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
Unpeeled
8 The Thorn, Guestling Thorn, East Sussex, TN35 4LU UK
PH: 01424-815-066
Shane O'Leary unpeeled@tiscali.co.uk
www.unpeeled.net
Honest reviews of everything we receive. All genres, signed, unsigned, major or indie.
Kamakaze Music Blog
12351 Marshall Ave. #20, Chino, CA 91710
Keith Kehrer
keith@kamakazemusic.com
kazeblog.kamakazemusic.com
If you wish to have your CD/MP3s reviewed, please send them my way. Just email me an let me know to expect the package.
Indie Rock Cafe
contact@indierockcafe.com
www.indierockcafe.com
We strongly encourages musicians, bands and labels to submit music for possible review. Although we make no promises too, we do our best. IRC's philosophy is that we act as a conduit between indie music fans and new and established indie musicians and groups.
LPM Voice Digital Rock MAGAZINE
Jeremy Elkins
contact@lpmvoice.com
www.LPMvoice.com
Features Rock reviews, interviews and a "Band of the Month."
AmericanaOK Reviews
Tom Fahey
americanaok@btinternet.com
www.americanaok.com
If you want to submit a CD for review and possible airplay please contact us for a mailing address. Americana music only!
BullFrogMusic Reviews
PO Box 5041, Victoria, BC V8R 6N3
PH: 250-370-5448
Jeremiah Sutherland jeremiah@bullfrogmusic.com
frogblogreviews.bullfrogmusic.com
Comprises reviews of indie releases in Jazz, Blues, Folk, Pop, Early Music and Opera. Affiliated with BullFrogMusic.com.
Hear/Say
PH: 800-227-2425 x110
Diane Singer
diane@hearsay.cc
www.hearsay.cc
America's College Music media for 11 years! Distributed on 600 college campuses and 100 indie music stores nationwide! Features artist spotlights, CD reviews, artist interviews, streaming, podcast interviews & more!
SECTION TWO: RADIO SHOWS AND PROMOTION
2.1 RADIO - STATIONS AND SHOWS
Jango AirPlay
www.airplay.jango.com
An online radio station where millions of listeners create their own radio stations. We offer your independent band the opportunity to get your music played alongside the artists you pick Packages start at $30. If our listeners like your songs you will be included for free in general rotation. Get played to 6 million listeners. 1,000 plays for only $30!
The Bald Guy Show
PO Box 25945, Woodbury, MN 55125
AJ & Suny
baldguyshow@gmail.com
www.BaldGuyShow.net
Get played on my show, hear what I think about your CD on my "Artist Review" show and get exposed to 30,000 listeners worldwide. Please add all tracks, cover art as well as your bio and where to buy your CD.
AmericanaOK Radio
Tom Fahey
americanaok@btinternet.com
www.americanaok.com
If you want to submit a CD for review and possible airplay please contact us for a mailing address. Americana music only!
GetUPlayed
www.getuplayed.com
Dedicated to providing an alternative channel for independent artists to get their music heard by nearly 100 million listeners each day. And, best of all, GetUPlayed pays you every time one of your songs is played; similar to how we pay other artists like The Rolling Stones, U2 and Norah Jones.
The SoupyGato Show
210 Fitzhugh, #419, Bay City, MI 48708
Daniel J. Harris
soupygato@gmail.com
www.soupygato.com
Bands and artists can either send an MP3 or CD. I try to do more for bands that send a CD considering the time, money, and consideration it involves. All styles and flavors of music or sound are welcome. Please, no cover songs. No more than two MP3s please.
Kimmi & The Metal Deli
PO Box 851, Highland Park, IL 60035
PH: 206-203-2944
Kimmi
contact@themetaldeli.com
www.themetaldeli.com
I wanted to host a podcast that can showcase the metal and rock musicians out there who may not be signed to a major label but still deserve to be heard.
