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Here's one specific topic for your thread, Rick. CD RELEASE COMMUNICATIONS The following is my strategy, and I'm sure there is more to add to it. You could spend the rest of your life communicating your CD releases! A. Write a concise, professional looking, and informative memo for your CD release. If you are not a good writer, get someone else to write it for you. B. Write it in electronic format and store it on your computer so that you can copy and paste the text into various forums...it save a lot of time and establishes consistency C. Some forums allow images, in which case I would take advantage of this and post a small graphic of the CD cover with your memo. D. Post it on as many relevant online information sharing forums that you can find. E. Here are the forums that I post to for my CD releases. I would be interesting in learning of others! 1. Google Groups / USENET (also accessible via Google Groups Alt.Music.Makers.Electronic (USENET) - http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.makers.electronic?lnk=oa&hl=en Experimental Electronic Music Makers (Google) - http://groups.google.com/group/eemm?lnk=oa&hl=en Free Improvisation Music (Google) - http://groups.google.com/group/Free-Improvisation?lnk=oa&hl=en Rec.Music.Ambient (USENET) - http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.ambient?lnk=oa&hl=en Rec.Music. Experimental (USENET) - http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.experimental?lnk=oa&hl=en Alt.Music.Progressive (USENET) - http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.progressive?lnk=oa&hl=en 2. Yahoo Groups Northwest Experimental - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nwexperimental/ Groove Unlimited - http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Groove_Unlimited/ Space Music - http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=Electronic+Music&sc=-1&sg=30&ss=1 Experimusic - http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/experimusic/ Odd Music - http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/oddmusic/ LoopMusic - http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/loopmusic Search for other groups here: http://groups.yahoo.com/ 3. Other Music Related Discussion Forums Kronosonic - http://kronoson.station185.com/kronosonic/forum/ UncleDig - http://kronoson.station185.com/kronosonic/forum/ MP3.com - http://www.mp3.com/forums/forums.html Artist Launch - http://www.indieprops.com/bforum/ Mixposure - http://www.mixposure.com/forum/ ...and many more, if you use Google to find them. E. Examples 1. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.experimental/browse_frm/thread/b4691a0ced843448/81e01aedb7e34b6a#81e01aedb7e34b6a 2. http://www.uncledig.com/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,27/func,view/id,223/catid,2/ 3. http://www.mp3.com/promote-your-music/new-years-day-cd-release-xperimentus-international-collaboration/topic/18-112420/msgs.html 4. http://www.mixposure.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13125 ...and many more, if you use Google to find them. Kris ----- Original Message ----- From: "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 4:42 PM Subject: WAYS TO SELL OUR SELVES: ONLINE > I'd like to propose a series of threads to collate all of the creative > ideas about > how we can sell ourselves, both through online sales, online promotion, > creating gigs, creating new venues, et. al. > so that we can all use it as a resource in the future. > > The thread, CD SALES DECLINING has had some really excellent > contributions about this phenomenon > and noone disputing the observation of the trend. The next obvious > question is: Given that, how can we > maximize our sales (if we are attempting like many of us are, to be > commercially viable artists) and what creative > things can we do to create a new paradigm for surviving as a fine artist > in this economic climate. > > WAYS TO SELL OURSELVES: ONLINE > > > I'd propose that we NOT discuss philosophy in this thread, but rather, > merely list resources for the purpose of quick reference in the future > for looping artists. For the future of quick reference, please create >a > subthread if you'd like to discuss philosophy (I know, as an example, >that > a > lot of people don't even believe in selling art at all) > > Kris and others have mentioned CD Baby, Itunes, Amazon, et. al. > > Specifically, in each instance, > 1) how does one contact these organizations? > 2) How do they work? > 3) Maybe a little critique, positive or negative about people's >individual > experience with the various vendors. > 4) Any other pertinent information one might think of. > > >