How To Get Your Music Heard

`The world is changing, especially the music world. It seems every day there is another act on the verge. Every time you log onto the net (does anyone log of anymore?) there is another company telling you why they are the best thing since electricity for promoting your music, and another website clamoring for your membership. Well…..

Don’t Believe the Hype – Create It!

A few things are, for the moment, certain.

• An unknown band can become a sensation.
• Becoming a sensation today won’t keep you from being old hat tomorrow.
• You have to work to succeed.

Where do you start?

• The very first step (assuming you have mastered the art of making great music) is to make great music. Sounds redundant, but it’s not. Is your music something the public will want to listen to? If not, they won’t listen to it. Find a way to make even the weirdest of noise sound fun and familiar.
• Play at least one live show every week, even if that means your are set up in the park with nothing but an acoustic guitar, and hoping “the man” doesn’t come to run you off.
• Build a website! Having your own donain name shows you are serious. It gives you a place to consolidate all the important aspects of your career. It is also your fall-back position for when things go sour with your free pages elsewhere.

Spread the word

Assuming you have polished your act, made some high quality

recordings, and built an enjoyable website:

• You need a page on Facebook, My____, Tumbler, StumbleUpon, Twitter, and G+, at a Minumum.
• You also need a page on a band-centric site, such as Roots Music or ReverbNation (our favorite).
• And you need a page on YouTube.

You will use these pages to meet and communicate with fans, venues, industry professionals, etcetera. This will be how the public gets to know you and your music. Most importantly, this is where the public will form their opinion of you and your brand.

Once you have begun to build a little bit of a following, you will want to take further steps to

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