Upper Room with Joe Kelley and Gi Dussault
PO Box 3481, Bridgeport, CT 06605
npsfunk@optonline.net
www.upperroomwithjoekelley.com
24 Hours/ 7 Days a week. Interviews, creative music and studio performances.
NetteRadio
PO Box 35476, Los Angeles, CA 90035
Annette Conlon
info@netteradio.com
www.netteradio.com/submit.html
Bringing you the best in independent women's music from around the world since 2001! From Piano to Punk, from Harp to Hip Hop we play it all! Every submission must be accompanied by a signed Artist Release form. You can print out the release form from this web page:
www.netteradio.com/NetteRadioArtistRelease.pdf
RewBee*sWorld
ewbeesworld@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/rewbeesworld
New York City based show that brings in musicians, bands, music industry insiders, and all forms of entertainers. RewBee interviews them, plays their music and just lets the viewers and listeners know "what the goings on is." The main format of music is Rock, baby!
Moozikoo Radio
PO Box 50322, Nashville, TN 37205-0322
Anthony Bates anthony@moozikoo.com
www.moozikooradio.com
Our goal is to bring you the best music from today's independent artists. We focus on music in the Americana, Alt. Rock, Bluegrass, Blues, and Alt. Country genres.
eoRadio
PH: 303-808-8140
Ryan Smith webmaster@eoradio.com
www.eoradio.com
The best free music from unsigned artists from around the globe. We require all artists to register online and sign a release form before submitting. Visit online for details.
2.2 RADIO - PROMOTERS
Creativity in Music
Joe Kelley
npsfunk@optonline.net
www.creativityinmusic.com
We promote your CD to specifically-targeted radio stations. From our years of experience and contacts, we introduce your music to radio stations that will gain you new listeners. We do extensive follow-up with music directors with phone calls and emails. Let's us do the work for your music!!
Kate Smith Promotions
1413 Dobson St. #100, Evanston IL 60202-3717
PH: 814-482-0010
Bill Morton Bill@KateSmithPromotions.com
www.KateSmithPromotions.com
Jazz marketing and radio promotion service.
Airplay Specialists
1100 18th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212
PH: 615-364-5145 FX: 615-321-2244
airplay4U@aol.com
www.airplayspecialists.com
We have a personal relationship with the 1300+ stations that collectively comprise the secondary Country radio marketplace.
Howard Rosen Promotion
5605 Woodman Ave. #206, Van Nuys, CA 91401
PH: 818-901-1122 FX: 818-901-6513
musicsubmissions@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
Twin Vision
261 5th Ave. #1F, Brooklyn, NY 11215
PH: 718-369-1370
Peter Hay
TwinVision@aol.com
www.twinvision.net
Offers radio promotion services to artists and labels with proven strategies that create exposure and awareness with national audiences. We are specialists in working with independently created projects, from artists putting out their own recordings to major independent labels, as well as foreign labels looking for a niche in the American market. For the last seventeen years, Twin Vision has provided promotion services to artists, managers, publishers and labels whose projects required special attention at radio formats that embrace new and emerging artists.
SECTION THREE: SERVICES/VENDORS/LABELS THAT WILL HELP SELL YOUR MUSIC
3.1 SERVICES - PROMOTION/PUBLICITY
Absolute Pitch Public Relations
122 W. 27th St. 12th Fl. New York, NY 10001
PH: 347-527-2196 FX: 928-563-2196
Beatrice Bugnosen beatrice@absolutepitchpr.com
www.absolutepitchpr.com
The PR resource for independent musicians, providing PR, promotions, and personal service.
MusicSUBMIT
34 E. 23rd St, 6th Fl. New York, NY 10029
PH: 917-512-2958
Michael
support@musicsubmit.com
www.MusicSUBMIT.com
Promotes your music to the decision makers at Internet radio stations, music blogs, online music magazines and more, AND we give you a full report of everything we do for you!
Nina Denny Public Relations
PO Box 1248, Ogdensburg, NY 13669
PH: 315-323-1058 FX: 877-349-0225
Nina
ndenny@ninadenny.com
www.ninadenny.com
PR with a personal touch, affordable rates and music expertise.
