[Harp-L] Re: Promote your Musicial talent

[Michael Easton <diachrome@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The band I'm in uses Mixposure.com

Not only can you post and sell your music there they have dj's that  
will play your music on internet radio.
They have live chats during the shows so you can get audience  
feedback. Our biggest fan is from Scotland.
Through her I submitted a song I wrote several years ago for a UNICEF  
cd she is putting together.
Good networking.

The dj's also feature the artists on their shows with live phone in's.

We have a demo track on our page.  The recording studio we are using  
happens to have a dj on Mixposure so we lucked out there.
The site prefers original music or at least versions you have  
permission to use.
We are waiting until we finish our cd later this fall to post more  
songs and sell our cd there.

I've found some venues operate differently then when I started playing  
in public in the mid 70's..
It use to be a photo and cassette tape was all that was needed to get  
you in a bar.
Now they want you to be out there promoting yourself to the public.
One local brewery wants to know your MySpace page and Facebook page so  
they can check you out to see how many
friends you have.

It took us more then a year to comfortably get our foot in the door of  
local clubs and on festival tickets.
We did more freebie benefit gigs the first year then pay gigs. Having  
a facebook page to announce our gigs and Mixposure
to promote our songs has been a big boost in our audience attendance.

Mike


On Jul 29, 2011, at 4:46 AM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:16:20 -0700
From: Robert Hale <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Promote your Musical talents
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I've been encouraged to start using FaceBook and Google+ to promote my  
music
activities. I had to overcome my prejudice against the time-wasting,  
inane
chatter sometimes associated with these tools.

My goals are to find

1. gigs
2. Studio sessions, local and remote
3. New Students, local and online

What you are using, how, and why?

Robert Hale
Learn Harmonica by Webcam
Low Rates, High Success
http://www.youtube.com/DUKEofWAIL <http://www.youtube.com/user/DUKEofWAIL 
>
http://www.dukeofwail.com

Michael Easton
www.harmonicarepair.com