GETTING FAMOUS
from Guitar Guide @ About.com, by Dan Cross
Boost Your Band's Online Presence
http://musicians.about.com/library/weekly/aa092499.htm
Musician's Exchange guide Nancy Price presents tips on raising your band's online profile. Lots of great ideas here.
Make Your Own Music Video
http://musicvideo.about.com/library/weekly/aa010499.htm
Music Video guide Angela Thor provides some great advice to bands looking to create a video on a budget, and get some free air-time in the process!
Marketing Your Music
http://homerecording.about.com/library/weekly/aa102499.htm
Home Recording guide Kevin Becka provides a feature that explores getting your music online. Also includes great links for getting your CDs printed in small quantities inexpensively.
What's Up With Management?
http://musicians.about.com/library/weekly/aa102297.htm
Guide Nancy Price details exactly what it is a manager does, and whether or not having a manager can help your band succeed.
Getsigned.com
http://www.getsigned.com/
An entire website, in e-zine style, devoted to recording and promoting your indie CD.
IUMA - Internet Underground Music Archive
http://www.iuma.com/
Concept is similar to mp3.com; bands upload their music (for free), then people download it (for free) and listen to it. The good part: IUMA is offerring 25% of their ad revenues to the musicians.
Label Database
http://members.aol.com/timeres/LABEL/lab%2D1.htm
Want to send your demo to a record label? This site offers addresses to hundreds of record labels worldwide, including some phone numbers.
MP3.COM - Faq
http://studio.mp3.com/cgi-bin/artist-admin/support.cgi?step=FAQ
Mp3.com allows musicians to provide their music (for free) to people all over the world. This complete faq on their site provides documentation of the whole process. My.MP3.com > Artist Admin > Support > Artist FAQ topics
Touring Database
http://members.aol.com/saturnatom/mas-1.htm
This site will be incredibly helpful for bands planning a tour. Listings (sorted by region) of club addresses and info, restaurants, hotels, radio stations, press, and more.
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