Big Noise Management
11 S. Angell St. #336, Providence, RI 02906
PH: 401-274-4770
Al Gomes
al@bignoisenow.com
www.bignoisenow.com
We do artist development, A&R, music marketing, and film and TV licensing. We work with Pop, Rock, R&B, Hard Rock, Metal, Jazz, Acoustic, Dance and Blues artists. Currently seeking new artists. Please call or email first. We also run Big Noise Records.
Miles High Productions
6622 Delongpre Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028
PH: 323-806-0400 FX: 323-462-0829
mhpmanagement@mileshighproductions.com
www.mileshighproductions.com
Created to bridge the gap of companies working directly with music artists and entertainment based projects who are in need of additional marketing support. MHP also focuses on non-music ventures such as corporate brand building, cosmetics, gaming, sports and other industries. MHP?s goal is to elevate your product or artist to a higher ground in an expedient timeframe by exposing them to new and existing online audiences. MHP also focuses on taking our campaigns one step further by cross-promoting all traditional methods of marketing with online opportunities for further outreach. @MilesHigh
Ariel Publicity Artist Relations and Cyber Promotions
325 W. 38th St. #505, New York, NY 10018
PH: 212-239-8384 FX: 212-239-8380
Ariel Hyatt
ah@arielpublicity.com
www.arielpublicity.net
Professional promotional services for indie artists. Ask about our discount for Indie Bible customers!
MLC PR
PO Box 1096, Agoura Hills, CA 91371
PH: 805-231-3182 FX: 818-292-8996
Mona Loring
contact@monaloring.com
www.monaloring.com
We provide music publicity services to unsigned artists, music labels and anyone else in the music industry.
3.2 SERVICES - VENDORS AND LABELS
Kurenza Records
810 Charlotte Way #202, Enola, PA 17025
PH: 717-623-8577
Scott Rudnick
kurenzarecords@kurenzarecords.com
www.kurenzarecords.com
A label that features Country, Easy Listening and Oldies music. We are always looking for
new artists that want to get some exposure in the music industry.
Parliament Records Group
357 S. Fairfax Ave. #430, Los Angeles, CA 90036
PH: 323-653-0693 FX: 323-653-7670
Ben Wiseman parlirec@aol.com
www.parliamentrecords.com
Record companies that specialize in R&B, Rap, Hip Hop, Soul and Gospel.
Sevier Records
1602 17th Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37212
PH: 615-500-4411
Chris Sevier
severerecords7@yahoo.com
www.sevierproductions.com
Artist development and A&R outsourcing. We help deserving artists make a record and build their team for success.
SECTION FOUR: SITES WHERE YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR BAND'S MP3s
OR VIDEOS
MyMojo Indie
indie.mymojo.com
The most rockin? spot to promote your music, create mobile content, and make money. We offer you (the artist) the ability to make ringtones, full-length tracks, wallpapers, and other types of mobile content. You can then market your ringtones and wallpaper from your social networking profile, personal blog, band?s website, or any other webpage of your choosing. Every time you get a new fan to sign up for MyMojo, who pin confirms their cellular phone number, and downloads a piece of the your content? YOU?LL MAKE COLD, HARD CASH!
IndieMundo.com
Spencer Simonsen spensimon@hotmail.com
www.indiemundo.com
A free service for independent artists and their fans. We pay artists when their music is downloaded
TryXo
www.tryxo.com
An online store for digital downloads with strictly independent music. We focus on providing talented independent artists with a high quality marketplace for their products. Each song costs only $0.59! And the best thing is - 75% of each sale are paid to the artists!
Kerchoonz
www.kerchoonz.com
Scottish based company that pays bands, artists, DJs and songwriters when they give their music to fans for free!!! Kerchoonz gives you everything you could ever want from a social community.... and more!!
Audiolife
customercare@Audiolife.com
www.Audiolife.com
Our storefront can be placed on any website, blog, or social network enabling the artist to potentially reach a global audience of more than 300 million people. No other tool on the market provides a streamlined, web-based alternative to custom promotion, manufacturing, and distribution specifically created for musicians and artists with no up-front costs to the user.
