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 second major category (Sell Your Music) MusicNomad has ranked the top resources to make you money.
Top Resources by Category
-Sell Your Music On-line – Song Cast Music, CD Baby, IODA, Broadjam, Reverb Nation
-Sell Your Music in Retail Stores – Stretch the Skies, ADA, AIMS, CIMS, Best Buy
-Sell Music to Cell Phone Users – Myxer, Cellyspace, Flotones
-License Your Music – Sonicbids, TAXI, Music Gorilla, Crucial Music, You License
-Sell Your Own Concert Tickets – Brown Paper Tickets, E-Tix, In Ticketing
-Sell Your Live Shows – Xumaii, Blue Microphone, Aderra, All Access Live
-Enter Contests – USA Songwriting, Sonicbids, Our Stage, Denny’s Feed a Band Campaign
-Buy/Sell Band Merchandise – Bandwagon Merchandise, Bandwear, Jakprints
-Sell Your Music Videos – TuneCore, Muzu TV
-Promote Your Concerts – Eventful, gigzee, JamBase
-General Touring Resources – Sonicbids, Couch Surfing, Gig Leader, Indie Venue Bible
-Street Teams – Fancorps, Street Team Promotion
We also list the best articles to help you in these categories, which include
-How to Sell 1,000 Singles a Week on iTunes by Ariel Publicity
-Film and TV Licensing by Ben McLane
-The Music Tour Database by MusicNomad
-To Tour or Not to Tour by Sheena Metal
In our next article we are going to explore the best resources to help you Support your Music and keep you playing!
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!
