General Music Chat

Looking Looking Looking for very cool indie music web site's that are mostly commercial free and better than soundcloud.

Great new indie music
http://www.thesixtyone.com/

This one is different.... indie and lets you download.
https://www.jamendo.com/start

and JOE BONAMASSA is letting everyone dl his new songs.

I just took a quick peak at them. There are so many sites around now, most of them want you to pay in order to get more than a few songs uploaded or for "premium services' (much like BM, but at least it's about connecting musicians).
I put a few songs on https://www.numberonemusic.com/

I just took a quick peak at them. There are so many sites around now, most of them want you to pay in order to get more than a few songs uploaded or for "premium services' (much like BM, but at least it's about connecting musicians).
I put a few songs on https://www.numberonemusic.com/

Good one, I added that to my favorites. The nice thing I really like on the three web sites is the ability to search by genres. I noticed on jamendo the DL are free. Not sure if its just a trend but it seems more and more artist are giving away the music. I'm thinking they are making money by touring.

If you give it away for free, no one will ever pay! But these days more and more people aren't buying any music at all. They stream from Spotify, Pandora, youtube, and all of these various sites. 'Why bother d/l-ing it when you can just stream?' is the credo.
Touring? Unless you do it on the cheap (cram the band in a van hauling a trailer, all sleep in 1 hotel room - WHEN you absolutely have to, otherwise take turns sleeping in the van while one of the others drives to the next gig), you've got to be at the 'next level' to make money at it. By that I mean $1000 a night, double that (at least) to be able to afford taking time off between tours, and have at least 3-4 gigs every week. If you're a solo player, you can cut those numbers in half. Yeah, $500 a night, 4 nights a week sounds great for the 3 weeks you 'tour'. Then you go 6 weeks before your next gig... you're in the poor house again.

Touring:
http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/427489/bands ... ouring.htm
https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoo ... .ptagiw8ku
http://www.metalinjection.net/its-just- ... ey-touring