Although many business owners nowadays are converting to online marketing to promote their products and services, print collaterals such as flyers still have their appeal to most entrepreneurs.

Traditional marketers still go for custom flyers as time-tested strategies to market their merchandise. The way they’ve always done it is to hand out their print flyers to their target clients, hoping that the design and layout gets the attention of the recipients.
As marketing collateral goes, full color flyers are highly popular not only because they’re simple and cost effective; custom flyers are the print materials that can help you get up close and personal with your clients. In fact, they are the closest you can get your message to your target clients, without having to discriminate.

So whatever merchandise or item you’re selling, or if you’re opening a new business, a color flyer is one of the most cost effective marketing collateral that you can use for your retail business.

Here’s how you can create your very own custom flyer printing:

Step 1: Choose the color of your paper.

You might go traditional and opt for white. But if you want to be unusual and out-of-the-ordinary, choose colored paper for your flyers. The most popular colors are light pink, light blue, yellow, and light green. And if you are bold, try bright pink, electric blue or even shocking orange.

The trick is to create a good contrast between your paper and your graphics and text. If you’re planning on using bright colors for your paper, choose lighter shades on your graphics and typeface.

Step 2: Develop a snappy and catchy headline.

In addition to your graphics and design, your headline is the only time that you can really capture the attention of your audience. Provide a catchy headline and hook them with powerful descriptive words that sum up your merchandise.

Don’t forget: be simple, clear and concise.

Step 3: Add your graphics.

There are available graphics and clip art in your design software program. All you have to do is pick one or two that can emphasize what you have to say in your custom flyer.

But be sure to keep your graphics simple. You wouldn’t want to distract your clients’ attention to what is more important – your message.

Or if you’re on a tight budget, printing costs can be cut down by using your text and the typeface. Even your font can be your graphic design.

Step 4: Write your copy.

Your flyer copy should be straightforward and direct to the point. You can’t afford to go on and on with very limited space in your color flyers. Don’t waste your time and your clients’ time with too many words. Use simple everyday words to make your message clear.

Step 5: Have your color flyers printed.

Step 6: And you’re done.

Janice Jenkins is a writer for a marketing company in Chicago, IL. Mostly into marketing research, Janice started writing articles early 2007 to impart her knowledge to individuals new to the marketing industry.

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Cleveland, Ohio has always been associated with greatness: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Drew Carey, Lebron James and the list just goes on. Well, chalk up another tally for Cleveland with the alternative rock quintet Silence of a Silhouette. The band has already made quite a splash on Myspace and even performed on the Ernie Ball stage at the Vans’ Warped Tour this year.

Andy (lead guitar), Jeff H (guitar/keyboards/backup vocals), Jeff K (drums), Justin (bass) and vocalist Danny make up the lineup for this up and coming rock sensation. The guys have each separately thought about being professional musicians, but it wasn’t until they were all together that they decided to make their dream become a reality. I, along with legions of dedicated fans, think that was a very good decision. Silence of a Silhouette. Hmmm… now that’s an interesting name. According to guitarist Andy, Jeff and Danny are the creators of the name, “Well Dan and Jeff were reading a book and in the book it said Ashes of a Silhouette and for some reason Dan thought instead of ashes it should be silence.” That name has since stuck but fans know them better as simply “S-O-S.”

Cleveland is not just the home base for this band. The guys actually love to play there too. With so many choices of venues, who wouldn’t want to play in Cleveland? Notable places for Silence of a Silhouette include the Agora Ballroom and the Grog Shop. Silence of a Silhouette also just finished a partial tour with the Vans’ Warped Tour this summer. They had the opportunity of playing on the Ernie Ball stage and experienced a taste of what is soon to be their future.

The music of Silence of a Silhouette is characterized by driving guitar riffs and memorable beats. “Pandora’s Box” being a key example of this. “…Pandora is actually our favorite to play normally it’s got that catchy beat to it and when it gets into that breakdown I just go crazy…” says Andy. But don’t get to thinking that Silence of a Silhouette is just like any other budding rock band out there; the guys signed with a management group in 2007, which changed a lot for the group. Andy says, “It things changed drastically. Although our contract just ended, the time we were with them was awesome. Between getting awesome press, pictures, shows, and merchandise, we really expanded.” He goes on to add; “I think the main thing that separates us from anyone out there is our energetic stage performance. It’s almost like a war zone between us band mates when we get on stage. We are swinging guitars, microphones, stage diving, or some kind of crazy antic for the fans to enjoy”

Silence of a Silhouette’s new album Escaping Reality is available on iTunes, Amazon, and their own online merchandise store, which is accessible through their Myspace page: www.myspace.com/silenceofasilhoette. All I can say is that the world better prepare themselves. Silence of a Silhouette is pumped and has a long and bright future ahead of them. Andy closed the interview with a few words for all the Silence of a Silhouette fans out there, “The one thing from the bottom of all our hearts is that we love our fans. If it wasn’t for them we would still be at step one.”

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• World Wired Productions – Offers a wide range of services: site includes company and membership information.
• YelloJelly CD Design – They produce images to cover CDs. Includes samples, rates, and online application form.