Soundword Media
www.soundwordmedia.com
Unlike other music download sites, we are a worldwide digital download subscription club. Subscribers enjoy the benefit of purchasing music at discount prices, sending voucher credits to relatives and friends, and many more without being tied to any contract or fees. Subscribers only pay when they purchase download music. In the same way, artists and labels receive royalties when their music is downloaded. There are no upfront setup or maintenance fees.
People's Music Store
music@peoplesmusicstore.com
www.peoplesmusicstore.com
An independent company set up to give music fans the power to champion and promote the music they love. In an industry dominated by corporate music download services, we offer a friendly alternative which puts music-lovers at the forefront. If you own the digital rights to any music that you?d like to make available for download on People?s Music Store, please send an email with all the details and we?ll consider it.
volumMonster
www.volumMonster.com
A new way for fans and artists to interact by allowing Fans to redeem, download, and enjoy free content that Artists upload for them. Think of volumMonster as a Fan's virtual backstage pass. Sure, Fans will be able to download free music, but volumMonster doesn't stop there. Fans can also redeem videos, pictures, exclusive content and much, much more!
Hitz Music
PO Box 1796, Voorhees, NJ 08043
Mic Q micqhitz@yahoo.com
www.HitzMusic.com
Music distribution and markting online for artists.
RawRip
130 Shaftsbury Ave. London, W1D 5EU UK
PH: 020-7031-4288 FX: 020-7031-4302
Mark Sando
Mark@corp.rawrip.com
www.rawrip.com/indiebible
A music distribution service making history as the first to give artists 100% of royalties earned from every downloaded track. In addition to pay as you go downloads, fans can stream music for free, store songs in their own personal music library, and explore new music using the 'The Rippler.' Artists can also sell their tracks through portable 'Raw Stores', a widget that allows them to earn 100% from sales to fans on websites such as their own band site, blogs, MySpace or Facebook.
MPTrax
www.mptrax.com
The new face of music discovery! Gives artists and fans a chance to work together to decide the future of the music.
Indie Charts
info@indiecharts.com
www.indiecharts.com
Indie music reviews, music charts, indie radio & free music downloads!
OurStage
community@ourstage.com
www.ourstage.com
A brand new and exciting way for you to succeed as an artist. Our site is designed to leverage the power of the Internet to connect fans to emerging artists. You get exposure to new fans through our ranking and judging system. You can track fans with a fan club and comments. There is a monthly cash prize of $100 for the top entry in each channel and a $5,000 grand prize for music and a $1,000 prize for video. You may also get additional exposure and prizes through our partners, such as NEMO, CMJ, Noisepop, Paste, the DV Show and many others.
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: HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR YOUR BAND
5.1 RESOURCES - GENERAL
Radar Music Videos
86 Liddell Gardens, London NW10 3QE UK
PH: 020-8960-8738
Caroline Bottomley caroline@radarmusicvideos.com
www.RadarMusicVideos.com
We matchmake bands and labels with music video directors worldwide and promote videos extensively.
Spill the Blood
www.spilltheblood.net
Your resource for all things Metal. Here you will find all the up-to-date Metal news, features, MP3s and more in a massive collection of the best Metal blogs on the Web. See a blog (or two or twelve) that you like? Please visit them, check out new (or old) artists and buy their albums, because if you don't, then the bands stop making music, the blogs stop featuring them and then we end up sitting on our hands wishing there was more music. It's a vicious cycle.
Bandit A&R Newsletter
68-70 Lugley St., Newport, PO30 5ET UK
PH: +44-1983-524110
John
bandit.icb@aweber.com
http://www.banditnewsletter.com
Helping ambitious bands target their demos to labels, publishers etc.
5.2 RESOURCES - CD DUPLICATION
OASIS CD Manufacturing
7905 N. Crescent Blvd. Delair, NJ 08110
PH: 540-987-8810 FX: 540-987-8812
info@oasisCD.com
www.oasiscd.com
We help you manufacture your CD or DVD project. We also help you package it creatively, promote and distribute it so it doesn't become just more clutter in your apartment.
Progressive Media & Music
2116 Southview Ave. Tampa, FL 33606
PH: 813-251-8093 FX: 813-251-6050
info@progressivecds.com
www.progressivecds.com
For over a quarter of a century we have been manufacturing the highest quality duplicated media available.
