As an independent musician first you need to Produce your Music, second you need to Sell your Music and third you need to Support your Music. These are the 3 categories that MusicNomad uses to organize thousands or resources to help independent musicians.
In the first major category (Produce Your Music) MusicNomad has ranked the top resources to help you play and be heard.
Top Resources by Category
-Influential Music Blogs – Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Gorilla vs. Bear
-Satellite Radio – Sirius XM – Indie Rock Station XM43
-Internet Radio – Pandora, Rhapsody, Jango, Last.fm
-Internet Video – YouTube, Singing Fool, Stickam
-Music Gear – buy online : Musicians Friend, Sam Ash, Sam Day Music
-Get a Website – Bandzoogle, Host Baby, dmusic
-Get a Social Network – MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, imeem, MOG
-Find a Record Label – over 200 independent labels listed at American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
-Rehearsal Studios – We have the most comprehensive list with over 200 locations. Search by City and State
-Recording Studios – We have over 400 locations. Search by City and State
We also list the best articles to help you in these categories, which include
- The Do’s and Don’t for getting your music on influential music blogs ()
- Forming a Label by Lawyer Ben Mclane ()
- 8 Steps to Social Networking by Ariel Publicity
- So your band wants to make a Music Video by Riot Productions
In our next article we are going to explore the best resources to help you Sell your Music and make money!
MusicNomad is a musicians advocate organization that tries to make sense of the vast and fragmented music industry through researching, interviewing, reviewing and ranking thousands of companies in the music industry and filtering the ones that can really help musicians. They then do write ups on the companies, rank them and give you a direct link to their website. There are also tips, news and articles for musicians to explore. The Website (www.musicnomad.com) is free to use and focuses on fighting for the underdog, independent musicians!