Essential items every artist should have: (Part 4 of 5) How is your online brand?

Ok, so now you have professional sounding music and a team to help you out. Now you need to increase your online brand. Increase your brand by creating your own website and become active on bulletin boards and social networking sites. There are a number of websites you can use to post your music. You must create a community of fans that will eventually buy your music one day. What happens when people Google you? Does your name so up at the top of the search with relevant contact information? Remember that the best statement you can say to a record label is, “I’ve sold 5,000 songs on iTunes, imagine how much I could accomplish if I had you backing me.” Here are 20 music social networking sites you can use to create your online brand:

1) www.myspace.com
2) www.facebook.com
3) www.garageband.com
4) www.soundclick.com
5) www.mp3.com
6) www.youtube.com
7) www.aimestreet.com
8) www.vimeo.com
9) www.bebo.com
10) www.buzznet.com
11) www.gogoyoko.com
12) www.imeem.com
13) www.last.fm.com
14) www.mog.com
15) www.quarterlife.com
16) www.reverbnation.com
17) www.supernova.com
18) www.flotones.com
19) www.musocity.com
20) www.midomi.com

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Do you have music? Can you get on the internet? You can be a star.

Who says you can't make it in the music industry. All you need is a unique sound and internet marketing.

Create your music and then make a plan on how to market it.

I came across a good article that proves my point. Here are some quotes, read the full article with the link below.

"Anyone can record a CD on a laptop, and if they can figure out a way to market it, they can bypass traditional gatekeepers."

"Social media sites like Facebook and MySpace can play a huge role, too, with word-of-mouth marketing. A new film or recording can get an instant boost on Facebook, just 10 minutes after its release and well ahead of what media critics will say about it, he noted."

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