Re: Fwd: nu music (ways to promote)

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On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, Per Boysen wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: Per Boysen <per@boysen.se>
> > Date: den 16 juni 2004 08.53.02 MET
> > To: <info@krispenhartung.com>
> > Subject: Re: nu music (ways to promote)
> >
> > Hi Kris,
> >
> > Great post! I'm starting to look into these matters as I'm just about 
> > to finish up an indie album here. Other great sites I've been 
> > recommended are http://www.zonkmusic.com/ and 
> > http://www.magnatune.com/. And of course iTunes Music Store - if you 
> > are in partnership with a label.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Per Boysen
> > ---
> > http://www.boysen.se
> > http://www.looproom.com

Another place to consider is Mperia.

http://www.mperia.com/

best,
Steve B
Phasmatodea  http://www.phasmatodea.net/
Subscape Annex http://www.subscapeannex.com/

> > On 2004-06-16, at 07.54, Krispen Hartung wrote:
> >
> >> Now that we're on the topic of ways you can promote and either upload 
> >> or
> >> link to your music, I'd like to share several places where I have
> >> promoted my music and CD, most of which are free.
> >>
> >> ItsFun.com - http://www.itsfun.com (not free)
> >> C|Net Download.com - http://music.download.com
> >> Soundclick - http://www.soundclick.com
> >> Magic Bus Music -http://www.mbus.com
> >> Purevolume - http://www.purevolume.com
> >> Hot Bands - http://www.hotbands.com
> >> Musician's Registry - http://www.musiciansregistry.com
> >> Singer/Song Writer Directory - http://singer-songwriter.com
> >>
> >> Every little bit counts. After I submitted or linked to my music with
> >> the above sites, as well as Amazon.com, the Orchard, and CD Baby, my
> >> music started to spread across the internet and search engines like
> >> wildfire.
> >>
> >> For those of you trying to promote your CDs, I highly recommend The
> >> Orchard. For $99 these guys will sell your CD on their web site, plus
> >> distribute world-wide, both your physical CD and digital downloads. In
> >> one month, my new CD was on Amazon, Tower Records, Sam Goody, Best 
> >> Buy,
> >> CD Universe, and many other online stores. Plus they submitted me on 
> >> All
> >> Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), which I think is really cool given I 
> >> use
> >> it to do all my band and genre research.
> >>
> >> http://www.theorchard.com/index.php
> >>
> >> In addition to over 50 digital music providers, they supply the
> >> following online Retail stores:
> >>
> >> Amazon.com, CDNow.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Borders.com, 
> >> Circuitcity.com,
> >> Sonicnet.com, Bestbuy.com, CDuniverse.com, SamGoody.com,  Yahoo.com,
> >> Virginmega.com, Artistdirect.com,  Waldenbooks.com, Target.com, 
> >> HMV.com,
> >> TowerRecords.com, FYE.com
> >>
> >> Kris