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How to Promote

Your promoting your CD to radio takes a lot of organization and time management skills. Let me help organize your process. First you need to find radio stations that are willing to accept submissions from independent artists (Contact names Cheap Jerseys Wholesale , addresses, phone and email for radio stations across the globe are listed in Chapter 35 in my book The Indie Guide To Music, Marketing and Money?ISBN 978-0-9746229-4-1).

You have to decide whether you are going to local and regional stations (which are a good recommendation if you don聮t have a lot of money to work with and you aren聮t worried about charting.), or if you are going after national stations Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping , which is only a good idea if you are already established locally and are seeking national exposure and a chance to chart.

As with all submissions, always get permission ahead of time before you submit your music. There are two easy ways to find radio station information. The first is to log onto the internet and search the radio station databases available. This method is free, but will take some time. The best resources I have found are 聯MIT Radio Stations on the Web?( ) and 聯BRS Radio Stations?( .)

Most sites list the stations by genre (style of music), state Cheap Jerseys From China , etc. You should bookmark these sites in your Internet browser. You will find yourself going back to these sites often. The major advantage the internet offers is the ability to download information into a spreadsheet or word processing document to make labels and save data for your follow-up files. However, if you decide looking for information on the internet takes too much time, an alternative is to purchase books that already have all the information for radio stations listed in them.

When finding radio stations to submit to, it聮s best to start with college radio first Cheap Jerseys China , especially if you are a new act without a track record. It will be easier for you to get added on college stations, which are usually 聯free format?and are more likely to air something new and exciting.

If you decide on the college route, make sure you have verified they have a format for your music. Most college stations have a variety of music styles and Music Directors. Rock, Jazz Cheap Jerseys , and Alternative Music tend to be the main stay for college stations. Country acts will have a more difficult time on college stations and there are many that have Folk Music programs. For Country acts you聮ll have a better opportunity at stations that play Country Music specifically andor those that play Americana.

Once you conquer the college charts, you will have a solid base and track record to promote yourself to the larger stations. It聮s like a snowball that rolls down the mountain. The more it rolls, the larger it gets. Make sure when approaching larger stations that you ask specifically if they play independent artists.

If they tell you they occasionally give an independent artist an opportunity, and you have the extra resources Wholesale NFL Jerseys , go ahead and submit your CD to them. You never know, they may play it. But if you hear: 聭No. We only play major-label releases, or artists that are in the top 50 of the Billboard charts, but why don聮t you go ahead and send it along anyway.? Think long and hard about it before sending your CD. You聮re better off to be patient Wholesale Jerseys China , record the comment on your spreadsheet and wait until you chart before contacting that station again.

If the goal for your music is charting you will need to make sure that all of the radio stations you submit to, report to the same charts. This will help ensure that all of your 聯spins?count. (Spins are the amount of times a song is played.) If the radio stations don聮t report to any charts, or the charts they do report to are not consistent with those you already have, you may want to think about passing on them until you have more resources. It would be like sending an unsolicited press kit to a management firm that doesn聮t accept them. It聮s a waste of time Wholesale Jerseys , energy and press kits.

If you are only looking for exposure, then by all means send it to every radio station you get permission from as long as your budget allows. However, try to stay in one localregional area so it聮s saturated with your music. It will give you a much better chance at lining up a distributor as well as selling more CD聮s. It is easier to get added to a play list on stations that don聮t report, than do. The competition is not as fierce. Remember: air time is an important commodity to a radio station. Each station only has so many hours and slots they can play songs. If you can get your song charted Cheap NFL Jerseys Online , you will have a better chance of getting into one of those precious slots. You have to decide which route you want to take.

Once you have found the radio stations you plan to submit to, and you have entered that information into a database, you are ready to send the press kit out (assuming your CD is ready). At this time, make sure to call the radio stations again and verify that all the information you聮ve gathered is still the same. The industry is very volatile. Stations get bought and sold very quickly Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale , and there is an extremely high turnover rate for personnel. You don聮t want to send your Heavy Metal CD to a station that is now a Smooth Jazz station. And you don聮t want to send something out with the words 聯Material Requested?on it, to someon>E-discovery Singapore: N. Cheap Wholesale Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Authentic NFL Jerseys Cheap Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys From China