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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Sep 14 2016, 04:39 PM |
The very cool folks over @ iConnectivity (I've been using one of their audio interfaces, the iConnectivity4+ lately) have been so kind as to feature me in their Blog!!
http://www.iconnectivity.com/blog/todd-sim...-iconnectaudio4 This brings me to a good point about "self promotion". If there is a bit of gear/kit that you have, that you like, and use all the time, reach out to the folks that make it. Tell them how great it is and that you'd love to help them spread the word about it in any way you can. Offer to help, essentially If you have any kind of traction on social media, they will usually respond right away. Even if you don't have any real traction on social media, reach out all the same. They may feature you on their social media and just that can get you some good exposure to new potential fans who might otherwise have never seen you . |
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Dec 23 2016, 06:38 PM |
If you don't yet have a REVERBNATION.com account to help promote your music and yourself as a player, it's time to make one! It's easy to do, it's free and yet another way for folks to connect with you and your music. Don't be shy Share any music you are proud of, collab, solo, etc. Have your promo in place for 2017 and here's to hoping it's a great year
http://bit.ly/divinusmortus_reverbnation |
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Jul 26 2017, 03:52 AM |
GREAT vid about how to get started reviewing gear for various companies, even if you are just starting out. Some very good advice.
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May 12 2018, 09:10 PM |
True
A quick googling revealed CD baby will let you upload a 290 MB file as a single for $9.99, it looks like it's good forever if I'm reading it correctly, which is great deal! https://members.cdbaby.com/cd-baby-cost.aspx Also, it's perpetual, so CDbaby don't charge each year to keep it up. They just take a 9 percent rake on sales, if there are any sales. Sadly, In 2011: 94% of digital tracks in 2011 (that’s 7.5 million tracks) sold fewer than 100 units, and an astonishing 32% sold only one copy. http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/11/you...e-tunecore.html Putting music online is really more of a promotional tool than a sales tool until you reach a certain critical mass. Until then, it can costs you wads of money with some services to just keep them up even if nobody is buying.. That's one cool thing about CDbaby, you just pay once. Spotify is offering a way to listen to high quality files but the cost is quite an increase. Most streaming services offer the basic plan with compressed streaming. So unless your subscribers are willing to pay the exra to hear music in higher quality, it won't matter what quality you submit the file at, they will hear it squashed. Here is a link to what spotify is doing to offer better stream quailty. Each vendor has a different pricing model, they all have their ups/downs. As bandwidth increases on mobile networks, I have no doubt we will see a move toward higher resolution audio. The same way we saw an increase in the quality of streamed video as available bandwidth increased. https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/5/15168340/...ify-hi-fi-tidal I'm not sure whether you are looking for higher resolution, bigger file size or both? At the current state of affairs, each vendor has their own pricing plan so each one is worth looking in to. Your case is a bit unique just due to length of songs. Given the plethora of vendors a bit of research should turn up at least one willing to stream long files without price gouging. Same with increase in bandwidth, increases in service side storage will take costs down as well. In a couple/few years, longer songs, higher resolutions, will probably be part of the standard package for most vendors I'd wager. Todd 8 mb limit is just like 4 minutes in good format though, from the top of my head, is it not?
This post has been edited by Todd Simpson: May 12 2018, 09:40 PM |
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