The road of an aspiring musician might, at times, appear to be overwhelming. During this day and age of streaming and social media sites even more so. The reason is that, frequently, it would appear that you get lost in the clutter of colleagues and aspiring artists. However, remember you don’t necessarily have to take the lonesome road. In fact, reaching out to people who might hold an interest in sharing your music is as good an idea as any. Therefore, here are a couple of pieces of advice on how to do it and succeed. Specifically, in this entry we’ll tell you how music marketing and magazines can boost your career.
But Before
One of the first steps you might want to take—even before getting into the actual magazine—is asking other musician friends for help in sharing your music. There’s no reason why you should see them as competitors. Although you might have to reciprocate the favor down the line, getting your musician friends to spread the word around is a good idea to make people become acquainted with your music and find out about your new release. Try enlisting as many musician friends as you can, ask them to share the news of your new record, and give them a link to one of your songs so they can share it with their audiences. This way, you can reach new audiences while making friends in your field!
Music Marketing and Magazines: the Beginning
However, your circle of friends is not the only way in which you can seek to promote your music with outside help. You might also want to reach out to a musical magazine to present them with the magnificent opportunity of premiering a track for you. What does this mean? It essentially means giving them the embedded code to your Soundcloud or Bandcamp track and letting them post it first. If you manage to convince them (and we don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t), then you have the opportunity to tap into their base of followers, whereas they get the chance to debut your song, which is free high quality content for them, so everyone’s a winner.
