Indie Music Promotion Pt. 1- "Get Agressive Online"

So you are new out there in the market, you want to get your music become more exposed to a wider network of people but you think you’re far off from the big names in the billboard charts.

Of course no musician started out easy, especially if he has to do a lot of indie music promotion on his own. However, you know that you have to do it so you can call the people’s attention to the kind of music that you want to make famous/ introduce. So with relatively low budget and a limited network, you have to work your way in.

A lot of talent managers say that indie music promotion needs to have double or triple the efforts made by the entities that are already established. But those efforts may be made easier with these easy focus points:

Get Aggressive Online

The internet has worked for a lot of personalities, companies, advocacies and even in multinational political affairs. The internet has become a new hub of information—reliable information—and the nature of its openness pave way for checks and balances to happen.

Aside from that, using the internet also incurs very little costs, as you only have to have a working computer and a reliable internet connection for your networking to finally take off.

First, you can have your own online profile and then build a brand from it. You can do so simply by keeping a working email (with your band’s name) and have an online social networking account which can also double as an online “headquarters” where you can post pictures, updates of your events or gigs, band member profiles, and even lyrics and chords of your newest songs. When you finally get enough funds, try to invest in a fully functional website. Get a domain. When search is easy and convenient, people will appreciate how you catered to their curiosity fast. THEN you bank on a network.

This link presents 15 Great Online Promtion Tips: http://blog.loopmasters.com/tutorials/promote-your-music/15-online-promotion-tips/

I think these kind of methods could really amount to something, as there are great ideas of music promotion since creating your own website and then promoting it is worth a lot! To gain better music promotion it is essential to try all methods that may take our marketing and film department into musical heights.