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Are you looking for the online music community site to promote your unassigned bands? If so, you can consider Music Nation to make your dream come true, being the new artists. You just need to sign up freely in here and create your profile page directly, upload your videos such as in YouTube, MP3s, photos, slideshows, etc. Music Nation is a great online music community site for your unassigned bands such as American Idol meets YouTube. You can connect and interact with your fans. Your fans can view and share your music (for almost all music genres) easily. If your bands get a lot of play then you will get a chance, signed by MusicNation.com's partner Epic Records . You can also entering your bands to the Music Nation's competitions such as "Bebo OnStage (February 11th - March 3rd)" , in which Epic Records will bestow to the Grand Prize winner a recording contract. Moreover, one fan favorite from the head-to-head voting will get $500! For unassigned son...

by Ty Cohen What is an artist to do when people no longer pay $19.99 for a compact disc? Driving down the road the other day, while listening to the satellite radio, I wondered, why anyone even purchased over priced CD's from the record store at all? I am assuming that the music industry is shifting or possibly being shoved. The amazing thing is that there are millions of artists out there who aren't even worrying about getting a record deal. They are paving their own path to success with online music promotion . Some recording contracts pay pennies on the dollar for royalties stemming from the sale of CDs. It is true, a recording contract does equal publicity and all that jazz but some artists are tired of waiting. The music promotion resources available on the Internet have me wondering why all independent artists don't stop focusing all their energy on getting signed and focus on what they can do for themselves in the present? Live in the now! Online mus...

by Ty Cohen Are you tired of playing miniscule gig after miniscule gig only to generate pennies? Are you tired or working that second job, just to scrape up enough dough to put gas in the van to get to gigs? Maybe you are one of those people who feel the have exhausted every option there is? Well, if that sounds like you, then you have come to the right place. Have you considered or even explored online music promotion ? If you are a newbie to this concept then hold on because you are in for a ride. Once you discover how many music promotion resources there are online, then you will be amazed at where your career goes. You can be the most talented artist out there, but if no one knows who you are then it won't mean a thing. Independent music promotion is on the rise. Artists and musicians alike are sick of sitting around waiting to get signed. They are ready to reach the masses on their own. And the awesome thing is, they have all the music promotion resources th...

by Ty Cohen If you are an independent musician, then I know that finding great music promotion resources are one of your main goals. Gone are the days where musicians and artists have to rely solely on record deals to make the big bucks. With the rise of online music promotion on the Internet, the possibilities are literally limitless. One of the most effective ways to market yourself and your music is through a website. But, the trick is driving traffic to that site. Fortunately, through the use of search engine optimization, these are not impossible music promotion resources . Using keywords and title tags throughout your site will definitely help you achieve these results. Get your link out there. Post it on your MySpace page, your friend's pages and exchange with other bands. Another way to achieve this is by placing your music for sale on sites that cater to independent artists trying to maximize their online music promotion exposure. These sites list your CD...

by Ty Cohen You are a musician, right? Not a computer geek. I know you want to bust on to the online music promotion scene but you don't know where to start. It is tough because you know lyrics and sound, not megabytes and gigabytes. But that is o.k., you still have hopes of succeeding with your Independent music promotion dream. Everyone knows that there is money to be made online, especially musicians and artists. The problem is for most people is that they don't know how to build a site, design a site, maintain a site and most importantly everything else that goes along with online music promotion on the internet. Not to mention placing streaming video, slideshows and MP3s on your website. But there is no need to worry, you are not going to have to spend thousands on hiring someone to do this for you. You can learn how to do it yourself and save yourself tons of money. You don't have to be super technologically savvy to achieve any of the above mentio...

by Ty Cohen One of the powerful tools you can have as when attempting independent music promotion is a website. This is a given. There is absolutely no excuse for a musician, in this day and age, to not have a website. You website is how you will reach the world. This is how you will market yourself to every single person you come in contact with. The internet and your website will be two of the most powerful music promotion resources you will have. If you are sold on the idea of online music promotion and are ready to start your site but don't know what to include, then you have come to the right place. It is crucial that you properly design your site and include all the correct information. You want to be as creative and stylish as possible, all the while staying true to who you are and what your music is about. Other independent artists are making a killer living online selling their music and merchandise and so should you. independent music promotion on your ...

by Lathum Unsigned artists have a greater chance of success today than ever before. On one hand, composing and performing songs without the shadow of a struggling record label hanging overhead leaves musicians free to express themselves instinctively from the soul. On the other, it requires a lot of work behind the scenes, but can offer can offer greater rewards in return. Brooklyn-based band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah broke through in 2005 as a result of the commotion started online among a community of blogs and music sites, such as Pitchfork Media. As a result, their self-financed, self-released and self-titled debut album has sold more than 200,000 copies. Band bassist Tyler Sargent explained to Paste magazine (12/6/06) why the band has remained unsigned, despite their success: "Because there are so many new avenues opening up these days...if you have good songs and the right relationships you can just totally bypass this whole label system. Which is just great for...

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...

5 Basic Ways To Market Your Piano Music Online Many people have argued that there are no great piano composers in the modern world. They say that this art died fifty to one hundred years ago. Here are the facts â€" there are still many unbelievable piano composers in the modern world today. However, whilst one cannot argue with their creative skills, they lack basic modern marketing skills. And the world is missing out on this distinguished talent. The most affordable and convenient way to market your music today is through the internet. It is used by billions every single year. So why do many piano players fail to market their music online? Why do they go down the traditional route of taking it to a publisher? Marketing Method Number One â€" Creating Your Own Website with A List If you make the decision to market your music online, it is almost criminal to do so without a website. Your website must be where you send all of your prospective customers. Your ...

Tired of searching for a program that will convert your voice and music recordings to MIDI files? Then 7Canaries Professional is the software you are looking for. "7Canaries Professional retrieves music score from audio recordings. It takes a standard WAVE file as input, then processes it and outputs standard MIDI file. It allows to get several voices (up to 9). The program works with pre-recorded files, and there are user-adjustable parameters to enhance the quality of conversion. 7Canaries Professional contains interactive VisiNote Editor(tm), which is absent in 7Canaries Standard. "7Canaries performs automated recognition of polyphonic music, stored in MP1, MP2, MP3, MPP, MPA, AIF, SND, AU, WAVE formats as well as audio CD tracks. In real-time mode it instantly converts music coming through the microphone or line input of your computer into a MIDI sequence. 7Canaries Professional contains interactive Note Editor. "Recognizing pre-recorded music allows con...