Music Hawk

Music Hawk is a social network for music fans .Bands can set up a profile. Overall it feels more like a band directory than a music site

bandwagon.co.uk

Banwagon a music community site exclusive to bands in the UK market. they work just like myspace music if you know a band in the UK you might find them there.

Rapspace.tv

rapspace.tv claims to be the world's first and only hang out for the global hip hop community. Whether you have rhymes to record, beats to drop ,lyrics to blog or just want to chilll this is the spot.

Music.com

Music.com is a site similar to myspace music, they annouced a music download and ringtone service to help bands make money. The revenue sharing are good because artist get at least 80% of the sale.

Beatport

Beatport is an online music store that specializes in remixes and dance music its very popular with DJ's.

Beatport

Beatport is an online music store that specializes in remixes and dance music its very popular with DJ's.

Fine Tune

Fine Tune another music community that lets you stream music from a variety of artist online. You can set up a profile page,make new friends,add favorite artist and build a playlist with 45 songs.Make sure you check it out

Dopetracks.com

Dopetracks.com is an online community for vocalist and beatmakers alike. Beatmakers can upload beats and vocalist can record to any betas available on the site. Its a good site for beginners.

SELLING CD'S,DOWNLOADS AND MERCHANDISE ALL IN ONE PLACE

Indiecentric.com is an online store dedicated to musicians and fans of independent music. to sell your music on indiecentric all you have to do is sign up and send your music(6 CD's) directly to them, a custom indiecentric artist page will be created and your CD's available for sale. orders, shipping and handling, customer service and others is handle by indiecentric to provide your fans with the best buying experience possible. when it's time to re-up you'll be notified by email and you can send in a new batch of CD's to satisfy your demand. the setup fee of $29.95 is currently being waived so there is no cost to sign up.This is one of my favorite and i plan to sign up and get my peeps to do the same because we're currently working on a Stop HIV/AIDS album to benefit Organizations helping to find a cure for AIDS and also provide better treatment for the people infected. You can get more information about this priject by visiting warsoundzforaids.blogspot.com .
Back to regular programming Indicentric is a great way to sell Cd's,downloads and merchandise all in one place with the maximux profit being made by the artist , let's say you choose to sell your CD for $12 your cut as an artist will be $8 and indicentric $4 . So its up to you nowadays being independent is a great way to make a living because most of the time unlike major a artist you don't have to recoup all profit is going directly to you.
stay independent ,get your money up.

SELLING MUSIC ONLINE Part 3

ON the company website it's stated tagets is an online music sales system dedicated and designed for the artist to sell their music directly to fans
Unlike other avenues of music sales, you don’t need a label, or an agent; all you need is to set up an account with TAGETS. With TAGETS, you the artist take control of your distribution and your revenue. You keep all the money.

Set up your account with TAGETS today. It’s easy! All you need is a credit card to activate your account and Pay Pal and/or a Credit Card Merchant Account to get the money directly into your bank account.

"money directly
into your bank account."

That’s right, your bank account.

Once your TAGETS account is set up, it’s easy to sell. You create your own items for sale; upload your music, video, artwork, sheet music or any downloadable item, and you’re in business.

TAGETS allows you to create packages and special offers. For example; you can require the purchase of an entire album instead of individual songs. You make the decisions and set your own prices because you are your own agent. You are in control.

With TAGETS' administration console, you can track sales, offer refunds, upload items, monitor downloads and a myriad of other cool things.'


This service as it's pro and cons on the good side you don't have to share the profit with the company you keep all your proceeds and on the bad side there is a setup fee of $ 69.95 and a monthly fee depending on the package you choose, you also have to cover the cost of additional bandwidth. The people that can benefit the most of this service are artists that already have a strong following .

SELLING MUSIC ,VIDEOS,PHOTOS AND MORE

Cruxy.com is probably a favorite because you don't really need to be a musician to sign up for the service. You can be a blogger,a musician,a filmaker,hobbyist,photographer,visual artist and more. if you think of yourself as an independent media creator this is the place for you. Content creators can upload content,describe it, price it and sell it whether its mp3 songs, quicktime movies,document,pictures and much more. You get your own store with the tools neccessary to market and promote it like embeddable widgets that you can use to sell your content on your blog,myspace,website even by email. All payments are made with Paypal. Its a great way for media creators of all genres to sell their content.

SELLING MUSIC ONLINE Part 2

Snocap's music player is one of the key players in the quest to conquer the online music selling market. If you have a myspace music account you probably notice a link stating" start selling your music" the service is powered by Snocap.com a joint deal with myspace.com to provide bands with a way to sell their content online, directly on their page.
after you sign up for the service and pass the verification process you can upload your music, set your own prices and add digital rights restrictions to your music. payments are made 45 days at the close of the month, Snocap will deposit any earnings greater than $20 into your bank account after all fees have been deducted. In my opinion its one of the best ways to sell your music online because the service is integrated with myspace providing you with tons of opportunities to sell your tunes.
PS; your fans will need a paypal account to purchase your music.

