If you are an artist or band looking for a place to send your music demo, not only do I have a great suggestion for you but I have a few ideas on how you promote your music while your at it. Check it.

A few months back I started looking around for places to send my songs so that – if ever get around to finishing and recording them – I would have a solid strategy for giving them the best chance to be heard by reliable poeple.

I know, it is a pretty “horse before the cart” approach but never mind me, I wrote this to help you. Here goes.

The first place I looked…

Taxi.com – After reading about this site in the book “The Craft and Business of Songwriting” I figured it was the best place to start. Once I visited I was impressed. I read a ton of the stuff on their site and then signed up for their free newsletter.

It costs money but when you consider the access you have to and solid feedback from – as Taxi refers to them as – “well paid” music industry veterans and other entertainment professionals, it is a no-brainer.

Check out Taxi now and see for yourself.

There are more but….

If you want to find other sources check out this Google search for “music industry directory”. Although, after looking through some of the top results I’m not sure many of them are as reliable, trustworthy and, most of all, effective as Taxi (but if you know different or of more, let me know so I can share).

Take it to the people…

While your demo is waiting to be heard and critiqued by the pros, why not see if you can create some buzz by taking it to the poeple.

There are tons of poeple who are looking for stuff to write about and play. Better yet, there are a ton more jonesing to read about and hear new music from those poeple. Go find them now on these sites.

Indie Bible -For a measly $34.95, this 330 page music marketing Swiss Army Knife will show you how to get access to 4000 music publications willing to do reviews, 3200 radio stations willing to play your songs along with 1200 other resources looking to help you get the word out.

I know this works because the Musicgoat is listed in here and I get bombarded with tons of mail – e and snail – filled with CD’s, mp3’s, press releases, review requests, etc.  Go get a copy now.

Sonicbids – I am sure you know that Getting out and playing your tunes live is where to rubber meats the road. This site helps bands and artists get gigs along with providing a ton of promotional tools to save you time and headaches.

Quite a few of the bands that submit stuff to this site use this and I love it because everything I need to know and hear about the band is in one place and easy to find. Check out their Free trial.

Update!

Music Business Radio – This is a great podcast – based in Nashville, TN – with interviews with leaders from around the music indusrty. They also have a segment that they call “Dave’s Demo Derby” where they play music for the guests (some of which are heads of record labels). You can visit the Music Business Radio contact page for more info. On a few occasions, I have heard some of the guests ask for more info on the artist because they like what they heard. Who knows, maybe your music will strike a tune with an influencial music industry person.

Others – Check out sites like Garageband and the Podsafe Music Network. Also, make sure you check out my blogroll – on the left – for some of my favorite blogs and podcasts that are accepting music for review consideration.

I am sure I could sit here and rifle off a bunch more but I will stop. Besides, I don’t want your head to explode. This list alone should keep you busy for a really, really long time. And remember, if you know of a resource that has worked great for you or someone you know, let us know in the comments below. Until next time, have a good one.

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