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• Big Soundz – Offers news and services to unsigned artists, and music promotion.
• Blizzard Records – Record label offering music CDs in all genres. Audio samples.
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• DigitalCuts – Services to assist the independent artist in the publication and promotion of their music.
• Do Good Music – With resources for independent artists, distribution of music and general information.
• DriftWood – Australia Independent CDs. Provides web pages with RealAudio and online transactions for unsigned Artists.
• Eindie Records – Independent record label from Brooklyn; features band information and classifieds.
• Eye Reckon Records – CDs by unsigned musicians, with sound samples available.
• Galaris – CDs and vinyl, rave products, and musician and event services. MP3 samples.
• Goldenrod Music – CDs by independent artists, primarily women. Audio samples and customer reviews.
• Gotcha Music Publishing – Features a selection of country, jazz, pop, alternative, R&B, rock, bluegrass and blues. Songwriting service available.
• Hip Hop Hot Spot – Interactive media site giving artists the means to promote and sell their music.
• Hollywood Band – Accepts CDs from Hollywood’s unsigned bands. Information on audio, video, show schedule and reviews, news, pictures and a bulletin board.
• Homemade Music – CDs and other recordings created by recording artists around the world. Free magazine and catalog, samplers, news of activities and an open community of artists.
• Independent Distribution Network – Promotional platform for independent bands and artists.
• Independent Music Showcase – CDs, records, and tapes from independent artists and labels.
• Independent Musicians Marketplace – CDs and RealAudio.
• IndepenDisc Music Club – A mail order source for independent music by Indie Bands.
• IndiSonic – Promotional services for independent bands and musicians.
• Jet Glue Records – Independent record label. Home to Pontius CoPilot, The Cassettes, Glossary and The Speedtrain.
• KlarityMusic – Audio book and music CDs and cassettes. Audio samples.
• Large Orange Music – Promotion and secure credit card sales for independent music sources and unsigned artists.
• Listen-In Ltd – Offers music from independent artists. Features various genres of Christian music.
• Local Artists Syndicate – Consignment sales of CDs from unsigned artists.
• Locals Online – Independent recordings from local music scenes from everywhere. Est. in 1989 in the Northwest Music Scene.
• Mordam Records – Mail order and MP3 distribution for more than thirty independent record labels and magazine publishers.
• Mud Duck Music – Includes new promotions, CD mastering, music production, promotion, management, publishing and video production.
• New Artist Direct – CDs by independent bands and artists, some with audio samples and quotes from reviews.
• NoiZyland – New Zealand indie rock, pop, electronic, and dance music CDs and vinyl. News, reviews, interviews, MP3s, and links. Based in New Zealand.
• Online Bands – Independent bands offering direct distribution of their products to the public.
• Orbitmusic – Custom CD and new releases by independent musicians.
• Ozymusic Shop – CDs by Australian unsigned and indepentent artists. Audio samples. Based in Australia.
• Paste Music.com – Independent artist and benefit CDs. Search by style or region, audio samples, radio station, artist profiles, upcoming performances, and MP3s.
• Peoplesound.com – Site for independent musicians to sell their music over the web.
• Pine Belt Records – CDs by unsigned artists in several genres.
• Planet CD – Specializing in independent music. RealAudio samples, secure on-line ordering, regular prize drawings.
• Rearview Music – CDs by independent rock and pop rock artists from the United States and the United Kingdom. Audio samples.
• 11345 Records and Mail Order – Pop, rawk n’ roll, cow-punk, alt-country, garage on vinyl and CDs, t-shirts, stickers, and zines available from independent artists and labels.
• Rising Music – Includes submission by bands and artists, reviews, shows, directory, genres, ranking and new. Registration required
• SlipstreamPresents.com – Features the work of independent bands and artists.
• SongPeddler – Custom CDs and albums from independent artists.
• SongRamp – Community for composers and songwriters selling their works. Audio samples, profiles, tour dates, and forums.
• Spirit River Distribution – Online catalogue for retailers and individuals looking to purchase independent Canadian music.
• Stinkweeds – Record store dedicated to independent bands.
• Subterreign – Offers recordings in a wide genre and format. Real Audio, MP3s, reviews, and comments.
• TuneVault.com – Music by independent artists from around the world. Also features news, reviews, and MP3 downloads.
• Unsigned-Bands.com – Sales of CDs self-released by musical artists.
• Voiceprint – Buy online from a catalogue of more than 500 CDs from this family of independent labels.
• Wholeteam – Distribution network for independent artists to showcase their material online, as well as in local record stores. Real audio and mp3 samples.

• Publishing

• Acoma: Classical Music Scores – Listen to the music in MP3 audio or download free score samples in Adobe Acrobat. Information for institutional orders.
• Alan Publishing Group – Music publishing, and musician services. International distribution.
• Alliance Publications, Inc. – Educational and professional music, liturgical, and Czechoslovakian classical and folk music.
• Alphonse Leduc and Cie – Big French publishing house. Includes a wide catalog and contact information.
• A-R Editions, Inc. – It publishes modern critical editions of scholarly music and a computer music series and provides a full range of typesetting for books and journals.
• Ballerbach – Classical music for band, wind ensemble and chorus. Representing historical and contemporary composers.
• Bärenreiter’s World of Music – German classical music publisher.
• Bayard-Nizet – Publishes classical music works of belgian composers. Also music engraving services from the simple melodic line to large ensembles.
• Belmont Music Publishers – Featuring the work of Arnold Shoenberg.
• Boosey and Hawkes – International music publisher. Site includes information on reselling, composers, and procedures for permissions and copyright.
• Brixton Publications – Concert music for student and professional musicians. Solos, duos, and chamber music for all instruments. Site includes catalog and contact information.
• C. Alan Publications – Percussion music including solo and ensemble, ranging from middle school to college level.
• Cabot Music Publications – Publisher of pop, rock, jazz and big band arrangements, off-the-record transcriptions, and piano music books. Catalog and order information.
• Caritas Music Publishing – Home of Eschenbach Editions, Caritas Music Library and Caritas Records; music publishing, recording, and media supplies.
• Carl Fischer – Family owned music publishing and distribution company. Searchable database of publications.
• Carus-Verlag – Stuttgart-Germany Classical music publisher.
• Chester Ltd. Novello & Company Ltd. – Classical music publishers. Site offers information on the composers they represent (including Lutoslawski, Maxwell Davies, Tavener, Nyman, Weir, Henze) and their works.
• Cormorant Press Music Publishers – Music publishers offering music that can be downloaded.
• Cortelu Music – Specializes in contemporary classical music: site includes information about the composers, and the catalog.
