, 10:15 PM |
Great video talking about the Pros and Cons of giving your music away for free as a promotional tool. From the BERKLEE College of Music.
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May 20 2012, 02:15 AM |
LOOKING TO LICENSE or SELL SOME OF YOUR MUSIC TO MOVIES/TV/Etc?
I recently came across a new web site I've since joined called MUSIC XRAY and I wanted to share it with you guys. I found them through soundcloud.com and they are parnters actually. You can link your accounts and your music is available to producers and such and you can apply for various opportunities for you and your music. Here is the link. http://www.musicxray.com/ This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: May 20 2012, 02:15 AM |
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Sep 25 2012, 10:44 PM |
Checkout BANDCAMP.com if you have not already to promote your music! It's free and provides a great platform for musicians to give/sell their music. Here is my bandcamp page. I just started one and hope to add wads of stuff!
http://divinusmortus.bandcamp.com/ |
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Sep 26 2012, 08:01 AM |
Checkout BANDCAMP.com if you have not already to promote your music! It's free and provides a great platform for musicians to give/sell their music. Here is my bandcamp page. I just started one and hope to add wads of stuff! http://divinusmortus.bandcamp.com/ I heard about bandcamp too - I can't wait to have Aria's EP in my hands so that I can place it all over these sites |
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Oct 15 2012, 04:11 PM |
Tried and tested Todd!
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Oct 15 2012, 09:52 PM |
Tried and tested Todd! Cool! Share some links and such! This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: Oct 15 2012, 09:52 PM |
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Oct 16 2012, 10:58 AM |
I wanted to ask for a little piece of advice here I am planning to work with a distribution label (it's a Universal Records subsidiary here in Romania) offering to distribute the Aria EP on the most important channels available. Now the question is, does it make any sense to work with MORE distribution labels, if this one gets your music in the right places? It really depends on the contract Cosmin and whether it's for physical and/or digital distribution. Also, if the contract is exclusive then you can't use any other distribution channels in any of the areas named in the contract. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
Be friends on facebook with us here. We use professional, mastering grade hardware in our mastering studo. Our hardware includes: Cranesong Avocet II Monitor Controller, Dangerous Music Liasion Insert Hardware Router, ATC SCM Pro Monitors, Lavry Black DA11, Prism Orpheus ADC/DAC, Gyratec Gyraf XIV Parallel Passive Mastering EQ, Great River MAQ 2NV Mastering EQ, Kush Clariphonic Parallel EQ Shelf, Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor, API 2500 Mastering Compressor, Eventide Eclipse Reverb/Echo. |
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Oct 17 2012, 09:33 AM |
Hey Tony! It's only digital and I have no clue about the exclusivity clauses just yet... As far as I know pretty much all of the main re-distributors, not just Universal, will put digital out to the major channels like i-tunes and Amazon. In this case you probably need to pay close attention to the payment structure that Universal want, whether its a flat fee, a % of sales (and how that is structured), a mixture, when and how it is paid, etc., and also any other issues like exclusivity. Also be aware that Universal will almost certainly insist that your release has appropriate ISRC and UPC and may apply their own if they aren't there as i-tunes etc usually won't carry your product without them. If the release hasn't been mastered Universal may suggest that you use their in-house mastering studio. Again read the terms and any contract carefully as very often it's Universal who contract the mastering engineer rather than you. That means you are not the client and the studio often then will not deal/speak with you. I'd suggest that you have a chat with your mastering engineer about this. If you are in any doubt about the contract then your manager should really get a music industry lawyer to look at it before you do anything. ... Big labels like Sony will sell you distribution these days, as will many others. But the promotion in these cases is often still up to the artist, with the decline in physical media, many distributors are open to letting artists subsidize their existing distribution chain to fill in where some smaller labels used to be. Todd Correct - the redistributor usually has nothing to do with promotion and publicity, and often little incentive to push sales. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
Be friends on facebook with us here. We use professional, mastering grade hardware in our mastering studo. Our hardware includes: Cranesong Avocet II Monitor Controller, Dangerous Music Liasion Insert Hardware Router, ATC SCM Pro Monitors, Lavry Black DA11, Prism Orpheus ADC/DAC, Gyratec Gyraf XIV Parallel Passive Mastering EQ, Great River MAQ 2NV Mastering EQ, Kush Clariphonic Parallel EQ Shelf, Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor, API 2500 Mastering Compressor, Eventide Eclipse Reverb/Echo. |
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Oct 18 2012, 08:28 AM |
Wow! Thanks Tony! Really, REALLY valuable info here!
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Feb 14 2013, 05:29 AM |
YOUR BAND NEEDS A WEB SITE!!!! Your band should have a WEB SITE in addition to your Social Media, (facebook, myspace, tumbler, whatever). These can all be linked to your site, and integrated if you like But ideally, if you have a "Band" you should make a "BAND SITE". There are several sites that will let you build something quick and easy using only your web browser. These have benefits. 1.)Anyone can build a site! 2.)No HTML required! 3.)No software required! Handy eh? Some of these sites charge money. Some don't. Of the ones that charge money, http://www.bandzoogle.com is a good choice. But if you are on a budget, I have found one that's FREE. http://www.get-ctrl.com/ Both are easy to use and will allow you to get your band on the web instead of just having a profile. Todd |
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