Promoting your music through a website is all about striking a balance between supplying the needs of the customer/consumer/listener/fan and retaining your rights.
First of all, ask yourself some questions
1 – Do you hold the rights to the music? If not, then you must seek permission to stream or otherwise make available the audio by contacting [...]
5 – How should I make audio available on my website?
4 – How do I get funding?
Start with a very clear idea of what you want to achieve with the money and stick to a plan. Tweaking your plan overmuch to suit every different fund you apply too will not work.
Read a lot of stuff first – start here with the Guide to Arts Funding in England
The big funds have strict [...]
3 – Should I do a gig for free?
Many musicians are faced with the dilemma of whether or not they should do a free gig. Many musicians have no choice, starting out and doing certain kinds of music will have to do a gig that does not include a fee. If it helps, try and remember these things:
Just because there is no fee does not [...]