SELLING MUSIC ONLINE Part 1

Soundloud.com is a great addition to the growing list of services catering to independent and unsigned artists looking to sell their music online. Signing up is easy, after you complete a profile and some general information about yourself and your music, you can upload your music(192Kbps encoding) and select the tracks you want to sell you features like 30 second preview or full lenght. You'll get an HTML code that you can paste anywhere on your website,blog,myspace... ect
They will handle all credit cards payment and your earnings are sent to your paypal account.
I also need to mention that there is a $10 setup fee and to make the payment you have to download a contract,fill it out and send it in with your payment.
Its a great service for musicians looking to get their music out there check it out.

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Artist guide to selling and promoting ringtones on Cingular Mobile Music Studio

Cingular's Mobile Music Studio (www.myspace.com/cingularstudio) is offering myspace artist some kind of a ringtone deal with the revenues being slpit between the artist and Cingular.
To become a Mobile Music Artist just visit www.myspace.com/cingularstudio, click on the unsigned artist banner and an application will pop up,just fill out all the required field, agree to the terms and conditions and you will be asked to upload your song(no more than 30 sec) . After you completed this process it'll take about 2 to 3 months for them to get your ringtone ready.
But it unfortunate that as an artist you only get 25% of the net revenue from your ringtone sells ,looking on the bright side its a great promotional tool to get your music to a greater audience.
i signed up for the mobile studio back in November 06 and i just got an email saying that my ringtone is live and available for sale. You get an HTML code that you can paste anywhere and fans can purchase you ringtone directly from there.
Check out my ringtone and give me some feedback.

Warsoundz Productionz
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Myspace and Youtube geat promotional tools 4 independant artist

There is no doubt that in the past couple of years with myspace and youtube became household names. Myspace is a real important tool for today's independant muscians with a recent joint deal with snocap , bands will now be able to sell their music directly from their myspace page with a widget from snocap that can be place anywhere on a website,blog etc.
With millions of people online ,at the same place you can use myspace and youtube at your advantage and generate some serious buzz about your band or yourself(solo artist), sell cds, downloads, post links to itunes,post a link to band's official websites you can do it all with myspace its hard to lose these days with a good plan you can get on the road to stardom with the help of myspace.
Almost forgetting about Youtube you can sign up as an artist and create your own channel. make sure you have a steady stream of interesting content with a couple keywords and you'll get people to subcribe to your channel. You can post videos from your channel in your myspace page via an embedded video player making it easier to generate some serious buzz about your music.
Overall myspace and youtube are great tools helping unsigned musicians reach a greater target market and bringing good music to the fans.


myspace.com/warsoundz
youtube.com/warsoundztv

MAKING MUSIC WITH A MAC VERSUS MAKING MUSIC ON A PC

Its a been a couple of months since i purchase my first mac( a macbook) .Its been a hard decision for me choosing which system to run my music applications. Ive been a Pc user ever since i came to this world but my introduction to the macintosh world was about to change my mind .Being a student at the Institute of Audio research all the computers we used were macs running Pro Tools, Reason 3.0 and various soft synths. after a couple of weeks of steady computing and recording i came to my own conclusion that mac computers and its operating system were going to be the heart of my production, so i sold my dell dimension E520 and purshased a brand new Macbook running at 2ghz dualcore with 2 gb of ram and 80gb Hd.
what really changed the way i made music was Logis pro 7.0 , ive used most recording,tracking,sequencinq softwares but Logic took me to the next level with a range of virtual instruments for every genre and style of music.
To anybody out there making music i recommend a mac as your main machine and Logic Pro 7.0 as your sequencer of choice.

ONLINE MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITIES

Couple of months ago i came across this flash banner that a friend of mine posted on my myspace page, after visiting the link i knew this had to be real. Whether you just want to start a side hustle for extra income or you already sold thousands of products online,this is a great opportunity.
with tmiwireless you'll get your own website with promotional tools to help your business grow. you'll be selling wireless services and phones from all major US carriers. you can aslo give out free alarm system and get paid.
just make sure you check it out ,its free of charge you don't have to spend a dime of your own.

MY BLOG

Im new to the blogging scene and its a good feeling being able to tell the world about my experiences and my quest on becoming a music producer. In the following weeks i will be reviewing gears ,studio equipment, and also tutorials on what i already know about music . I will also post information and tools for independant musicians to get the next level.
this blog will also be used to talk about various things going on in the world, in my life, that are affecting our lives, the internet and everything that surround us.