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 third and final category (Support Your Music) MusicNomad has ranked the top resources to keep your playing.
Top Resources by Category
-Band/Fan Management Tools – Reverb Nation, FanBridge, Artist Data
-Music Media Contacts – We list over 100 top contacts in Newspaper, TV, Magazine, and Internet
-Musician Forums – Harmony Central, Sputnik Music, Songstuff
-Music Industry Blogs – Ariel Publicity, Buzzsonic.com, New Music Strategies
-Musicians Health Support – Rock for Health, Hearos, HINT, Future of Music
-Finding Musicians Wanted/Available – Musicians Contact.com, Find a Musician, Craig’s List
-People to Hire – We list over 15 categories ranging from insurance for musicians to street teams.
-Music Industry Conferences – SXSW, ASCAP, NAMM,
We also list the best articles to help you in these categories, which include
- Speaking to Your Fans Through More than Your Music by FanBridge
- It’s All Good: There is No Such Thing as Bad Press by Sheena Metal
- Finding a Manager by Ben McLane
- Your Band Submissions Schedule to play Top Music Festivals by MusicNomad
This was our final article in a 4 part series. We hope you found our top ranked resources by category helpful in your music journey.
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!
