5 Sure Fire Ways To Get Radio Play For Your Independent Music
ou have to find radio hands. The intern that's too busy
airplay time if you're to getting coffee or typing up a
going to be heard and we're report for the station manager
not just talking the local isn't going to be the one making
college campus. The trick is the airplay decision. So find out
called promotion. Now that who the head honcho is in that
doesn't mean you just put your department and touch base with
press kit in an envelope with a them. If the club you're playing
demo and hope they take pity on at charges an admission or you
you. Perhaps you call a station have a show coming up offer to
and they give you the standard send the stations tickets to give
pitch of, "Send it and if we like away to listeners. Now keep in
it we'll put you in rotation." mind you can't give the tickets
After a few months of never to the staff, since that's
hearing your music, you illegal and called payola, but
automatically think you're not you can offer free giveaway items
worthy. to your potential audience.
First, don't buy that. You're one #2 - If you've got one station in
of hundreds, maybe even thousands your pocket, then drop names. Let
depending on your city. Your disc them know that WABC is playing
will probably end up in the trash your music and it's getting a
or, for more enterprising DJ's, great response.
on Ebay in a one-cent CD sale. If #3 - Make genuine friends in the
you want to be heard and make business. If you've got a disc
potential sales, you have to jockey that's got you in rotation
stand out from the crowd, and in and really likes your sound, get
this jewel of an article, I'll to know them. Find out why they
show you Five(5) Knock ‘em Dead enjoy it and see if they've
Ways to Do Just That!: gotten any responses from
#1 - Get your CD into the right listeners. If they haven't, ask
if perhaps they might Q & A their people away from knowing anyone
callers about your music so you on the planet and yes that
get a feel for your target includes station managers,
audience. It's not a bad idea to concert promoters and record
ask them for a testimonial or execs. The trick is it takes a
quote if they're well known in great deal of work and time, but
your area if you know them if you're serious, it's well
personally. People help people. worth it.
That's a fact so if you treat #5 - Go local, state, national.
your area disc jockeys like a Don't think you're going to skip
living and breathing human and your local and state stations and
not dollar signs, that's a foot be the next Matchbox Twenty. It
in the door. Another good source doesn't work that way. Start
is club owners. If they play your small and then get big.
music and the fans go nuts ask Making contacts and getting names
them to say a few words about can be tough, that's why you
your sound that you can pass should start with a tested and
along to prospective stations, proven music industry resource
but be sure to sit down for a like The Industry Yellow Pages -
drink with them. Ask them about Music Industry Contact Directory
the picture of him and the woman at and two kids behind the Magic href="http://www.TheIndustryYello
Kingdom. Don't be fake, but be wPages.com"
genuinely interested. title="http://www.TheIndustryYell
owPages.com"
#4 - Network. Find out if someone target="_blank">http://www.TheInd
you know (or someone they know) ustryYellowPages.com
has connections to the music
stations. Remember six degrees of The TIYP is helpful and loaded
separation - you're only six with contacts you can start using
immediately without doing all the
legwork yourself.
About the Author:
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