From compact discs, cd rom, audio cassettes, dvd?s to vhs tapes we have been your trusted, one stop solution. If you can play it, hear it, or see it Progressive Media & Music has always been the first choice when the project really matters. Ask about getting a free custom printed full color t-shirt of your album art!!!
Crystal Clear Disc and Tape
10486 Brockwood Rd. Dallas, TX 75238
PH: 800-880-0073 FX: 214-349-3819
Jim jim@crystalclearsound.com
http://www.crystalclearcds.com
Need CDs? For over 30 years, thousands of artists across the country have trusted Crystal Clear to take their Audio CD duplication, DVD replication and cassette tape manufacturing projects from concept to finished product. We can do it all - from full-color art design and digital mastering and editing to professional "retail-ready" duplication and packaging. 1000 CDs for $999. 1000 Promo CD Pack for $599. 1000 DVDs for $1499!
Disc2Day
2113 S. 48th St. #103, Tempe, AZ 85282
PH: 602-438-4848 FX: 602-438-2929
www.disc2day.com
A CD DVD duplication and replication company that works closely with the customer to fulfill his or her individual needs. We offer high-quality, professional services with some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. If CD replication or DVD replication is what you are looking for, we have your solution. With our state-of-the-art facility we can handle any size job, from one to a million or more.
Media Replication Services (MRS)
1 Woodborough Ave. Toronto, ON M6M 5A1
PH: 416-654-8008 FX: 416-654-3663
replication.services@MediaRS.com
www.mediars.com
For customers seeking an end-to-end replication services company, Media Replication Services provides dependable, complete replication services on all media platforms.Our services include pre-mastering, graphic lay-out services, packaging, fulfillment and distribution. At Media Replication Services, our mandate is to provide a very high level of service to our client-base, which includes companies from a range of different sectors including corporations, software developers, and the audio industry. Our process is fully documented and we are in the process of completing our ISO registration in compliance with ISO 9001:94 standards.
CD Rollout
4001 Pacific Coast Hwy. #104, Torrance, CA 90505
PH: 310-791-7624 FX: 310-406-2109
Mike Naylor
info@cdrollout.com
www.cdrollout.com
We offer CD and DVD replication, manufacturing as well as a wide range of services to market and promote your project. It's our "one-stop-shop" convenience that sets us apart from other companies.
Play-It Productions
259 W. 30th St. 3rd Fl. New York, NY 10001
PH: 212-695-6530 FX: 212-695-4304
info@play-itproductions.net
www.play-itproductions.net
Founded in 1990 to provide local musicians and other content owners with a one stop solution for all of their duplication and graphic needs no matter the size of the project.
5.3 RESOURCES - MASTERING
Sound Bites Dog
PH 310-621-1896
Hans
hdekline@gmail.com
www.soundbitesdog.com
We are now offering high-quality and affordable mastering via the internet with minimal lead-time and great customer service. We deliver red book CD audio as well as the highest quality MP3/MP4s for internet sales and downloads. Whatever your needs, we are a reliable second pair of ears and a budget-friendly mastering solution.
DRT Mastering
20 Vine St., Peterborough, NH 03458
PH: 603-924-2277 FX: 603-924-4384
David Torrey
davidt@drtmastering.com
www.drtmastering.com
Delivers a fat, high-impact sound, created with custom-built analog mastering gear. Recording artists and record labels worldwide rely on this competitive edge for their CD releases. Our website offers extensive commentary and techniques for artists recording their own albums.
Masterwork Recording
1020 N. Delaware Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19125
PH: 215-423-1022 FX: 215-423-6020
Albert Oon
albert@masterworkrecording.com
www.masterworkrecording.com
We have been providing professional high resolution mastering services to major labels and artists of every kind for nearly three decades. Although we?ve seen tremendous changes in the music business and recording technology during that time, we?re still doing what we?ve always done well ? delivering results. In our business, that means a superior mastering experience, and superior product.
