Band Promotion Resources

 

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Here’s a list of band promotion and music marketing services I’ll be updating and adding to frequently.  Feel feel to contact us and suggest your favorite resource or tool and we’ll add it to the list.

Radio Promotion Sites

So you want to get airplay.  Before you do anything, read this helpful article from KEXP in Seattle.  There are dozens of  companies who will assist you in getting your CD into the hands of radio stations across the country.  Services usually cost several hundred dollars for distribution and more for distribution and follow-up.  If you’re paying for distribution only, be prepared to spend some serious time working the phones to get your songs on-air.

Here are a few places that offer radio promotion services.  Most will screen your release before agreeing to work with you, so make sure your product is well-recorded and professionally packaged before contacting them.

Planetary Group, www.planetarygroup.com
Revolver, www.midheaven.com
Fanatic, www.fanaticpromotion.com
Team Clermont, www.teamclermont.com
Pirate! Promotion and Management, www.piratepirate.com

Online Tools

Animoto: www.animoto.com
Automatically creates videos from your images and music. I’ve tried the site and it works great.  Really easy to set up and you can select from one of dozens of themes for your video.  Also integrates easily with YouTube and other social networking sites.  Perfect if you need to make and share a video quickly.

Pro-tip: Animoto accepts music from Indie bands for use in their music library. Any time someone goes to create an Animoto video, your song could be available as the soundtrack. And they’ll credit your song in the video! Submit your music to Animoto.

Archive org: www.archive.org/index.php
Popular and free destination for hosting audio files for free download.

Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com
Powerful upload, download and distribution site for your music.  Free.

Jamendo: www.jamendo.com/en
“Jamendo is the world’s #1 platform for free and legal music downloads. Available in seven languages, it offers the largest catalog of music under Creative Commons licenses. For artists, it’s an easy and efficient way to publish, share and promote their music, and also to make money, through ad revenue sharing and commercial partnerships.”