• CWJEF Music Publications – Distributors of scores, books, reference and instructional materials on music, art and the cultures of Central-West Africa. Catalogue and ordering information.
• Da Capo Music – British publisher of music by contemporary composers.
• Devachan Music – A music publishing company owned by Mark Simos, a tunesmith, songwriter, dance fiddler, and traditional accompanist on piano and guitar.
• Duma Music, Inc. – Publisher and distributor of music composed by European contemporary composers. Catalog and ordering information.
• E.C. Schirmer Publishing – Selling music from other publishers, as well as their own classical music.
• Edition Gami – Japanese publisher offering music for piano: catalog, ordering and contact information.
• Edition HH Ltd – Critical editions of primarily Italian, 18th century concertos, and contemporary scores.
• Edition Samfundet – The Society for the Publication of Danish Music, one of Denmark’s oldest publishing houses. Site includes catalog, company history, and contact information.
• Edition Wilhelm Hansen – 144 years old music publishing house and a part of The Music Sales Group of Companies.
• Eighth Note Publications – Printed music for concert band, wind solo and ensembles, strings, keyboard, choral and percussion.
• Elkin Music Publisher – Music supplier of foreign and U.S. publications, printed music, and books on music.
• Euro American Music Distributors – International publishers of classical music.
• Fatrock Ink – Offers a specialty catalogue focusing on repertoire for solo harp, chamber music with harp, music for harp and/or string students, and works by 20th Century American Composers.
• Fibonacci Publishing – European publisher for contemporary and classical music, pedagogical methods.
• G. Schirmer, Inc. – It is a member of the Music Sales Group of Companies. It publishes sheet music of opera, orchestra, band and wind ensemble, chorus and chamber music.
• Gulf Wind Music Press – Publisher of music for brass, winds, and strings. Wholesale dealer discount available. Several instrumental Christmas selections available. Samples of music, sounds, and catalog are available for downloading.
• Hal Leonard Online – Sheet music, music books, software and videos.
• Hartenshield Group, Inc. – Publishes compositions by William Copper and performing editions of public domain classical music. Specialties include choral and orchestral music.
• Hawthorns Music – They specialise in music for recorders and editions of early music.
• International Music Co. – It publishes a wide catalog of music for all instruments; catalogs are available for downloading.
• Kallisti Music Press – It publishes unusual classical music new and old.
• Kalmus Music Publisher – It publishes nostalgia, concert, masters, and other series of music.
• LarAsh Music – Featuring the music of the American composer Greg Sanders.
• Latham Music Enterprises – Music for string, brass, and sacred choral ensembles.
• Learn To Play Music – Instructional books, CDs, DVDs and videos for a wide range of musical instruments and styles.
• Leisure Planet Music – Publishes contemporary and experimental music. Site includes catalog and information about the composers.
• Masters Music Publications – Rare out of print music for band/wind ensemble, piano, vocal and orchestra.
• Mayfair Music Online – Classical, adult contemporary and folk music.
• Mel Bay Publications, Inc. – It publishes a wide catalog of sheet music for all instruments and styles.
• MorningStar Music Publishers – Publishes religious and educational music. Includes dealer and reselling information.
• Music Centre Slovakia – Publishes the works of composer Jan Levoslav Bella (1843-1936), educational music, and books on music in Slovak language.
• Music Publishers Addresses – Directory of Music publishers maintained by MPA. Note that while the site is not up to date, it is an extensive list of hundreds of music publishers.
• Natzler Enterprises Publishing – UK magic book publisher, wholesaler, retailer and distributor.
• On Jordan’s Banks – Specializing in liturgical church music, they have printed sheet music and recordings.
• PCH Publishing – Unique baroque sheet music editions, designed for performance by chamber ensembles.
• Peer Music Classical Europe – Contemporary classical music since 1948: site includes catalog and company information.
• Peter R. Birkby Publishing – UK Online catalogue of publications with some audio examples, and contact information.
• Peters Edition Ltd – After 200 years of music publishing, they can offer one of the most comprehensive ranges of sheet music currently in print.
• Queen’s Temple Publications – Specialist publisher of wind chamber music. Large range of music for performance and for educational purposes.
• Quincy Jones Music Publishing – Online catalog of songs for film, TV and commercial use by various writers including Rory Bennett, Dori Caymmi, Anthony Mazza and Quincy Jones. Contact information.
• RIPM – Publishes a retrospective periodical series under the auspices of International Musicological Society, International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres.
• River Dee Publishing – Honor code source for solo and choir music, musical dramas, and recordings. Audio samples provided.
• Schott Musik International – International publisher: corporate information, dealer contact information, and catalogs.
• SongAria Publications – Arrangements of classical music for a variety of instrumental combinations that can be played back on line. (it requires the Scorch Plug in)
• SongShack – An internet based music publishing company for artists, and producers.
• Spacewave Music – Specializing in instrumental music. (ASCAP)
• Specialty Music Publishers Web Ring – A web ring for specialty and small publishers who promote and sell their sheet music from their own web site. Member sites emphasize classical, contemporary classical, jazz, and educational music.
• Symétrie – French company publishing contemporary and ancient music. Site includes catalog, and information about other services offered.
• Tap Space Publications – Contemporary music for marching and concert percussionists and educators.
• Theodore Presser Company – Serving musicians, music educators and music dealers since 1783.
• Tonos Music Publishing – German publisher of Argentinean Tango music (Piazzolla), new/contemporary music, and choral music.
• Travers Publishers – Features Polish instrumental music. Site includes MIDI samples and company information.
• Trollcastle Publishing – Publisher of music education, composing, arranging, sound design books and CDs.
• Una Aria Music – Dedicated to the pop, country, and inspirational genres.
• Ventureserve Publishing – Publishes individuals musical works.
• Verlag Neue Musik / Edition Margaux – Based in Berlin (Germany), specializing in contemporary music, offering printed music, books, CDs, rental material for chamber ensembles and orchestras. Also music for classical guitar.
• Vivace Press – Publishes works from unknown classical women composers.
• Warner Bros. Publications – Offers an extensive collection of Popular Music, Instructional Videos for all levels, Performance Music, and Educational Methods.
• Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. – One of the world’s largest music publishers.
• Wimbledon/Trigram Music, Inc. – Specializing in music for brass, woodwinds, piano, and method books. Site includes catalog, and ordering information.
• Wolfmusic Publications, Ltd. – A classical music publisher whose mission is the publication of piano music that has been previously unavailable in modern notation.

