Helpful Links:A list of some great FREE and paid membership sites that we have put together to help you begin creating an online buzz with your music, find new fans and give your music the exposure it deserves.
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AirPlay Direct is a new, revolutionary, efficient and cost effective way to securely deliver your “broadcast-quality” music and electronic press kits to over 9000 radio stations around the world.
Their member packages are FREE and includes:
• An AirPlay Direct artist web site
• Three "broadcast-quality" tracks uploaded to your artist site and available to radio stations globally
• Real-time Download Tracking Reports
• New AirPlay Direct Digital Promo Kit / DPK
If you are serious about growing your global distribution footprint, increasing your airplay / visibility, and delivering your music quickly, efficiently and cost effectively... theirprofessional services are FREE and deliver immediate results. Stop wasting time and money sending out hard copy artist packages or paying for expensive digital music delivery and DPK services today.
All genres are welcome and it's 100% free to join - no hidden entry fees, registration fees, no upload or bandwidth fees!
OurStage is the only purely democratic online competition
where the fans decide who’s the best in emerging music, film and video. The
OurStage mission is to help talented artists achieve critical exposure by solving
the greatest challenge on the Internet today: sorting quality content from the sea
of mediocrity online. OurStage provides a neutral, trusted, game-free platform, in
which the true judgment of the fans drives the best content to the top. Through
its wealth of partner programs, including Paste, CMJ, PLUG Awards, Slamdance,
Relix, Gen Art, Noise Pop, Videomaker, IFFBoston, and many others, OurStage
offers winning artists real opportunities to actually launch their careers.
The Radar Festival, which gave new directors the chance to make videos for label tracks and win awards, is now launched as Radar Music Videos with a social networking site that promises a “revolution in music video commissioning.”
RadarMusicVideos.com is designed to give emerging filmmakers the chance to make music videos for labels and unsigned artists. Budgets will be involved for all commissions.
Radar’s founder Caroline Bottomley says the site adds a new level for entry-level directors. “There are many small labels and zillions of unsigned bands these days and they all need videos. We can help them get made, and then help promote them.”
Labels and unsigned bands can invite pitches on Radar according to their brief and budget then get extensive promotion through Radar’s networks on YouTube, MySpace and Facebook. Radar is also inviting label commissions and continues to run fully managed competitions for clients.
A simple way for bands, labels and filmmakers to connect online to make music videos.
ReverbNation.com is a Music 2.0 company that is responding to the changing music business paradigm by providing innovative marketing solutions that musicians need to compete, cooperate, and differentiate in an increasingly noisy online environment. Unlike typical "closed" communities, artists use ReverbNation as their home base for approaching marketing and promotion across the Internet as a whole — be it via social networks, blogs, or the artist's homepage. Tools like TunePaks, FanReach, and Widgets give the artist the power to spread their music and information virtually anywhere. Real-time stats then provide a 360-degree view of how the music is spreading, who is listening, and which fans are actually passing it on to their friends and posting it on their pages. These guys have one of the best streat team builders and organizers the net has seen yet. If you don't want to take the time to build a team, they offer services that will build AND TRAIN you streat team for you.
NumberOneMusic.com is a music portal dedicated solely to the development and exposure of indie and unsigned artists. Their aim is to put independent artists firmly on the map by giving them a platform to be seen and heard. NumberOneMusic is your stage, a place to share your music with a HUGE audience, and a great tool to build your fan-base. Unlike some other music portals dedicated to the hosting and promotion of indie bands, they give you an opportunity to create a buzz and increase your exposure constantly by using our database. It is impossible to put every registered artist on cover page but they provide artists with unique tools to interact directly with their potential fans and to bring some great attention to their music. NumberOneMusic.com not only connects millions of young music fans with their favorite music artists, but users can also sign up to win contest prizes, become a member of their favorite artists mailing list or street team, and browse for new music. NumberOneMusic is also an outlet for music industry executives to scour the site for fresh talent.
Independent Artists Company (IAC) is based on the concept that indie artists don't get the kind of opportunities they deserve in the larger music business, all the avenues to the mainstream are blocked. The only route open for independents to get true exposure is to buy into the industry themselves and bridge the gap by force, so that's what we're doing. The music site is only one element of IAC, more will be unfolding in the course of 2006-2007.
AudioStreet.Net is a new music community designed to give artists and bands a place to showcase their music and talent to the world. The idea is to create a large online community of fans and artists alike where music and ideas can be exchanged freely. We do this by providing a competitve environment using a chart system that tracks each artist's progress by the number of song plays they receive daily. We also help each artist establish a presence on the web without having to design an expensive website. Fans also get a place to carve out their niche by giving them a profile page where they can post blogs, pictures, and show their favorite artists and songs to everyone else.
Dirtbag is a brand new site, and as you can see, it is so new that it is still in the beta stages. They are set up to be a full blown music community with many features not seen elsewhere, and we have it on a very reliable source that some of the members who have signed up for this new community have already been asked by a few DJ's on XM radio to send their music in for rotation. We'll definately be keeping out eye on these guys.
Capacity Productions offers a 3-Part Promotion Plan that will launch your music to the next level! Look professional and attract labels, gig locations, press, scouts, agents, and other important industry people! Get Thousands of MySpace friend requests coming in to your page! Have your music, shows, bio, etc. hosted on numerous sites for maximum exposure. Have over 100 people from around the world e-mail you to join your street team!
Capacity Productions can separate your music from the average and help you rise to the top. Don't hesitate in taking your music serious, contact Rob Mulligan of Capacity Productions now!
Future Dj - A free airtime and music promotional service for unsigned artists, and a directory for DJ mixes.
Garageband.com - Website where music fans, emerging talent, and industry pros meet as equals, listen to cutting edge new music and vote on which new band wins a recording contract each month. Bands can upload songs.
Get Signed - Tips from professionals in the music industry describing promotion methods and "foot in the door" techniques.
Girl Player - Resources and free music promotion for the female musicians.
Increase Your Fanbase - Free e-book about music marketing for musicians, artists and groups.
Just Plain Folks - Community of over 10,000 musicians, songwriters, and others from all areas of the music business networking together for free.
Magic Bus Music Forum - Resource page was compiled for unsigned bands and live music clubs.
MusicMoz - Open Music Project. Collection of information and links, related to the Open Directory Project.
Music Scene Online - Resource for bands and musicians to showcase their music.
Musicpromotion.net - Provides free online tutorials, informative articles, publications and resources to help independent artists promote music on and off the Internet.
Music-Sites.net - Music-Community with a huge links-directory, forum, chat, topsite-rankings, news, newsgroups, radio-stations and lots of more...
Muzic Street - Free advertising and promotion for independent bands and anyone seeking music employment. Also music news, reviews, charts, and links to music resources.
New Bands on the Net - Free resource for bands, musicians, venues and promoters.
Polluteme.com - Offers free listings for bands, clubs, events, and music related news. Also an ezine featuring reviews and interviews.
Red Pet - Free web space for bands and musicians, MP3 streaming, classifieds, club listings, legal advice, and a calendar.
TheMusic.com - Musicians are invited to upload their music to receive a rating from their hit team listeners for the chance to win a recording contract. Includes details and submission policies.
The Music Biz Academy - A valuable tool for musicians promoting or selling their music on the internet.