A story adds a human element to your pitch. Chicago, Illinois, United States About Blog Pitchfork is the web's most popular music resource, with expansive daily coverage of indie rock, hip-hop, electronic, pop, metal, and experimental music. You can see the song on my Soundcloud: [link], You’ll enjoy it if you like [song your music is most similar to]. – you should check out The Green Room – They publish first-person stories from musicians https://greenroomstories.com/. Besides these, follow the obvious tips: observe the submission guidelines, personalize your emails, and be polite. P.S. (Although this isn’t necessary since you’ve already included a comparison in the one-sentence pitch). Spend even more hours building a relationship and crafting a pitch.
A “hero” (the central figure) undertakes a journey.
You risk wasting valuable hours sending your music to the wrong person. A ‘P.S.’ section with a link to the artwork. 125 Best Music Blogs That Want to Listen to Your Music. Take this from a blogger: there’s nothing we hate more than wasting our time on a song that doesn’t fit our audience. They can download your music in the high-quality WAV format they need for club sound systems, and you’ll receive their feedback and support in real-time. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Professional Promos.
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Not the right genre for the contact If you re DIY-ing this, there s a very good chance you pulled your list from something that sounds like 100 Blogs Who Want to Hear Your Music.
Think of your music in the same way – what “journey” did you undertake to create your music? Great beneficial info thanx alot appreciate this much but im trying to cant download this list in a spreadsheet format below where can i download it save it to spreadsheet? These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. I’ll do a more detailed breakdown of a successful pitch in a future article. I removed all inactive blogs and added newer, more active blogs. So for the next version of this list, I’ve removed the genre heading so as to not confuse readers. I also have a music website.
Who listened to your music, who downloaded it, how many times, and when? it is a multi-genre blog), assume that the blog will cover most alternative and mainstream genres outside of extreme genres (like death metal). I just mailed a load of blogs via Hype Machine a couple days ago. In this article, we’ll be giving you the correct tools to professionally submit your tracks, get your music heard, and potentially get your first single signed to a label! Required fields are marked *.
Would it be possible to add our music blog Upstream Indie – https://upstreamindie.com – to the list? Not to mention, even if you find the right person to send it to, you may never get a response. You should be able to open it, but I’ll send you a copy over email nonetheless .
To make it easier to read, I’ve organized the entire list as a table. To get their attention, we developed what I call a “5-4-3-2-1” framework. It tells the reader who you are and what inspires you. Get all these blogs in a handy spreadsheet: Great success! No responses yet, so I don't know if it was successful, but it's a good directory: I'd second that recommendation. It tells the reader about the song’s subject, theme or backstory in a few short words. Send Music To Blogs. I am not expecting such a fast reply. I can’t open the link…says” Access Denied”. Great Information and websites. Even just skimming through and playing one or two tracks would give you the idea of the type of music they have. Pingback: 100 Blogs To Submit Your Music To • tuneboxes. [Personalize this line as you see fit]. share. I’d keep myself updated here.
No one has time to read through 500-word pitches filled with apologies and run-on sentences. Distilling the essence of your music into a single sentence will tell these “end-users” exactly what your music is about, what it sounds like, and whether it will appeal to them or not. It appeals to the reader’s values. Hi,Ryan! Just open it in Excel or Google Sheets and save hours on music promotion.
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Create a one-sentence pitch for it, as if you were describing it to a potential investor.”.
I’ll probably be submitting to each of the relevant blogs on your list over the course of the next few weeks. This will make your pitch more memorable and will help bloggers connect with you at a human level.
And most importantly: keep on making great music, and keep on trying. Hi Ella, I created this list by hand, digging through each blog and searching through blogrolls. The parts in brackets are all to be filled in by you: Big fan of your blog.
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Here s the thing – those lists are rarely catered to a specific genre. Do this for all your tracks and you’ll find it much easier to create a compelling pitch. Or how all singer-songwriters have the acoustic-guitar-downcast-eyes-unkempt-hair look.
Or apologize for the quality of the demo.
Before we would send 2,000 emails to each blog trying to stand out but you guys changed it dramatically.
You can use DropTrack as a replacement for your mailing list or fan club. Just like a startup founder, you’re also trying to pitch a “product” (your music) to an end-user (a listener or a blogger). If you all are fans of surf music/acoustic/ukulele stuff, please feel free to stop by http://www.michaelhensen.com and grab a free Mp3. At the same time, you don’t want to be some amateur with half-baked ideas – bloggers want to listen to good music.
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Since all of this is a lot of work, I suggest building relationships only with the highest-value blogs on your list. It doesn’t even matter how good (or bad) you are; bloggers, influencers and tastemakers are just too inundated with requests to give you a listen.
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You now have a list of 100 blogs to submit your music to. Each post is compact and to the point.The post was uncommonly profitable for me. Focus on the best parts of your music and give the reader the highlights only.
Send elegant digital promotions, complete with your logo and personalized branding. This is a tough one – on the one hand, you don’t want to come across as too polished (you are an aspiring and struggling musician, after all). I will in fact share this post. For most musicians, the process to get heard goes something like this: The good news is that I’ve taken care of step #1 and #2. Here’s a template that works well. The trouble is: building relationships with bloggers is hard. The determination of music in this blog is impressive.
The best approach is to keep it short and simple. DropTrack provides real-time feedback and analytics on who listened to your music, when and where. A serious email address (“MyBand@gmail.com”, not “crazysexy69@yahoo.com”). Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Thanks for putting together this awesome article. (I’ll have an article on building your own band website at a later date). If you’re a musician, you should know and use storytelling in everything you do – your music and your promotions. You replied to my message so fast. For the rest, you can, at most, leave a few comments on their blogs/social media and shoot off a pitch. Spend more hours categorizing blogs and finding email addresses. They all have the “hero’s journey” arc.