tried and tested"
There is a myriad of sites that Independent Artists can showcase their work / art. Some are good some are not so good, so where do you go to promote yourself, and free?? I have been researching a few sites, and here are some that i think are worthy of time and a bookmark!
EVENTFUL
What is Eventful?
Founded in 2004, Eventful is the leading events website which enables its community of users to discover, promote, share and create events. Eventful’s community of users select from nearly 4 million events taking place in local markets throughout the world, from concerts and sports to singles events and political rallies. People use Eventful to track and share events with their friends and community in many ways: * import iTunes and last.fm performer lists and keep track of which favorites are coming to town * easily export events via feeds, calendar widgets, third-party calendar services, email alerts and much more * keep track of what’s happening at favorite venues and see where favorite performers are appearing * weekly email event guides are completely customized based on a user’s interests, with recommended events in their city * add events to your personal watch list and see what events your friends and groups are watching (and going to) * add events to Eventful for free and promote events to the entire community Eventful’s unique Demand service empowers users to influence where their favorite performers, candidates and other celebrities appear by creating viral grass-roots campaigns to “Demand” them in their town. Tens of thousands of musicians, comedians and political candidates use Eventful Demand to engage with millions of their fans and supporters to find out where they are in Demand.
Performers are able to use Eventful Demand to make informed decisions about where to appear and can communicate with their Demanders via highly targeted email tools. Along with MySpace, YouTube and iTunes, Eventful is an essential part of the online marketing toolkit for performers, politicians and others. Eventful.com is built upon a unique, open platform that enables partners and web applications to leverage Eventful’s data, features and functionality via the Eventful API.
This site, may be of use to anyone that plays 'covers!
Submit your band here...
About Last.fm
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. …and as you use Last.fm, you make it better for you and everyone else. 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. It'll move up our music charts and maybe more people will hear it because you thought it was good.
ReverbNation.com is a Music 2.0 company that is responding to the changing music business paradigm.
For Artists
We provide innovative marketing solutions that musicians need to compete, cooperate, and differentiate in an increasingly noisy online environment. Unlike typical "closed" communities, artists use ReverbNation as their home base for approaching marketing and promotion across the Internet as a whole — be it via social networks, blogs, or the artist's homepage. Tools like TunePaks, FanReach, and Widgets give the artist the power to spread their music and information virtually anywhere. Real-time stats then provide a 360-degree view of how the music is spreading, who is listening, and which fans are actually passing it on to their friends and posting it on their pages. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for artists, CLICK HERE.
For Fans
It starts with the listening experience. Queue up some music, kick back, then browse the site without ever losing the song you are hearing. Here you'll find more tracks (at higher quality) from your favorite artists because they can post unlimited songs at up to 160kbps. Hear something you like? Store tracks to your profile page by "bookmarking" them for later. Use our powerful search function to find the most recent artists (read: fresh tracks) or artists from your local area. You can even search songs by lyrics or by genre. We always keep you in the loop with local show information that is just one click away. Finally, if you are a true Fan, support the artists you love by grabbing their widgets and placing them all over the web, or even join their street team. It's easy, it's fun, and the artists really notice who is helping them. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for fans, CLICK HERE.
For Venues/Clubs
You need to pack your house. You have no time. We can help. Maintaining a free profile on ReverbNation ensures that when our fans search for local shows, you show up. But it goes beyond that. Use FanReach, our FREE email system, to gather new fans from your homepage or MySpace page, and to keep in touch with your existing list. There is no need to pay $50-$100 per month to send out email. Let us do it for you for free. Did we mention that your show schedule can be automatically placed into your emails, including links to buy tickets? Your show schedule can also be exported to all of your other web pages using our free schedule widget. Paste the widget one time on your other sites and it will be updated automatically when make any changes to your schedule at ReverbNation. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for venues,CLICK HERE.