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• Voices of Masada – a UK based gothic band.
• Absent Me – Sacramento based
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• Adfinem -
  Fansite for the UK band including news, biographies, tour dates,
  discography, and interviews.
• Aenima – Official site
  for this ethereal/experimental/gothic group. With news, band story,
  biographies, release information, photography, and links.
• All Living Fear – MP3s,
  merchandise, profiles, lyrics, history, discography, photos, and links.
• Altered States -
  Profiles, discography, show list, reviews, MP3s, and history.
• Amateur God – Dark and gothic
  electro ambient project.
• Amber Spyglass – Gothic,
  ethereal and progessive rock.
• Anguish – A gothic
  darkwave/industrial band from San Francisco with a melancholy/aggro feel.
  With biographies, song downloads, radio play and show information.
• Arc Gotic – Official site of
  this Romanian band with a dark, romantic atmosphere. Pictures, lyrics, mp3.
• Archaos – Official
  band page with a discography, biography and free MP3 samples to download.
• Asrai – Information
  about this Dutch gothic rock band, including news, a biography, band
  discography, tour dates, sound samples and pictures.
• Audra – Official band site,
  with pictures, merchandise, MP3s, lyrics, press, and links.
• Baron Uberman
  Armenius Bon Von Hugenstein – Musician’s homepage, including information
  on bands Annabel Lee, and The Flying Buttresses, plus a creature named
  Smaug.
• Belisha – A gothic rock band from
  the UK. With background, pictures, news, and MP3s.
• Beseech – A goth/metal band from
  Sweden, with information, releases, biography, and free MP3 song downloads.
• Beyond Flesh
  - A project formed by P. Emerson Williams. Artist IUMA page include audio
  downloads and streaming, background, and links.
• Black Tape for a Blue
  Girl – Official site. Includes news, audio, photos, band profiles,
  interviews, and discography.
• Bloob – Singer/songwriter/drummer.
  Site features news, biography, lyrics, MP3 files, photographs and
  merchandise.
• Bored Living Slow -
  Rock band from Central Florida. Site contains audio files, CD ordering
  information, and contact information.
• Butterfly Messiah -
  Haunting gothic music, sound samples, photos, reviews, merchandise available
  for sale, and links to related sites.
• Cassandra’s Myth – The band’s
  official website, free MP3 download, pictures, gig guide and infos.
• Caustic Soul
  - A darkwave gothic band from Colorado.
• Cave Of Black Ghosts -
  Featuring information such as live pictures, audio files and IRC chat about
  The Cure and The Creatures.
• Cell Division
  - Dark rock from Zurich, Switzerland. Featuring band background, pictures,
  MP3s, and streaming audio and video clips.
• Chaos Engine, The – News,
  profiles, photos, merchandise, and contact information.
• Cinema Strange – Fan site
  with discography, biography and lyrics.
• Cold Colours – The
  Official website for Cold Colours, maintained by the band. Includes band
  biography, photos, Mp3s and latest news.
• 
  Crying Whilst Dying – Two-piece from Kentucky. News, biography,
  discography, lyrics, and contact information
• Cyril Place – A
  gothic/industrial project, featuring MP3s, Quicktime video, lyrics, and
  links.
• Dark Poets Society – Official
  website of the German goth band Dark Poets Society.
• Dead Artist Syndrome -
  Official site of frontman Brian Healy and his pioneering Christian Goth
  band. News, merchandise, lyrics, biography with book list, interviews, and
  photos.
• Dead Poets
  Society – Free downloadable music of Gothic/Electronic act Dead Poets
  Society.
• Deep Eynde, The – Official
  website.
• Deranged Motives
  - EBM synth project out of South Florida combining pulsating electronic
  beats with atmospheric melodic strings.
• DeSade – By blending punk with
  the haunted melodies of the UK’s new Goth movement, the American Goth sound
  was born and dubbed death-rock. DeSade has taken a foundation of death-rock
  and adapted it to modern standards.
• Descendants of Cain -
  London based gothic band with an outstanding debut album “Aziluth” and the
  second album “Briah”.
• Diary of Dreams -
  Polish fanpage including lyrics, galleries, discography and interviews.
• Die Monster Die – Graveyard
  rock N’ roll.Horror Punk/gothic rock.In the grand tradition of the Misfits.7
  songs available to download.
• Die Schlaflosen
  - A site dedicated to the dark gothic sounds of Die Schlaflosen. Featuring
  pictures and downloads of this Hollywood based band.
• Dream Disciples – Glasgow,
  UK band with news, show dates, discography, merchandise, photos, and links.
• Dreams of Sanity -
  Official band site, featuring photos, albums, interviews, lyrics, free MP3s,
  and links to other gothic sites.
• Drent, Sid – A
  Melbourne-based poet, singer and songwriter. With poetry and writings.
• Dual Eden
  - Official site, including RealAudio and MP3 downloads, reviews and
  calendars.
• Empty Storage – Progressive
  darkrock band from Germany.
• 
  Entwine – Fan site for the Finnish goth rock band with news, pictures,
  discography, lyrics, FAQs and concert reviews.
• Eternal Bereavement
  - Official website. Contains pictures, member information, music, lyrics,
  tabs, fan art/poetry, contact information and a message board.
• Eve of Destiny – Eve of
  Destiny/Haruhiko Ash/Kozi news, info, reviews and pictures.
• Everdespair -
  Official homepage of the Pop/Heavy Lovemetal playing band.
• EvilRite – The official Homepage of
  Ritchie Wenaweser from WeltenBrand and his Solo-project EvilRite.
• Excession – Includes news,
  gig updates,merchandise, links and contact information.
• Fair Bitch Projekt, The – The official
  website of The Fair Bitch Projekt, a harsh gothic rock band from the gloomy
  depth of Turin, Italy.
• Fektion Fekler – Official site
  for news, pictures, and music for this electro group.
• First Church of
  the Living Dead, The – Christian goth band’s site features articles,
  MP3s, a newsletter and merchandise.
• Flaming Fire – A “spooky
  electronic chant” band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. With news, background,
  and links.
• Flesh Eating Foundation – A
  Staffordshire, UK band signed to peoplesound. Influences include Depeche
  Mode, Ministry, The Pixies, Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, and Skinny Puppy.
• Floodland -
  Information, reviews, and pictures of this Austrian gothic-rock band.
• Flying Buttresses, The
  - The official Flying Buttresses website. Everything you ever wanted to know
  about them and somethings you wish you’d never found out.
• Fra Lippo Lippi – Official
  site includes history and discography for the Norwegian band.
• Fraglen
  - A gothy groovilicious female duo who presents an original underground
  avant garde, esoteric, and eclectic sound for your souls. It’s called Gothic
  Spirituality Music.
• Frogpad – French electronic pop
  project. Site includes background information, audio clips, images, and
  concert dates.
• Ghosting – Official homepage of
  the German dark gothic band.
• Groupies, The – A girl goth
  band site, with pictures, song lyrics, news, and listings of clubs in a few
  German cities, plus London and Los Angeles.
• hAND – Official site of this
  up-and-coming emo-gothic rock band with sound samples to download, photos
  and news.
• Holy Kiss, The
  - A San Francisco-based deathrock band. With pictures, show dates, and link
  to band mp3.com pages for song downloads and music streaming.
• Howling Syn – A
  gothic/medieval/metal band from Montreal, Canada. With background,
  discography, MP3s, pictures, Winamp skins, and links.
• Ikon – Official site includes
  news, lyrics, discography, MP3 files, and gig dates.
• Imbolg’s Realm – Goth Band from New
  Jersey, named after the pagan winter holiday. With download of the song
  Duisigh (Awaken), links,chatroom, pictures, and news on upcoming shows.
• Incus – Incus is a 6 piece darkworld band
  featuring orchestral and tribal percussion, bass, cello, keyboards, and
  vocals. With an unusual instrumentation and skilled use of dynamics, Incus
  produces a spiritually hypnotic, tribal, and dark yet uplifting sound.
• Inertia – London based band with
  release information, merchandise, news, and links.
• Jacinta Arcadia – Australian
  Gothic Alternative Artist. Bella Ragazza, Haunting Ambience, Dark
  Faerytales, Venusian Vocals.
• James, Tyreah – Gothic female
  vocalist from Florida, formerly with Three Ton Gate. MP3s, photos, art
  gallery, links.
• Jenn Vix – Official artist
  website with information and links to news, music and videos.
• Jesus and the Gurus -
  Over 100 photos and videos and mp3 from the electro shock rock band from
  Zureich.
• Jesus Cleaver, The -
  Official site with vivid and emotive lyrics, a lush, beautifully disturbing
  atmosphere.
• Killing Miranda – News,
  show dates, profiles, audio samples, images, quotes, merchandise, and links.
• Kismet – An extension of
  the cult band Mizar this band is Australia based although performs regularly
  in Macedonia.
• Klaus, Deita – Hear the new album
  of Deita Klaus, “Order of the Golden Dawn” on MP3 featuring the
  controversial “Saint Diana,” a song about the former Princess Diana of
  Wales.
• KQdelirium -
  MP3s for the solo artist Christopher Quintos.
• Lair of The Shadow Dance -
  Official band site with images, sounds, information, releases and tour dates
  on this band from Finland.
• L´Âme Immortelle – Thomas
  Rainer and Sonja Kraushofer offer news, live reports, and a biography on
  their main band.
• Last Cry, The – Official site,
  with then and now pictures of band and crew member.
• The Last Dance – Los Angeles