5.4 RESOURCES - MERCH
Jakprints
3133 Chester Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114
PH: 216-622-6360 FX: 216-622-6361
www.jakprints.com
We continually strive to help each and every customer big or small, to expand and promote their passion with the highest quality service and merchandise. Take $50 OFF any order of $199 or more by using Promo Code ND2BBLE9WMB.
stickersandmore.com
art@stickersandmore.com
www.stickersandmore.com
Since 1995 our goal has been to provide our clients with quality custom merch, fast service, knowledgeable assistance, all at competitive prices. Twelve years later, and 3500 clients worldwide, our goal remains the same. Thank you for stopping by and visiting us. We hope to be part of your next custom imprint project. We will be featuring talented bands here on stickersandmore.com so look out for some fresh new artists! If you are a young or veteran band and would like to be a featured artist on stickersandmore.com please subimt an image (JPG, PNG, GIF, PSD), contact information and a couple of MP3s to the above e-mail address.
Seatthole Shirts
PO Box 3137, Bellingham, WA 98227
PH: 360-733-2154
Django Bohren
info@seatthole.com
www.seatthole.com
High-quality custom t-shirt screen printing and Rock n' Roll promotional items for your high-, medium-, low- or no-budget project.
Sinergy Merchandising Concepts (SMC)
PO Box 1908, Spring Hill, TN 37174
PH: 615-261-8592 (Nashville, TN)
PH: 714-989-8008 (Orange County, CA)
sales@smcincorporated.com
www.smcincorporated.com
SMC began as a distributor of merchandise for the entertainment industry in 2000. We targeted the music industry and specialized in the design and production of band & artist merchandise. SMC has always kept the end user in mind and never compromised our goal. This goal being: To provide the best product for the best price and deliver it on time. We have come a long way since February of 2000, but one thing has and will always remain the same, our passion for good design, excellent customer service, and most importantly, our attention to detail and superior quality.
5.5 RESOURCES - MUSIC EQUIPMENT
Sam Ash Music
PH: 800-472-6274 FX: 800-818-9050
www.samash.com
The only online musical instrument website backed by over 80 years of experience servicing the needs of musicians - from beginners to professionals. Every one of our sales associates are pros that can answer any question about the gear we sell. Yes, we actually have musicians, producers and DJs working in our call centers.
ALLPARTS
13027 Brittmoore Park Dr. Houston, TX 77041
PH: 713-466-6414 FX: 713-466-5803
info@allparts.com
http://www.allparts.com
America's premier guitar and bass parts supplier.
The Hook Studios
PH: 818-759-4665
Mike Frenchik
mike@thehookstudios.com
www.thehookstudios.com
Featuring one of the industry's premiere inventories of classic & comtemporary microphones, The Hook offers affordable rental packages for tracking drums, guitars, and vocals. We cater to engineers, producers, labels, and production companies whose projects have limited budgets, yet demand the highest standards. Contact us today, and put "The Hook" in your recordings.
Tanager AudioWorks
17 Dolly Bridge Rd. Randolph, NJ 07869
PH: 973-895-1874 FX: 973-532-0821
info@tanageraudioworks.com
www.tanageraudioworks.com
A company founded on a basic mission-to provide indispensible tools for musical creation. We believe that today's powerful array of computer-based software aimed at writing and recording music could be made much more powerful and useful if only musicians had the right tools. In our experience, and as with many things, having the right tool makes all the difference.
5.6 RESOURCES - STUDIOS
Metalworks Studios
3611 Mavis Rd. Mississauga, ON L5C 1T7
PH: 905-279-4000 FX: 905-279-4006
paul@metalworksstudios.com
www.metalworksstudios.com
We have expanded over 25 years into a six studio powerhouse, and today ranks as Canada?s consummate world-class studio facility. Recognized for an unprecedented Eleven consecutive years as "RECORDING STUDIO OF THE YEAR" (1998 ? 2008) at the CMW Canadian Music Industry Awards, Metalworks has become the undisputed leader in the recording studio business in Canada. It is little wonder that Gold & Platinum record awards line the corridors at Metalworks. Prince, Tina Turner, David Bowie, The Cranberries, D12, Guns and Roses, Bruce Springsteen, N?Sync and Christina Aguilera chose to make themselves part of the Metalworks legend, as well as film stars Catherine Zeta Jones, Rene Zellweger, Steven Segal, Richard Gere, and Denise Richards, to name a few.
