[atlantaprog] Re: To the bands of ARIA:

Wade,
  
  My current band is at a fledgling state and you have much more experience 
with this than I do, but I'll offer a few comments.
  
  I don't see any magic bullet for this-- just quantity of outreach  paths, 
size of network, and integration of info from one path into the  others.  E.g. 
no highway billboard may bring in that much business  on its own, so you put up 
as many as possible, try out different  messages and replicate the better ones. 
 To me, almost any channel  is worth the time if the $ cost is low.
  
  MySpace seems like a sine qua non just because of the name  recognition... it 
goes without saying that if you're selling a book  that it will be available at 
Amazon, regardless of efficacy.   Anyone who comments on a photo, sends mail, 
links as a friend, etc. is  someone you can ask to add to your mailing list.  
Some 'groups'  are marginally useful for networking.
  
  Garageband is a good site for the same reason, plus you can often get 
unbiased feedback on your songs.
  
  MusicOven:  some exposure, easy to do.
  
  CDBaby:  a must have.
  
  Pandora Radio:  can you send them tracks?
  
  Email Signature:  seems obvious, but many don't... just list the band name 
and website at the bottom of every email.
  
  FWIW,
  Brian

Wade S <cobwebstrange@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  I know that several of you guys are 
in bands, so I thought I'd ask:

How are you guys promoting your bands online?
What works?
What doesn't work?
Do you even feel like it's worth it to spend the time setting up accounts 
with these places?

Here are a few places I've tried and the results:


Online CD stores
----------------------
www.cdbaby.com - They seem to be the best.  It costs about $35 to set up an 
account, but we've sold a lot of CDs with them.

www.bathtubmusic.com - Signed up last year, no sales.

www.merchpurch.com - New company, just signed up last week.  First 100 
people to sign up can sign up for free.  It's too early to tell how well it 
will work, but I've met with the guy who runs it and he does have some good 
ideas.  Plus, it was free.


Places to post your MP3s
----------------------------------
www.secondencore.com - you can post 3 MP3s for free.  I don't know how much 
traffic they get.

www.myspace.com - How many of you guys have accounts there?  It seems like 
everyone is signing up for myspace these days, but I don't know how much it 
really does for you.  we're at www.myspace.com/cobwebstrange if anyone's 
interested in checking out our page.


There are lots of other places that I've signed up with over the years, but 
I can't even remember them all (which could give you some idea of how well 
those worked out).  I'd really like to hear about what you guys have found 
works or doesn't work.
-Wade

http://www.cobwebstrange.com

www.myspace.com/cobwebstrange





                
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