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Music Promotional Ideas For The Independent Artist By mark321 Are you one of those people who don't want to waste all their time searching for a record deal? If you have taken the initiative to be an independent artist, then you have come to the right place. Most likely, you have already recording your CD or album, now you are just looking for more promotional ideas. Who knows, maybe the more you promote your CD, the better your chance is of catching the eye of a label.
For you, the internet is going to be the most powerful musician resource out there for you. The ways to promote your CD online and offline are endless. Over the next few minutes, I am going to suggest some ways that will help you get your music out there and hopefully bring you some profits in no time.
First of all, whether you already have a web page or not, you need to get yourself a MySpace page because it is an awesome and free musician resource that is unbeatable. Then once you get your website and MySpace page up and running, you need to blog! That's right, blog every singe day! Blogging is not only a way to build a rapport with your fans but it will also bring more traffic to your site and ideally more sales for your CD. Keep them coming back for more!
Launch parties are great promotional ideas. Once your CD is ready to be released, plan one! Make it huge! Call the local radio stations and everyone else you know. Print up flyers and bring them to all the stores and spread the word. Make sure the party matches your style and has plenty of CDs and other merchandise to sell.
A great musician resource is the local radio station or school station.
ClintRuin @ 01/07/2009 08:19 PM : No fucking way the rapping on that Cypress Hill album is bad. So many of those songs are classics musically AND lyrically. B-Real started to repeat himself a TON starting with the second album though, which resulted in a full-on falloff by the time IV came out.
The beats on that new Pete Rock album never rise above "okay". Any random NY producer could have made them. The 3 or whatever songs I liked on it were actually saved by the rapping, if anything.
Never heard Petestrumentals, but Donuts = "stanned on" for a fucking reason, seriously. Best thing Jay Dee released under his own name by a mile. tyler_james @ 01/07/2009 08:17 PM : Re: Top 10 of 2008 Para fun:
1) Slumdog Millionaire
2) The Dark Knight
3) Milk
4) WALL-E
5) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6) Doubt
7) Australia
8) Snow Angels
I can only think of 8.
Plus a spot reserved for The Wrestler diction @ 01/07/2009 08:17 PM : [quote G.O.Z.][quote diction]Even if NY's Finest had the elite rappers on it, it still wouldn't be a good album. A producer album simply needs good beats, cause they can even make the mediocre rappers sound allright. [/quote]
*DING DING DING!* Here's our disagreement right here! You say that good beats can make mediocre rappers sound alright and that's true. But I think good raps could make mediocre beats sound alright too. I don't necessarily mind the questionable production on [i]2Pacalypse Now[/i] or any of the K-Rino albums I've heard because great performances from 2Pac and K-Rino made those beats work. The production for those albums would sound horrible by themselves, matched with half-assed raps from 'Pac or K-Rino, matched with a wack rapper, or matched with the inappropriate rapper.
Rapping and beats work together. If one fails, it threatens to drag down the other one with it. It doesn't always happen, but it can happen. That's what happened with [i]NY's Finest[/i] (I already know you don't agree and you're probably tired of arguing about this). That's my opinion anyway.
GOOD BEATS THAT MADE MEDIOCRE RAPPING SOUND BETTER: Premier on [i]Livin' Proof[/i]
GOOD RAPPING THAT MADE MEDIOCRE BEATS SOUND BETTER: K-Rino's [i]Stories From the Black Book[/i]
GOOD BEATS RUINED BY BAD RAPPING: Cypress Hill's [i]Cypress Hill[/i]
GOOD RAPPING RUINED BY BAD BEATS: Lupe Fiasco's [i]The Cool[/i]
GOOD BEATS DESPITE BAD RAPPING: Quasimoto's [i]The Unseen[/i]
GOOD RAPPING DESPITE BAD BEATS: Immortal Technique's [i]Revolutionary Vol. 1[/i]
In my opinion, [i]NY's Finest[/i] is along the lines of "good beats ruined by bad rapping", even though "good" might be a bit of an overstatement for some of those beats on that album. [/quote]
You missed a key point. I'm talking about producer albums with guests. An album like that will never have incredible lyrics, or any theme. It's just drop good beats for rappers to rap over. The basic of those albums are the beats and it's to showcase the producer skills. trikol @ 01/07/2009 08:14 PM : Re: I've cracked the RYM message board code! [quote RamOnTheRun]
....page 2 is crucial- what is said on page 2 of a thread will invariably make or break the thread's shelf life, and decide whether it will continue on or die.
....that's all i got so far. I'm not sure how some threads grow to be 10+ pages.
[/quote]
We have a problem....
Btw what about those thread that die without a single reply? astro1_rohit @ 01/07/2009 08:14 PM : Re: Renaissance Music [Album1326577] by Tallis Scholars is a great introduction to Renaissance music... you would want to explore the individual artists after listening to this compilation. Torc @ 01/07/2009 08:13 PM : Re: Album Title Color Scheme If you see any especially egregious ones, feel free to comment on [List75362]. JasonHernandez @ 01/07/2009 08:12 PM : It's the real reason why the music industry is in such bad shape. They've simply never been able to top Fabio After Dark. credo @ 01/07/2009 08:12 PM : Re: scientific attempt at most wanted and least wanted song This is the first time I've actually played this stuff. I always thought it was actually scientific though, I was expecting atonal noise. credo @ 01/07/2009 08:12 PM : Re: Top 10 of 2008 [quote Genesis_Jaime]I can't imagine shelling out the cash it would take to go to the cinema enough times to have seen enough films that I had to cut the list down to a top 10 per year.
I went to the cinema maybe once in '08. And I'm a film enthusiast and student.[/quote]
This. astradyne2 @ 01/07/2009 08:08 PM : I'm seeing Wire actors all over the place now on the small and large screens. Of course, they gotta pay the rent somehow. And the RYM donations. Bubbles does a splendid job in the label queue. Or maybe that's randakk. They [i]do[/i] spend a lot of time in Maryland, though. RedZeppelin @ 01/07/2009 08:06 PM : Re: scientific attempt at most wanted and least wanted song [quote site]Komar & Melamid and David Soldier's list of undesirable elements included holiday music, bagpipes, pipe organ, a children's chorus and the concept of children in general (really?), Wal-Mart, cowboys, political jingoism, George Stephanopoulos, Coca Cola, bossanova synths, banjo ferocity, harp glissandos, oompah-ing tubas[/quote]
sounds like Sufjan Stevens Torc @ 01/07/2009 08:05 PM : Re: Pearl Jam live (and others?) I feel some pain and lightheadedness when I have to do that, yes.
Drop off a free copy to these places because they tend to favor local independent artists and may give you some play time. Just remember to return a favor to them when you make it big!
Obviously, you should also promote your CD at your own show- that is a given. But have you every thought of cross-promoting CDs? A great musician resource is often another musician. You offer to sell another band's CDs if they will do the same. You can even eventually do this with several bands, if it works out.
As an independent artist, it is up to you to get your heard. I have given you a few promotional ideas, now the ball is in your court. You can't sell any CDs or even promote your CD while standing on the sidelines. Remember, as an independent artist, you hold the key to your own destiny.
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