How to promote your music - here are some working methods

**Edouan** · 10-25-2010

Helpful thread, no doubt!

**thereason1123** · 10-26-2010

Very Helpful... Haven't done the blogsite thing yet though.

**4th Assassin** · 10-26-2010

U can also take ur beats make a remix tape and get it put on other blogs with alot of followers. Just have cover art that promotes u as an independent artist.

**rhymesmif** · 11-11-2010

Another tip that I just came across that helps A LOT is hiring a publicist. Generally they can create materials for you to approach every level of media. Depending on your budget it can either be expensive or relatively cheap. I came across this company Major Buzz PR who will put together a press kit for you for $100; that's the cheapest I've ever seen and judging by their client list, they're pretty thorough too. here's the site: http://www.majorbuzzpr.com

**AHerbs** · 11-12-2010

Excellent read. Much appreciated.

**Micahdelphia** · 11-13-2010

Thanks so much for the info. really appreciate it dude.

**dannywatts** · 11-19-2010

great advice.

**Iron Earz** · 12-01-2010

nice thread...

**The Red Army** · 12-05-2010

Originally Posted by moses

- Develop a clear visual identity. Cloning won't help here.

- Do not overload people with tons of text, artificial photo shoots and countless pixelated youtube videos. Music first.

- Buy ads. Very easy, very cheap and offers endless possibilities on the web.

- Buy ad space in music magazines to massively increase your chances to get featured by their editors (yes, that's how it works - also online).

- Adapt the marketing activities to a specific audience (the smaller the better), not the world.

A VERY important tool is a properly sorted mailing list ("newsletters") for different audiences: press & taste-makers, bloggers, fans, previous customers, etc.

This is absolutely essential and much more effective than passive promotion.

Same here, do not spam!

Oh and another thing might also help. Throw all your "good enough" productions away and hide them in a safe. Present yourself with absolutely killer productions only. It's a very easy step.

The highlighted text is key, as a marketing major it's evident that who you choose as your target market is extremely crucial and how effectively you communicate with them even more so. No, its not an overnight process and requires lengthy research but it's typically good to write out a strategic plan and it's even better to execute it properly by doing your research. This entails finding out who your key competitors are, finding out what they are doing that you are not and lastly how can you position yourself in a way that differentiates your product (in this case music) from the competition. The business unfortunately is about who you know....that and how much money you've got to spend and if its none then you better know all the right people lol pretty cut throat but its the truth.