Lamont Audio
534 S. Honeysuckle Ln. Gilbert, AZ 85296
PH: 480-503-3004
Sandy Lamont
sandy@lamontaudio.com
www.lamontaudio.com
Striving to provide cutting edge sound and service at affordable rates. Specializing in Country, Rock, Jazz, Old R&B, Gospel & New Age. Custom & vintage equipment. 30 years experience in recording and production. The studio provides digital, analog, and midi recording in a laid back relaxing setting.
Virtuo Sound Studio
4894 Farm Valley Dr. Woodstock, GA 30188
PH: 770-367-2132
Josh
contact@virtuosoundstudio.com
www.virtuosoundstudio.com
Audio recording, mixing & mastering, post-production/film audio (suitable for projects at all levels).
5.7 RESOURCES - EDUCATIONAL
Indie Week Toronto
www.indieweek.com
Giving Indie artists a chance to participate, be seen and be discovered, it's as simple as that. Additionally chances to meet and learn from industry professionals are also abundant. I have seen so many great bands that deserve attention and success; INDIE WEEK is just one more opportunity for bands to get a leg up. The best way to apply is online through Sonicbids www.sonicbids.com
Harris Institute
118 Sherbourne St., Toronto, ON M5A 2R2
PH: 416-367-0178 FX: 416-367-5534
info@harrisinstitute.com
www.harrisinstitute.com
A leader in music industry education since 1989. Students have come from over sixty countries and every province in Canada. A 68 member award winning faculty teaches the private college's 100 students.
5.8 RESOURCES - TOOLS
proinstrumentals
927 Broad St., Wadsworth. OH 44281
PH: 330-620-5754 FX: 330-334-2187
Doug Jenkins Diz@proinstrumentals.com
www.proinstrumentals.com
A website, that helps producers sell and showcase instrumentals, and also helps independent artists meet producers.
Built by producers, engineers and artists!
Moozim
www.moozim.com
An online service that automatically generates websites for bands and artists and gives them their own domain name. Although Moozim sites are based on templates do not think that everyone will have the same website as you. Think of the templates as a starting block to work from. Moozim sites can be customised in a number of ways through simple user interfaces in your site?s dashboard. This is how you make your site unique! You can even add your own CSS to really change things up!
ebandLive
www.ebandlive.com
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5.8 RESOURCES - ONLINE COMMUNITIES
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SECTION SIX: THIS MONTH'S ARTICLE
MAKING THE MOST OF ONLINE RESOURCES
by Daylle Deanna Schwartz, author of "Start & Run Your Own Record Label" and "I Don?t Need a Record Deal!"
? 2009 All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission
Indie artists often complain about not having the budget they?d like to market and promote their music. Nowadays, digital marketing offers a plethora of opportunities for marketing yourself and your music that doesn?t cost anything in dollars. But, it can be hard to know where to begin?and end. While much of it is good for those of you with small to no money budgets, there?s still a big expense for taking advantage of so many opportunities?TIME.
The good AND the bad news: the cost to break an independent act can be more in time than in dollars. It?s great to have free tools! But you could spend all of your waking hours going onto all the different social networking sites and other avenues of promotion and still not make a dent. With all the artists and labels vying for online attention, you must work to make your music stand out.
It?s important to brand your name online. The more people see it, the more curiosity can be generated, which leads to potential fans or clients checking you out. The more you respond to fans who write to you, the more loyal fans you?ll have. But so much of the efforts to find fans is one by one, which accounts for a lot of the time you need to put into it.
It?s not enough to just register on all the websites. While there?s unlimited space for everyone online, you can get lost in it all and not make any constructive progress. I know. I?m always getting links to sites I ?should check out.? People email me both to my server and on the social networking sites. It gets overwhelming. Another day ends and I haven?t done any writing. So I must get tough with myself in order to function.