  and Fountain Valley, California band site, offering insight on the band,
  tour dates and some MP3 downloads.
• Leisure Hive
  - Description and contact information.
• Libitina – The band’s
  official website, with news, live dates, MP3s, lyrics, merchandise and
  photos.
• Lilac Ambush – Boston Massachusetts
  Original Darkwave Band that melds the classic sounds of New Wave, Gothic &
  Industrial music in a pleasing, modern project.
• Live Not on Evil
  - Official site contains information about the band and their release “Lucky
  Stiff”. Contact information, upcoming shows, video for “the Scary Polka”.
• Lucan Wolf – The Lord of the
  Night’s official site is where you can dig up all the music, merchandise and
  other grave goods.
• Man and Machines – Man and
  Machines is Florida’s industrial/electronic mayhem from the depths of the
  underground scene.
• Mannequin Oddio
  - Free mp3 music downloads from Orthodox Gothic, Darkwave, Ambient,
  Industrial, EBM, Post-rock, Experimental, IDM, and Electronica.
• Manuskript – Show dates,
  merchandise, and discography.
• Marionettes
  - News, discography, history, photos, and contact information.
• Masochistic Religion
  - From the gothic hall of fame, Masochistic Religion continues to make music
  of a dark nature. The Band invites you to join them on their sonic journy
  from hell.
• Mephisto Walz – Official home
  page, with lyrics and song information, guitar and bass tabs, photographs,
  interviews and reviews, releases and related links.
• MerryWidowWeb – The official
  site for the Jacksonville based Gothic Industrial band Merry Widow.
• Mindshaft – Band originally
  formed in the mid-90s. Includes band history, reviews, lyrics, gig listing,
  and music samples.
• Moonspell – Official page of the
  band from Portugal.
• Moth -
  Three-piece gothic soundscape ensemble from the UK creating otherworldly
  sound and mood.
• Mothburner – A
  Celtic/blues/goth band from Cornwall UK, featuring biographies, pictures and
  links.
• Museum – A site featuring gothic
  rock music and images of this southern California band.
• Nemesea – New gothic symphonic
  metal sensation from Groningen, The Netherlands. Check out the gigs section
  for upcoming performances.
• 
  Neurepublik – Official site for this Dayton, Ohio based band. With news,
  audio clips, release information, and links.
• New Risen – Synthpop-gothic
  musician from Nantes, France. Official site includes news, lyrics, audio,
  and contact information.
• Night Eternal, The – A
  gothic/ethereal blend of classical inspiration celebrating the unification
  of three human voices.
• Nocturne – Official band site with
  pictures, sounds, biography, mailing list, merchandise and tour dates.
• Odor of Pears – Pictures,
  music and other information on this unique goth/industrial/world/performance
  art band.
• Of the Wand and the Moon
  - Danish folk noir music with Nordic mythological influences. Releases,
  photos and links to other music sites.
• Of withering ashes – Dark and
  barren heavy rock landscape, with traces of metal, celtic and gothic rock.
• Ostara – Official site for the music
  of Richard Leviathan.
• Pandrix Napier – Up and
  comming Gothic/Hardcore band. Pandrix Napier will pierce and corrupt your
  soul with the perfect blend of intense hardcore beats surrounded by gothic
  undertones.
• Paris Grim – Artist pages covering
  dark side arts, films, music, industrial MP3s, animations, and cryptic
  tales.
• Passion Play – Oxfordshire,
  UK band with photos, audio samples, merchandise, links, and contact
  information.
• Pelt – Fan site for the
  gothic rock band. With tour information, interviews, pictures and news.
• Razed In Black – Official
  band site, featuring news, tour dates, photos, audio and video.
• Razor Skyline, The – San
  Francisco and Seattle-based goth band site, with pictures, news, MP3s and
  related links.
• Red Badge Moment – Official
  site for this edgy, passionate, experimental musical project.
• Rhea’s Obsession -
  Russian fan site in Russian and English, featuring biography, discography,
  articles, news, pictures, and links.
• Rome Burns – Homepage for the
  band Rome Burns. Described by Mick Mercer as “Cool Goth with a sense of
  style that comes naturally”.
• Sabrina – Official site of
  gothic pop-rock recording, featuring biography, streaming audio, MP3s, photo
  gallery, news, fan club and links.
• Sand, The – Official site of the
  gothic rock one-man-band Sisters of Mercy style inspired by the Sandman.
  Contains free mp3 downloads from “The Memory of Dead Romances” CD, news,
  pictures, gothic resorces & dark links.
• Savior Sect – Gothic Rock, Dark
  Wave, Alternative Original Music.
• Schim – The art and
  music of Schim at their official homepage.
• Science and Horror -
  Official site for this dark gothic rock band featuring news, reviews,
  history, and MP3 samples for download.
• Scissorkiss – Fronted by
  strong female vocals, braced by blistering guitars, and backed by infectious
  beats, Boston-based Scissorkiss forges a seamless metallic alloy of
  aggressive gothic dance and dark techno-rock.
• Sekond Skin – Band site for
  Second Skin Links and events, and band related news for the Gothic and
  Idustrail set. Audio, photos, and reviews.
• Shades of Winter -
  Gothic rock band with free mp3s.
• Skeletal Family – Official
  site for the reformed 80’s goth band. Includes news, discography, gig guide,
  pictures, MP3s, and guest book.
• Solitary Sinners -
  Official site for the gothic punk band. With news, show details, lyrics, and
  links.
• Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble
  of Shadows – A European dark band. Featuring background, FAQ,
  interviews, pictures, discography, lyrics, and MP3s.
• Stiffff Kitties – Popular
  USA based internationally charting Goth/Industrial/Trance/Dance band with a
  unique general audience appeal.
• 
  Strangewalls – A New England low-fi/gloom/post-punk/ether noise band,
  with sounds and reviews.
• Stripper – History,
  MP3s, show dates, and contact information.
• Stun – Official
  site with information on this now-split English goth band.
• Swarf – A moody electronica
  project. With news, biography, MP3 clips, pictures, reviews, show dates, and
  links.
• Sword Volcano Complex, The -
  Official site of this new artist whose debut release is on World Serpent.
  Also including information on SVC and related projects.
• Synoptia – Official
  artist site, with band information, news, pictures, discography, samples,
  lyrics, concert information and reviews.
• SYPh0N – An
  Ohio-based industrial/goth band, with biography, discography, forums and
  chat rooms.
• Terminal Ready
  - Official page for the band from Charlottesville, Virginia. With brief
  member profiles, pictures, show dates, and link to band MP3.com pages for
  downloads and further information.
• Thanatos
  - Romantic-pop, dark-folk and goth band on Projekt records, with album and
  video shopping links.
• Thebrotheregg – Portland
  Oregon’s Avant-rainpop quartet.
• These Crimson Dreams
  - History, profiles, photos, audio samples, merchandise, and contact
  information.
• Tiamat – Lyrics,
  photos, gallery of art at this unofficial site.
• Tragic Black – The official
  Tragic Black website with band photography, MP3 audio samples, lyrics, show
  dates, biography and merchandise.
• Trespass – The official site of
  the new french Gothic-rock band, news, downloadable mp3s, pictures.
• TuraTempla – TuraTempla is a
  cyber gothic project in which several musicians make songs in the styles of
  VNV Nation, Mesh etc. Styles varieing from Cyber to Noise and Industrial all
  are in TuraTempla soundscape.
• Twelfth of Never – Official
  site of this Massachusetts-based band. Find sound clips, tour information,
  personal profiles and band merchandise.
• UltraGrey – Texas-based band’s
  official site. With full length MP3 and RealAudio files, images, band
  history, release details and show calendar.
• Vanishing, The – Photos,
  links, and contact information.
• Vargotah – Official site with
  news, band, album, tour information, and links.
• Velvet Angel – The official
  website of the band.
• Vessels of Wrath – A
  gothic/industrial/metal band from Phoenix, Arizona. With news, background,
  pictures, lyrics, and MP3s.
• Villian -
  Information on this deathrock band, plus personal information on their
  gothabilly drummer.
• ViolentFix – A
  gothic/industrial project. With news, show dates, discography, and
  photography.
• Vision Bleak, The – Allen
  B. Konstanz and Ulf Theodor Schwadorf celebrate creepy and haunting
  entertainment inspired by the Horror-Novels and -Movies of Max Schreck, John
  Carpenter, Friedrich Murnau, H.P.Lovecraft or George Romero.
• Voodoo Church – A
  deathrock band that rose from the early California death-rock horror punk
  scene in 81-82.
• Wailing Wall – Official web site
  of the L.A. death-rock/post-punk band, with news, profile, pictures and MP3
  audio samples.
• World’s Greatest Band -
  Metal-goth rock music band. Site features MP3s, CD information and fanclub
  information.
• 9xDead – Site contains everything
  you never wanted to know about 9xdead, South Wales premier Dark Rock band.
• Xiphoid Process
  - New Mexico band’s official site includes news, biography, discography, and
  MP3s.
• 
  Xteriphonia – Italian darkwave industrial band’s site features news,
  biography, MP3s, images, tourdates, and contact information.
• Yorick – Includes photos, news,
  and discography with lyrics and song clips.
• Zeitgeist – Darkwave
  and gothrock out of Sydney, Australia. Provides information on discography,
  events, gigs, photos and mailing list.
• Zeitgeist Zero – Site
  about the UK band includes news, sound clips, photos, and show dates.
• Zoar – Music for the movies in your
  head.

