can sometimes be a hassle to find because there are so many. How do you decide where to start, who you can trust and who will deliver the best results? We've put together a long list of various types of music promoters that can help you promote your new song, albums, EP or mixtape, concert, tour or anything else music related.

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If you are a DIY aritist/band and have been playing for years then you probably already know that there is a limit to how much you can achieve with free music promotion platforms. Free music promotion platforms hardly ever offer any active music promotion and most of the time simply offer a professional setting to present/showcase your music to the public. Any active promotion like getting people to actually visit the page you've created or listen to your songs and watch your videos is generally done by you. After signing up for accounts with websites like Soundcloud, Reverbnation and other free artist/band promotion sites, many will find themselves needing to invest in some sort of paid promotion to get more fans on those sites. Free services always come with limits, no one in the world works for free, but you probably already know that. The internet is not some sort of mysterious market place where magic happens, there are people behind the scenes working. If you approach a music PR company or a music marketing company, don't expect them to serve you for free because you are just so amazing. Even with record companies, your music promotion, marketing, PR and publicity, etc, etc is all handle but it all comes out of your pay check once you get paid.

While working the industry as an indie/DIY artist/band, free promotion may be able to get you places but you'll need to do all the hard work to get people to your free pages. Start with the people around you, if the music is good, they'll tell others and do the work for you. As with everything music career related, the music is key. Focus more on creating amazing music, as music promotion and PR can come in various forms in places you may not even be exploring it. Music PR can happen right in the studio where you are recording if you get discovered by some industry big wig passing by while you are in session, it could even be the recording engineer who hears the potential in your sound and tells someone else, it could be another band recording in the same place who discovers you have a similar sound and wants you to play at one of their gigs. Don't overlook your immediate environment and go online looking for people miles away.

The first rule of the indie music handbook is to dominate on your local music scene first.





When you approach music blogs, try to keep it simple. All blogs have their submission procedure. Don't just look for any email address and attach an mp3. Bloggers are human beings so you need to address them as such. Use a sensible subject line if the subject to use hasn't been specified on the submission information page. Your artist name, track title, the word "submission", and useful keywords like "independent artist", "new artist" or even "rap/pop/etc artist" can be useful in the subject line depending on what type of blog it is. Only attach the song you want featured or your very best song/album, don't bombard a blogger with hundreds of songs, videos and links in your email. You only need to add a few, if not one of each. Simplicity is key. Introduce yourself professionally and get straight to the point. Keep it short.





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