Time isn?t FREE when it costs you your sleep, your personal life and even your sanity. But you can take control of online activities to make the most of the best opportunities. Here are so DOs and DON?Ts for getting the most out of your online resources.
DON?T jump around to everything that seems interesting or the new flavor of the month.
DO force yourself to stay on track. Put aside things you want to check out for when you have some time or accept you can?t look over everything. Learn the benefits of hitting DELETE.
DON?T immediately answer emails when they come in or click when you get a link.
DO: Prioritize what most needs to be done at this point. I have a NEED TO ANSWER folder and put personal emails and those asking questions into it. Have a block of time set aside when all you do is answer emails. When time is up, leave the rest for the next block!
DON?T jump from one site to another and register with every one you can.
DO plan your direction carefully and prioritize your needs to work them properly. Social networking sites allow musicians to seek fans out and interact with them. But working one or two hard is strongly advised as opposed to doing a little bit on many. If you have too many, you don?t work anything well and you can spread yourself too thin. Decide which sites are best for you and concentrate your energy to build up relationships with fans on them.
DON?T try to do everything yourself.
DO mobilize fans to help. Get volunteers to assist you in following up with online activities. Ask them to tell other musicians on the site about you, use your music as their default on their MySpace page and drive potential fans to your sites. If you have a budget, hire an online marketing specialist to direct your efforts and do some of the legwork.
DON?T register with any social networking site that you?re not prepared to follow up with.
DO answer every email and make your presence known. Respond to comments. Nowadays, when people hear an artist they like or see you perform, they?ll leave a comment on your MySpace page. It?s important to respond. Musicians who keep in touch with their fans religiously build the strongest communities and get the most support.
DON?T focus just on MySpace and Facebook.
DO diversify. While pure social networking sites are great to exploit, get your music in places where people can find it. Do as many things as you can that don?t require constant attention that give your music potential exposure. Create iMixes up in the iTunes music store. Get your music into streaming radio sites, such as Last.fm, Pandora, Launch, iLike, etc. Send it to MP3 bloggers who review your genre of music. Post videos on YouTube. And get yourself on wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. These efforts often just require doing something once and can drive people to find your music.
DON?T think that selling and promoting your music online is all you need.
DO everything you can in real life too. Touring is still important for creating a strong connection with fans. People do live a good part of their lives off the computer so follow traditional promotion routes too.
DON?T put all your energy into inviting people you don?t know to be your friend or worry about having big numbers of them.
DO be more concerned with connecting to real fans. Successful artists say they don?t worry about how many friends they have on MySpace. What?s important is that they?re real fans who care about reading bulletin posts and getting invitations to your gigs. Of course you can invite people to be your friend if you want to know them. But do that with an email to introduce yourself so they know who you are and why you?re requesting them as a friend. Just inviting for the sake of upping your numbers is a waste of time these days. I don?t have thousands of friends on MySpace but every one of them came to me. I like that better!
www.myspace.com/Daylle
Before you begin, make sure you?re ready to commit the time. Even with limits, you?ll spend hours a day keeping up. Find sites that are the likeliest to reach your audience and work them with a vengeance. Take advantage of every function they offer. Join relevant communities. Interact on them as much as you can so people get to know you. Eventually some will come to your page and hear your music.
Being online can be a full time job and you might only have a limited amount of time to devote. ReverbNation
www.reverbnation.com
has many helpful tools that can save you a lot of time and maximize your online reach. Some people hire a promoter to do it for them. If you don?t have a budget, I highly advise that you put aside time every day to work this new model for marketing and promoting music online, with a real plan.
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Daylle Deanna Schwartz is the best-selling author of 10 books including the new, revised and expanded third edition of Start & Run Your Own Record Label, I Don?t Need a Record Deal! Your Survival Guide for the Indie Music Revolution. and The Real Deal: How to Get Signed to a Record Label, published by Billboard. She also presents music industry seminars, does phone coaching/consulting for musicians and record labels, and publishes a free music industry e-zine, Daylle?s News & Resources
www.IDontNeedaRecordDeal.com
daylle@daylle.com
www.daylle.com
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