A problem for many new bands is simply knowing who to contact about
their music. Where to play out? How to get Signed? Who will review
your material and tell the world just how good your are? Well, springing
up faster then alterna-bands are WWW sites with this sort of information
at your finger tips. Sites like
Drown
Music,
Outersound,
The 181.4 Music Industry Database,
Kathode Ray and many more have all
sorts of resources. The folks at Drown Music have a useful database of
music contacts. The independent artist looking for venues to play out at
might check out the 181.4 Music Industry Database. If the artist is
looking for a studio to record their album at they should stop by Outersound
as they have a large searchable database of studios including information on
number of tracks, hourly rates and much more. And don't miss Kathode Ray
as they go the extra step to actually help promote artists music via their
regular sampler projects. With all the information out there the
independent artist can be assured more people will be trying to make it more
and more accessible all the time and, with some luck, a few more bands will
make it to the national stage.
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