| Here are 10 ways to promote your music. Hopefully | | | | promote local upcoming talent. |
| these tips will help you to promote your music further | | | | 6. Send your CD's the Readers Music sections in |
| than just uploading them to your own website as | | | | music making magazines such as Computer Music. |
| these tips will help spread the word about you and | | | | 7. Have business cards and CD's at the ready for |
| your music. | | | | industry contacts and hand them out. Ya never know, |
| 1. Hand out CD's of your music to anyone who asks | | | | it just might get you a gig, record deal or anything else. |
| for one, friends, family and have some handy at your | | | | 8. Become a DJ and play your own music to the |
| gigs to hand to fans. | | | | masses. Most DJ's promote their own music this way, |
| 2. Get your music onto one of the independent internet | | | | and the great thing about it is you don't have to wait |
| radio stations. You never know who might be listening. | | | | for that test promo anymore as CD players are in |
| 3. Join up with social networking sites that allow you to | | | | ever nightclub. |
| upload your music. Such as Soundclick, MySpace, | | | | 9. You can then upload your own mixes containing |
| Bebo and YouTube for videos. | | | | your music only to DJ Mix sites along with your playlist. |
| 4. Upload Videos to YouTube, YouTube videos can | | | | 10. Give away some of your mp3's on the web, put |
| be added to bebo. Remember and give a long | | | | your details such as website address etc into file so |
| description as this will give the video keywords. | | | | people know where to go to find more of your music. |
| 5. Submit your music to local press, they love to | | | | |