Indie Music Resource – 100 Tips To Market Your Music (Part 2)
September 27th, 2009
By Artistopia
Need ideas on how to spread the news that you are ready to hit the music scene? Don’t know where to start your music marketing and promotional efforts?
This is Part 2 of a two part series about getting your music heard, especially if a career in music is your ultimate goal.
We had so many ideas for Indie and unsigned musicians, singers and songwriters music marketing tips that we couldn’t fit it in one article. Here is part two with more ideas to get the word out on your music. Read the rest of this entry »
Indie Music Resource – 100 Tips To Market Your Music (Part 1)
September 27th, 2009
100 Tips to Market Your Music (Part 1)
By Artistopia
Marketing is all the activities and processes of planning, communicating and executing a product, with a price, the promotion and the placement of an item to an end user.
Your music is your product which you are then supplying to the end user - The Music Fan
Between you and the fan is a big space on how to bridge this gap. You may think that if you just get a record deal with some label, your prayers are answered and this instant bridge is built across that space.
This is for the most part, not how things work today.
As an aspiring indie or unsigned singer, songwriter, or a musician in a band you can not do just a few things to promote yourself and expect success in your music career.
Offline and online music promotion and marketing exposure is an ongoing process in this DIY age. Music companies are looking for artists that already have fan bases, sold CDs, and are proven ready to move up to a higher level.
Presented here are more than 100 tips and ideas for you to think about and tweak as you will, to get noticed, gain fans, and get heard. Read the rest of this entry »