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Streamline your marketing and promotion with niche streaming web sites. The amazing onlinetv rage is right here and growing. Internet marketing attention is focused on broadband streaming media and nothing could be better for your music than a slice of that attention. This is a marriage made in heaven streaming media and music video.

With the free, built into Microsoft, Movie Maker most everyone can take their audio file and with a little creativity make it into a compelling video. Music videos are no longer a barrier for bands to take advantage of the onlinetv revolution. Just pop some cool pictures or some video shorts from your mini-cam, lay in your audio tracks and viola! You have made a simple music video to get that song out. A video with title, credits, lyrics and a message where viewers can buy it will more than suffice as a promotional tool. Don’t forget “Where is the next gig?”

Who has not heard of youtube or google video? These amazing amalgams of everything under the sun stand as monolithic compendiums. There must be more than 100 million videos on these sites containing an inexhaustible variety of material covering every topic under the sun. This makes them the world’s largest central repository for video. Like a dictionary containing every word it has the drawback it cannot be read even if using an index to find something. If you are not the most popular or the featured few darlings your message never sees the light of day, except by you. Google’s top 100 videos are populated with soft porn girlies and that is hard to compete with.

Never let it be said that having your music video on Youtube or Google should not be done. Au contrairy, that is the first thing you would do followed by posting that video to your MySpace account. What did you say? You don’t have a MySpace account? Then go get an account now! The accounts are free, easy and worth the effort. Move! Get back here when you are done baking that cake.

Now it is time to put some frosting on your cake. Frosting for this project is exemplified with a video share site like MusicTV Video Share. A shared video website designed with a specific focus on music. This is the oldest site streaming on the Internet. Even before Real or Microsoft had streaming software MusicTV.com was broadcasting live bands from New York City and London using its own software. Every week over 20 concerts of independent bands were broadcast live and then archived on the Internet. Amazing! Even Keane played for MusicTV! While they no longer stream live they have put up a new video-sharing site that offers almost all the features of Youtube as well as the name and heritage (page ranking!) of MusicTV. The video share site is now only weeks old so you have an opportunity to rule the front page and the search engine results!

You can download your YouTube flv file using Vixy website saving time to upload with the smaller flv file, or simply upload your original (under 100meg) right onto the MusicTV servers. The service handles the conversion of most formats if you do not have an flv file. You will end up with an embeddable flv video as well as a URL for places that do not let you embed or email! The page is a perma-link home for the song that can be attached to your “group” at MusicTV Video Share. The offered code works in MySpace, Blogger and just about all the web sites that allow embed code. MusicTV Video Share has community resources that include; your own personal profile, messaging, friends, favorites, play lists, groups and other tools to help you expand your fan base. You can use the community by populating your profile with your music videos, pictures, and information while you form a group using your band name to gather new fans. It works. You can then send email to your friends directly from your account at MusicTV. It is all simple and easy.

MusicTV.com has always worked for the independent musician and labels. Independent labels are invited to form groups and showcase their bands. There is a special program for selling your CD’s or downloads through http://www.VideoSeconds.com/ the online DVD and audio CD sales outlet available on MusicTV Video Share.

The important thing is to get you onto these sites when they start and are fresh. MusicTV Video Share is new and will launch out in full this September. You have the opportunity to be the first there and that means front page! Google cache!

Niche streaming is the future and finding a place where you can stand out within your niche gets more difficult each day. You will see more niche streaming sites growing out as the proliferation of site offerings becomes overwhelming. Finding the bests sites to get your music heard and seen will be of great significance. When the next big wave comes are you ready to ride it? Get on http://www.MusicTV.com/share so I can see you already!

Writer extraordinaire, poet, storyteller, soothsayer, sonnet master, master of haiku and documentarian of the unusual. When you need a randy writer look no further than your Randy Penn http://www.randypenn.com

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Schoolyard
Heroes and Monty
Are I are featured rock artists

to watch on Clear Channel NEW! Check it out

here.

That’s not all
PlayRadioPlay!
is also up on Clear Channel NEW!

Check him out as an alternative artist to watch
here.

We are really excited about this at Stolen Transmission this
will be on all Clear Channel radio stations websites!

Please post!

Check out Schoolyard Heroes on tour with Fall of Troy, Greeley
Estates, Creature Feature and Stolen Babies:

Nov 6-

The Anchor Inn South Bend, Indiana

Nov 7-

Hayloft Mt. Clemens, Michigan

Nov 8-

The Reverb Cedar Falls, Iowa

Nov 9-

The Blue Goat Salina, Kansas

Nov- 10The
Tree Claremont, Oklahoma

Nov 11-The
Black Sheep Coloroado Springs, Colorado

Nov 12-

Marquis Theater Denver, Colorado

Nov 13-

Club NVO Logan, Utah

Nov 18-

The Alley Las Vegas, Nevada

Nov 19-

Avalon Theater Salt Lake, Utah

Nov 20-

American Legion Hall Casper, Wyoming

Nov 21-

The Black Sheep Coloroado Springs, Colorado

Nov 23-

The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Nov 25-

Mojo’s Rock House Tinley Park, Illinois

Nov 26-

Creepy Crawl St. Louis, Missouri

Nov 27-

Juanitas Little Rock, Arkansas

Nov 30-

Chameleon Club Lancaster

Dec 1-

The Basement Columbus

Dec 2-

The Rock Box Rockford

Dec 4-

Sokol Underground Omaha, Nebraska

Dec 5-Aggie
Theater Ft. Collins, Colorado

Check out PlayRadioPlay! on tour with Meg & Dia, and Spill
Canvas:

Nov 6-

Trocadero w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nov 7-

Recher Theatre w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
Towson, Maryland

Nov 9-

Highline Ballroom w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
New York, New York

Nov 10-

Stone Pony w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris Ashbury Park, New Jersey

Nov 11-

Mr. Small’s w/ Spill Canvas, Meg and Dia, Treaty of Paris
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nov 12-

Mad Hatter w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
Cincinnati, Ohio

Nov 13-

The Masquerade w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
Atlanta,
Georgia

Nov 15-

The State Theatre w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris St. Petersburg, Florida

Nov 16-

The Club at Firestone w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
Orlando, Florida

Nov 17-

Jack Rabbits w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, Treaty of Paris
Jacksonville, Florida

