market your music!
Sites that we think make the difference.
Researching all those new music websites is something we do naturally here at SoundSugar...yes we know it can be a bit overwhelming even for a web addict. Se we keep things simple, clear and concise for our all of our friends, fans and artists. Below is the beginning of our website hype list for bands and artist to use for promoting there music. Getting your music out on the web and understanding what will work best for you is crucial these days. And there are plenty of exciting places to promote yourself. Here are just a few we like a lot...
Myspace get major props! myspace.com is currently the world's sixth most popular English-language website and the sixth most popular website in any language,[2] and the third most popular website in the United States! If you do not have a music profile on myspace do so "Right Now"!!! Because you must have been living in cave for the last 3 years if you don't have a myspace page, let us tell you that they are one of the main players in online music marketing game. It a must for any band who wants to take advantage of the web when it comes to promoting your music. People either hate it or love it! and from the traffic reports currently out there, myspace may always be on top!
One aspect that seems to always come up is how the organized Chaos of the site is just so appealing to the young crowd. visit: myspace.com
more
than 100 million videos being watched every day! is a video
sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. YouTube
was created in mid-February 2005 by three former PayPal employees. Another
site that only those who reside on a distant planet wouldn't know about
as the growth of You Tube is Phenominal!!! There's never been a better
time for indie artists to use video to market their music. And there are
loads of businesses that attempt to teach bands and artists how to exploit
this to your advantage on YouTube. We say play like Nike and "Just Do It!" create
a video of your music and style, make sure it meets the YouTube specifications
and then get the word out about your video by using all the tools out there
like SoundSugar that allow you to place your video all over the place! visit
youtube.com
The Cure for MySpace-itis? After months
of anticipation, ReverbNation.com has launched the beta version of
Record Label and Manager profile pages, complete with a suite of
powerful free tools designed to meet the needs of Labels and Band
Managers of all sizes. ReverbNation gives bands a clean interface,
plent of options, a high percentage of sales, and specialized
tools for helping bands manage email and promote shows. The interface
is clean, the features were powerful, and the site is entirely free
to use for both artists and fans. visit: ReverbNation.com
Bebo
is the 85th most popular English-language website. It is an online
social media network where friends share their lives and explore
online entertainment, designed to allow friends to communicate
in various ways. The site was founded in January 2005 by husband
and wife team Michael and Xochi Birch. It was given a major relaunch
in July of that year. It is free and you can put your favourite
music on there, photos of you and your friends, add bands of clubs,
music that you like, flash boxes, picture slide shows, leave comments,
write in your blog and more! visit: bebo.com
Last.fm is a music service that learns what you love... Every track you play will tell your Last.fm profile something about what you like. It can connect you to other people who like what you like - and recommend songs from their music collections and yours too. When you recommend some music to a friend, or you tag it, or you write about it - even just listening to it - you shift the song's importance on the site. It'll be recommended to different people, because you've listened to it. visit: last.fm
thesixtyone makes music culture more democratic: artists upload their work for review, but, rather than allow a stuffy suit in a boardroom to decide what's good, thousands of listeners do. The best music automagically bubbles up on our homepage where you can listen to the most popular songs for any genre. It's a quick way to find new music for your iPod powered by pure excitement as opposed to some contrived marketing budget. visit: www.thesixtyone.com
No need to scratch your head and say; "What about all the rest?" We will continue to ad more great options for artists and bands online.
In fact we are currently putting together an updated "Hot List" and also contacting some of these great organizations to work with them in providing so much more for the band next door!
