| MySpace Music Buddies Up With Record Labels |
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MySpace has announced significant additions to its MySpace Music site. It will open new channels of e-commerce, including music sales and ad-supported streaming audio. To make it happen, MySpace struck deals with three of the world’s four largest record companies. The lone holdout: EMI. |
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| UPCOMING SHOWS |
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4/18/08, Death Cab for Cutie, The Admiral Theatre,
Bremerton, WA
4/23/08, MIA, Roseland Theatre, Portland, Oregon
4/22/08, MGMT, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, Oregon
4/27/08, DJ Kuhnex, Pam’s Kitchen, Seattle, WA
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| Dear Outsider,
I’ve created bi-monthly newsletter called TheOutsider, with articles about music, the music industry, and what we are calling the new rules of A&R and breaking into the business. I’ve made it freely available on the home page of my blog site because it has generated such interest from other music enthusiasts.
Wow. I’ve stumbled on a better way to explore music, hear music, and make music work for you.
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As a musician, your demo is your calling card. It can help you expand your audience, and it’s your ticket to getting noticed by record labels, so it’s important to get it right. Contrary to popular belief, demo recording doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensive. If your songs are great, listeners will hear it, no matter how much cash you spent on the recording.
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Once you’ve written that great song or completed your writer/artist masters or demos, you face the prospect of getting heard by the music industry. You take off your creative songwriter hat and put on your marketing hat. For some of you, this is an exciting challenge. For others, it runs a close second to major surgery.
Like anything else, though, it gets much less daunting when you have some practical information. Let’s start by understanding the barriers you may encounter when trying to get through the doors of the music industry.
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Need ideas on how to spread the news that you are ready to hit the music scene? Don’t know where to start your music marketing and promotional efforts? Some tips presented here are tried, true and some are new, to get the word out on your music and you. |
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Getting Heard in a “No Unsolicited Material” World
