General Music Chat

Hi guys

I haven't promoted my music in 3 years or so, and I had a manager / agent at that time.

I'm now fully independant and have a new album being mastered and almost ready.

A new website and video are also on the way.

My question is:

What are the websites I need to be involved with / have a profile / network etc?

I of course understand Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud, but what else is good to:

1/ reach genuine music fans

2/ find professional opportunites

Are things like Taxi.com / sonicbids etc still "the way to go" for licencing opportunities?

Anything else anyone can recommend, advise, share success stories etc.

I need to put some kind of manageable "plan of action" and I have to admint I'm a few years behind on the online music scene.

So, which websites would you say are best both to build fan base and find professional opportunities?

I would be most grateful to hear your thoughts, experiences and advice.

Many thanks,

Vinny

Good luck. Start with Jango. Put a few of your tunes alongside famous artists whose music/genre most resembles yours. Then you'll see real quick how well you stack up. I think you can go crazy promoting yourself on a bunch of worthless websites. At least Jango let's you songs be heard right along with the heavyweights in music. There's a little bit of cost to it. Last tme I checked it was about $35 for 1000 plays of your tunes on Jango listeners' radio stations. I have contacted several artists who do it regularly. They all think it was worth it. Of course if your material sucks you'll know immediately if you need to improve it.