Nov 18-

The Parish w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, New Atlantic New Orleans, Louisiana

Nov 20-

Emo’s w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, New Atlantic Austin, Texas

Nov 21-

The Door Dallas w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, New Atlantic Dallas, Texas

Nov 23-

Juanita’s w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, New Atlantic Little Rock, Arkansas

Nov 24-

Skatepark of Memphis w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, New Atlantic Cordova, Tennessee

Nov 25-

The Foundry Music Theatre w/ Spill Canvas, Meg and Dia, New Atlantic Joplin, Missouri

Nov 26-

The Bottleneck w/ Spill Canvas, Meg and Dia, New Atlantic Lawrence, Kansas

Nov 27-

Creepy Crawl w/ Spill Canvas, Meg and Dia, New Atlantic St. Louis, Missouri

Nov 29-

St. Andrews Hall w/ Spill Canvas, Meg & Dia, New Atlantic Detroit, Michigan

Nov 30-

Turner Hall Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Monty Are I is up for “Outstanding Rock Band of the Year” at the
Boston
Music Awards!

Message from the band:

Word on the street is we’re in the running for “Outstanding Rock Band of the
Year” in the
Boston
Music Awards! So please help us out by voting, and telling all your friends
to vote, and then making some new friends and telling them to vote too. And
maybe vote again. Then take a nap, cause you earned it.

HOW TO VOTE

1. Visit the
Boston
Music Awards website.

2. Click on “Act of the Year” under “Categories”

3. Select “Outstanding Rock Band of the Year”

4. Scroll to Monty Are I and click on the Check Mark

5. Enter the code and press “submit”

6. Spread the word!!!

7. Repeat as much as your little heart desires

much love,

-andrew are i-

Love,

Stolen Transmission

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Many people are making an excellent living selling thier samples,
tracks, and cd’s, on the Internet and off, even if they’re not with a
major record label. Just look around on the Internet. People are paying
$30 to $60 for small beat and and sound packages, $50 to $100 for small
loopsets and beatsets, $100 to $300 for Instrumentals, $100’s to
$1,000’s for complete tracks and samples, and for the few lucky ones
like Jay-Z and J D… “Money aint a Thing”! They sell millions of their
cd’s. There are thousands of people and even companies looking for new
music everyday! Let them hear yours!

Whether you dream of Making It Big in the Music Industry, or are just
interested in making some extra cash doing what you love, this article
is for you. You will see the resources you need to make your own beats,
loops, instrumentals, finished tracks, and complete demo cd’s. You will
also see the resources you need to make money doing it. With that being
said, let’s get to the part you are waiting for…

Part I: Make Your Own Beats, Instrumentals, Samples, Loops, Tracks, and
Complete Demo CDs…

To do this, you will need a few things. First you will need recording
studio software. Recording studio software is nothing more than a
program that allows you to mix beats, melodies, chords, samples and
loops to make your own customized instrumentals and tracks. They also
allow you to record yourself as you sing or rap to your track and to
make a copy of your tracks to cd.

You can find this type of software all over the Internet. Just do a
search for “make your own beats” or “recording studio software”. As you
search, you will notice that on average, this type of software will run
you between $50 and $200. Don’t Buy Them (you’ll see why shortly)! Now
you’re going to need beats, melodies, chords, samples, and loops to
customize with your recording studio software, aka: soundsets and
loopsets. Again, just do a search for “beats” or “loops”. They usually
come in packages of about 200 soundsets for $30 and 300 loopsets for
$60, or 600 soundsets for $75 and 900 loopsets for $150. Don’t Buy Them
Either!

Alright, so at the minimum, $140 gets you the low-end studio software,
200 soundsets, and 300 loopsets… or if you want a little better
quality studio software and more soundsets and loopsets, you can spend
about $425 for high- end studio software, 600 soundsets, and 900
loopsets. That’s everything you need to make your own beats,
instrumentals, samples, loops, tracks, and complete demo cd’s. But why
did I say Don’t Buy Them?

Because you can get it all, the studio software and over 1,100 soundsets
and loopsets for under 30 bucks with Hip Hop Starz Record Producer and
Mixer Studio (see “about the author” at the bottom of this article).
This is an unheard of price for everything you need, and it is of such
good quality, I have dedicated an entire page of my Snoop Dogg website
to it. It is loaded with many features you will find on the high-end
software selling for $100 or more. Also, they are currently holding a
Win A Record Contract Contest with Doug E Fresh. Use the software and
enter to win!

So now you know how to make your own beats, instrumentals, samples,
loops, tracks, and even complete demo cd’s, and this brings us to our
next part…

Part II: Make Money Doing It…

There are many, many ways to make money with your own music. The first
thing you need to do, though, is break it down into pieces, or
components we will call them.

There are 4 key components to any track, or song. You have soundsets,
which are nothing more than beats, sounds, scratches, etc. You have
loopsets, which are your soundsets when put together in a loop. You have
instrumentals, which are completed tracks with no voice or lyrics.
Finally, you have completed tracks, which are basically just
instrumentals that include lyrics.

When you look at music from this angle, broken down into components, you
will start to see many ways to make money with your own. Like I
mentioned at the beginning of this report, people are not only paying
for completed tracks, they are also paying for the components
individually. If you can create you own, good components, people will
buy them.

Again, search the Internet for these components. Doing so will not only
show you how much you can sell your components for, but also where you
can sell them. As long as people are listening to music, there will
always be a demand for it, and I can’t see people stopping anytime soon.

If you are interested in learning how to make money with your own beats
in more detail, I recommend you check out Bob Bakers website (see “about
the author” at the bottom of this article). Bob Baker is a writer, indie
musician and former music magazine editor who is dedicated to showing
musicians of all kinds how to get exposure, connect with fans, sell more
CDs and increase their incomes through their artistic passions. He is
also the author of the Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook, as seen in the
major motion picture The School of Rock … and in VIBE, Music
Connection, Electronic Musician and American Songwriter magazines. This
is the guy you should listen to. Here are some of the things you will
find at his website…

- 197 Promotion Tips, Tricks, and Resources for Independent Musicians.

- 101 places to submit press releases, get reviewed, uncover PR
connections and promote your music on the Internet. Supplies the exact
website and email addresses for submitting your music news.

- The 29 most important elements in creating sizzling music publicity
materials. Make sure your media kit gets noticed by editors, writers,
booking agents, program directors, and other industry people.

- 50 ways to promote and sell your music on the Internet.

- And more, including his coveted Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook.

I hope this report has proved useful to you and I wish you all the best
as you learn how to make your own beats, tracks, and even complete demo
cd’s.

Matthew
Keith is the webmaster of

http://www.dogsnoop.com

and a huge music enthusiast. He
has spent the past 2 years searching for the most affordable ways for
ordinary people to make their own music and make money doing so. There
are only 2 resources he recommends for this, which can be found at

http://www.dogsnoop.com/recommended-links.html

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Looking for band members is never an easy task. You may first want to ask yourself what exactly you’re looking for – whether it is to join an existing band or find individual members to start your own band. Obviously, both have their differences and this should be answered first before you start your grueling search.

Join an existing band.