For Labels and Managers
Your goal is to promote your entire roster of artists across the digital realm. ReverbNation has the FREE tools to get the music out there and get the fans spreading it for you on MySpace, Facebook, via email, and IM. We track everything that is happening with your Artist's content and report it back to you so that you understand what is working and what isn't. We even offer you the ability to manage all of your artist pages with one universal login, saving you time over other sites. For more info on how we can help you help your Artist's and drive sales, show attendance, and new releases, CLICK HERE if you are a label, and CLICK HERE if you are a manager.More information here!
Artists sign up here
WEBITE SUBMISSION for Musicians
Our Website: The Local Music Directory
Our URL: http://www.localmusicdirectory.com
Description: A directory of musician and music business website links organized by category
Open Directory - Arts: Music: Directories: Bands and Artists
Source: www.dmoz.org
- Directory of bands and artists taken from user-submissions. Includes discographies, audio files, track listings, and photo galleries.
What is Radicalbuy?
There are many ways to sell merchandise online these days, but none as effective as RadicalBuy. It's, easy, it's fun, and it's profitable. RadicalBuy combines the aspect of social networking with online commerce creating an effective and easy to use environment to buy and sell merchandise.
Users can list merchandise to sell FREE of charge, and then with the use of the FREE Radicalbuy Widget, place their listing anywhere online. The RadicalBuy widget can be placed on any social networking website such as Facebook or MySpace, or even placed on your own dot com.
All RadicalBuy users also get a FREE RadicalBuy Store, which enables anyone to have an online marketplace without the need for a merchant account. RadicalBuy Stores can be customized to suit your merchandise or style with use of colors and graphics.
I found this paypal widget, you can put on your webpages, maybe good to sell your cd's and merchandise????
Saving the best for last!
Reverbnation!
ReverbNation.com is a Music 2.0 company that is responding to the changing music business paradigm.
For Artists
We provide innovative marketing solutions that musicians need to compete, cooperate, and differentiate in an increasingly noisy online environment. Unlike typical "closed" communities, artists use ReverbNation as their home base for approaching marketing and promotion across the Internet as a whole — be it via social networks, blogs, or the artist's homepage. Tools like TunePaks, FanReach, and Widgets give the artist the power to spread their music and information virtually anywhere. Real-time stats then provide a 360-degree view of how the music is spreading, who is listening, and which fans are actually passing it on to their friends and posting it on their pages. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for artists, CLICK HERE.
For Fans
It starts with the listening experience. Queue up some music, kick back, then browse the site without ever losing the song you are hearing. Here you'll find more tracks (at higher quality) from your favorite artists because they can post unlimited songs at up to 160kbps. Hear something you like? Store tracks to your profile page by "bookmarking" them for later. Use our powerful search function to find the most recent artists (read: fresh tracks) or artists from your local area. You can even search songs by lyrics or by genre. We always keep you in the loop with local show information that is just one click away. Finally, if you are a true Fan, support the artists you love by grabbing their widgets and placing them all over the web, or even join their street team. It's easy, it's fun, and the artists really notice who is helping them. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for fans, CLICK HERE.
For Venues/Clubs
You need to pack your house. You have no time. We can help. Maintaining a free profile on ReverbNation ensures that when our fans search for local shows, you show up. But it goes beyond that. Use FanReach, our FREE email system, to gather new fans from your homepage or MySpace page, and to keep in touch with your existing list. There is no need to pay $50-$100 per month to send out email. Let us do it for you for free. Did we mention that your show schedule can be automatically placed into your emails, including links to buy tickets? Your show schedule can also be exported to all of your other web pages using our free schedule widget. Paste the widget one time on your other sites and it will be updated automatically when make any changes to your schedule at ReverbNation. For more information on what ReverbNation can do for venues,CLICK HERE.
For Labels and Managers
Your goal is to promote your entire roster of artists across the digital realm. ReverbNation has the FREE tools to get the music out there and get the fans spreading it for you on MySpace, Facebook, via email, and IM. We track everything that is happening with your Artist's content and report it back to you so that you understand what is working and what isn't. We even offer you the ability to manage all of your artist pages with one universal login, saving you time over other sites. For more info on how we can help you help your Artist's and drive sales, show attendance, and new releases, CLICK HERE if you are a label, and CLICK HERE if you are a manager.More information here!
