Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Great Music Reviews

It's not easy finding good music reviews nowadays, especially with the proliferation of blogs and websites where anyone who is anyone can pipe up with their two cents worth of knowledge about whatever they want to say about the latest Ting Tings B-side...however, you should not give up hope. There are still great music reviews out there, you just have to search a little harder to find them, among the ether of sub-standard sites and webpages.
The best thing to do is to rely on word of mouth advice from people who you trust and once you find a site that delivers top quality reviews, stick with it! Pick your genre and search the web for reviews in artists in that genre, then just spend a few hours comparing and contrasting the various writing styles until you find one that you like! Of course, if you find one that you like straight away, then count your lucky stars and stick with that one...
Everybody likes different styles of music, but what the great thing is about the various sites that showcase music reviews is that you can be persuaded to listen to new material by the power of the reviewer's writing; you never know, you may discover a whole new style of music for you to explore and enjoy, just by reading a short, glowing review!
So, go and check out all the sites that the World Wide Web has to offer and when you have found one that you like, don't desert it, either keep retuning to it or sign up to its mailing list...have fun!

Promote Indie Music - Best Sites For Indie Music Distribution

To promote your own style of indie music you need to find out where your style is being played on radio stations online. and get your songs played on those where the audience is going to be YOUR audience. You need to work out which are the best web sites to get reviewed on and how visible such a review might be. You don't want to submit a country song to a hip hop site or vice versa, it defeats the objective.
You'll also want to start shopping around for a label or an indie distribution site that will make it possible to upload your tracks and allow them to handle the creation of the CD, the collection of payment and postage costs, packaging the CDs and distribution of them.
A very good reference to these types of websites, that is being constantly updated - as it needs to be online - is the Indie Bible. If you live in the United States or anywhere else in the World and you don't own a copy of the Indie Bible you are missing out on a resource that can be the difference between success and failure online.
Music Distribution Sites Reach a Global Audience.
While everyone is aware of MySpace and Facebook - both of which are important sites to use to promote Indie music, far fewer people are aware of the thousands of other web sites that have other services that they can perform for you.
You can promote indie music on music review sites by uploading a demo or free single and asking it to be reviewed. If you get a rave review this can immediately impact on your profile and perhaps your sales. You can promote indie music by actually selling a download or CD through a variety of music distribution sites. Many of these are community sites and the community of listeners is an audience well worth playing to. These sites are great for promotion but they also allow you to earn some money from your songs.
Many of these music distribution sites allow you to list your product on Amazon or iTunes. If nothing else, doing this makes it possible to have a place to refer fans to, when they ask if you have recordings available. Some of these music distribution sites also make it possible to earn money in different ways as well. If you visit the site in my signature, you'll discover more information about this there.
When you have a CD released, there are press release sites where you can submit a press release about the recording and also let people know if you are touring somewhere. If this is of interest to local papers, they may print it in their paper. A press release that they don't have to pay for is always welcomed. A story about your band could be of interest in a local paper and can have a very positive effect towards your promotional campaign.
Even if it's not picked up independently, it won't hurt to put in a short call to your local paper and bring it to their attention and this is a good strategy, well worth following through on. Having the article already created, where an editor can immediately read it, formatted and already online, makes their job easier. I have found it has a better result than cold calling an editor and asking them if they'll run an article they have not seen.
If you are a classical musician or you have ever felt you'd like to write soundtracks for TV or film, there are several music sites where you can submit samples for assessment. Service sites that can help you write for these industries can prove very lucrative in the long run.  These are just a few ways to promote indie music.
If you are looking for ways to promote indie music, then look online.
Opportunities don't come round knocking on doors but they are in abundance online if you just know where to look. Get the Indie Bible for advice, there's a stack of articles that will give you invaluable information. Don't get stuck or freeze in confusion when you see so many sites. If necessary pick a site at random and start there. But make a start today with MySpace and Facebook.
Hyper link each site together on your profiles so that people can hook up easily with you on all your sites or profiles. If you don't know how, learn how, you don't need to do any programming anymore, nearly all the sites make it really easy to upload a picture, upload an audio and paste in some text. Start simple and go back and add more as you gain experience.
You'll quickly get the hang of it. Learning how to promote indie music is not as hard as you think. It does take time to have effect but if you spend a little time each day on it, you'll be surprised how fast you get results, so long as you keep adding to it. The most important thing you can do is ask any friends you have to link to you wherever they may have a site or blog and to use your name or band name in the link as often and wherever you can.
When you have a little more experience, read the articles on this site about marketing and promotion with articles. These is so much free information available it would be a shame not to benefit from it.


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Megan Trainor

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass Lyrics
All About That Bass Lyrics
 Because you know
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass

Yeah, it's pretty clear, I ain't no size two
But I can shake it, shake it
Like I'm supposed to do
'Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase
And all the right junk in all the right places

I see the magazine workin' that Photoshop
We know that shit ain't real
C'mon now, make it stop
If you got beauty building, just raise 'em up
'Cause every inch of you is perfect
From the bottom to the top

Yeah, my mama she told me don't worry about your size
She says, "Boys like a little more booty to hold at night."
You know I won't be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll
So if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along

Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass
Hey!

I'm bringing booty back
Go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that
No I'm just playing. I know you think you're fat
But I'm here to tell ya
Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top

Yeah my mama she told me don't worry about your size
She says, "Boys like a little more booty to hold at night."
You know I won't be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll
So if that's what you're into then go ahead and move along

Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass

Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass

Because you know I'm
All about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass, no treble
I'm all about that bass
'Bout that bass
'Bout that bass, 'bout that bass
Hey, hey, ooh
You know you like this bass