This is a great way for enthusiastic musicians to gain some playing experience right away, although it is sometimes harder to find these kinds of opportunities. These are established bands that are looking for single or multiple members for various reasons (their guitarist overdosed on cocaine, bass player got fired for drinking problems, etc). This might go without saying, but make sure you really do like the type of music a band plays before deciding to join their group! There are many musicians I know that play in a band where they don’t even like the music they play, all just to “gain experience” to get their foot in the door and hopefully move on to greener pastures. It can’t be stressed enough that if you don’t like the music you play, you’re going to do a half-assed job at it, so why bother?

Also, know your playing experience and limits. For example, if you’ve only started playing guitar learning all Green Day songs for a few months, don’t expect to join a thrash metal band that requires you to do sweep-picking, fast arpeggios, or any other insane guitar techniques. Make sure you choose a band where the technicality of the music they play is comfortable with your own skill level as a musician.

A huge advantage for joining an established band (maybe) is that most of the back-end stuff is already taken care of. This includes tasks such as finding an agent/manager to book your gigs, song development, contracts with music labels, etc. All you have to do is show up for rehearsals and play shows as scheduled.

A good resource to start finding these bands in need is going to your local rehearsal studios where most of them lurk. These are places where any musician can pay for a room to rehearse. Best of all, all the musicians you find there are often in your local area. Check out the bulletin boards where frequent bands post up classified ads that may go something like:

“Looking to join a band that rocks?! We are in need of a guitar player with lots of experience! Our influences include: Megadeth, In Flames, Black Sabbath, and many more! If interested, please contact Todd at xxxxxxxxxx.”

Or even better yet, post up your own classified ad on the bulletin board so bands can contact you instead. Local, independent music stores often have a bulletin board for classified ads as well. These are some of the best free ways to find band members in your area.

Disadvantages of joining an existing band

First and foremost, you have to learn all their songs usually in a limited period of time. The band might have a show coming up and you have to be able to play all their songs flawlessly note-for-note. Needless to say, this might be stressful for some musicians (except if their music is very straight forward and easy with pure 3 note power chords).

Another disadvantage is often your own music creativity is limited. Most bands prefer their original tunes to be played and carried on without any radical change. For example, if you just joined a band and replaced their old guitarist, the way the former guitarist played a particular solo, is the way the band wants it to be played by you. Often you must follow the same note structure of a music piece composed by another musician.

Organizing your own band

This is where you try to find individual musicians to start a new band, usually with similar music skills and backgrounds. Thinking of starting a band is the easy part, but the actual process of searching for the right people is harder than most people think. There are tons of musicians out there in the world but only a small percentage of those you may be compatible with. In addition, ask yourself: are you going to play in a band just for fun, or are you trying to make a living out of it? This will influence where you are going to start looking.

The internet is becoming a popular method for musicians to find other musicians. If you search “looking for musicians” in Google, you will easily find over 12,400,000 results – so how do you find what you’re looking for? Many ads posted in classifieds sections and on popular music forums will vaguely have descriptions such as this:

“Guitar player looking to form a band.”

Well, that’s just great.

Try refining your search to keywords such as the area you are in, what position you are looking for, etc. Example: “Looking for bass players in Toronto”. The first search result is an ad posted on www.craigslist.org, which by the way is an excellent place to get started. Try to only focus your attention on well-written ads that describe the musician, which includes how much playing experience he/she has, the types of music they are willing to play, and the intention of playing in a band. Or you may also want to post your own ad in music community forums and add a link to your audio/video samples that will likely interest more candidates. Audio/video samples that show off your best work are often the most influential factor of candidates contacting you back.

Be consistent with this. Chances are you won’t find someone right away on your first few posts, so try to refresh your ads on a weekly basis (but don’t spam!).

The internet is a large resource but don’t just rely solely on it. You may find you have better luck looking in local magazine’s classifieds ads section where it’s more direct. Also, because musicians have to pay to get their ads published in magazines, it shows that they are more serious about organizing a band.

Don’t limit yourself in a location

If you are serious about starting a career as a musician, you don’t just search for bands or members only in your local area. Living in smaller towns and cities won’t give you very many options in choosing the right band or member for you. Expand yourself to larger urban cities where the potential to find band members is greater.

Finding band members is like finding a good job. Know exactly what you want before searching, always have a good portfolio ready, and be consistent in your pursue. Goodluck!

About The Author

Kenny Auyoung
Webmaster @ GetMeABand.com – Looking for a band? Search through our directory of musicians to find band members in your local area – http://www.getmeaband.com

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“Major Overlooked Band Promotional Ideas”

I’m going to lay out a couple of easy-to-use band promotional ideas for you…

“Successful Band Promotions Start With Your Marketing Abilities”

“Tricks To Selling More CD’s At Gigs”

First make sure at every gig you are placing your CD sales table in the correct place. I can’t tell you how many times I have seen bands who setup their CD sales table in the darkest corner of the venue.

Think about it for a moment…If you were at a venue and listening to a band. Then, out of the corner of your eye… You happen to see a table setup with CD’s for sale. Except, it’s in the corner, and away from all the action at the venue…Would you go check it out, or even think about it?

When you get gigs at a new venue the first thing you must do is scope out the place for the most strategic spots available for your CD sales table. Heck, there are some bands that setup their table right in front of the stage! Another great place for setting up your CD sales table is by the entrance to the bathroom of the venue…I know it may sound strange, but think about it. Everyone there is bound to pass by your CD’s, and if you have one of your “Street Team” members selling CD’s at the table. Then, recruit another “Street Team” member to literally walk straight up to people asking them “Do You Have The CD Yet?” at the venue while you’re playing – Your CD sales will go through the roof!

Just be sure to have the one walking around lead the people who say that want to buy your CD straight to the CD sales table. This will allow them to go straight back into the crowd to gather more fans for you!

“Collecting Fan Email Addresses”

Also make sure you make it easy for people to leave email addresses at your CD sales table. Even better, would be to get people to give you the email in the middle of the gig. You might make up an “Email Song” then have someone pass around a guest book where everyone leaves their email address.

If you are not gigging your only option is to visit chat rooms and forums and talk to people and collect email addresses. Why collect all of these email addresses? Easy…You will be strating a “Band Newsletter” to stay in touch with your potential fans, and CD buyers!

“Selling Your CD Cheap”

Major retail outlets are clearing out old 74 mins CDR’s right now for very cheap. Put 3, 4, 5 of your tracks on each one and use cheap jewelcases. Then go somewhere where “your potential fans” would be hanging out, and hand the CD’s out for FREE in exchange for their email address.

You’ll get 100 subscribers for under $20.00! Which, is much cheaper than placing ads, doing flea markets and paying record stores to promote your CD.”

By Scott Meyer – Author of “It’s Time To Get Noticed” Guaranteed Band Promotion Ebook located at http://www.BandPromoting.com

About The Ebook:
“It’s Time To Get Noticed” – Is an amazing ebook that teaches musicians and bands ’step-by-step’ band promotion techniques to gain massive exposure for their music online and offline. The ebook also offers musicians and bands a gigantic list of over 300+ music related websites to submit their “musician or band profiles” for added exposure all over the web.

(duvy’s note: If the merch table is in a weird place or in the dark i usually avoid it or send Z because I won’t struggle in the dark to see the merch, or fight crowds.)

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