So you believe you have what it takes to make noise in this music industry. Well, with the development of sites like myspace a lot of artists are able to meet the masses and go worldwide with their music. With the dot com boom taking off like it has online music sales are going to shatter record numbers in the coming years.
If you are a artist and you don’t have a site online where you can showcase you and your music your missing the big picture. Now days, every record label has a website to showcase their artist. I firmly believe every artist should have a website to showcase their music. This is absolutely something you should seriously be considering if you want to make a dent in this music industry.
Now don’t think your going to start a website today
How To Start A Website To Promote And Sell Your Music
and be on your way to selling a thousand copies in two days. If that’s what your thinking just back click and leave this article because this one can’t help you. I’m going to show you how to start your own website so you can get in the game and start moving towards your musical goals.
What are some benefits to having your own website?
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You can gain fans by putting your music on your site.
You can gain fans by putting your music on your site.•People will know about you as a artist. (Your bio plays a big part here)
People will know about you as a artist. (Your bio plays a big part here)•You can receive feedback for you music
You can receive feedback for you music•You can start a blog
You can start a blog•You can have fans join your page to keep track of your performances.
You can have fans join your page to keep track of your performances.•You can also sell merchandise: shirts, buttons, or tickets to your shows
You can also sell merchandise: shirts, buttons, or tickets to your showsOkay the first thing you want to do is to pick a name for your site. If you’re a rapper then use your rap name unless you are starting a record label. You could use the label name or your rap name either or is fine. Once you know your name you are going to want to buy your domain name. A domain name is like “aol.com” or “benze.net.” You should make sure the domain name you use is a top domain which is anything with “.com” or “net.” I wouldn’t waste my time getting anything else and if I had to choose I would have to always pick .com.
Next thing you’re going to have to do is decide which company you want to get your domain name from. Here are a few good ones for cheap but your going to be looking to spend between $6-$20 depending on where you get your domain from.
Here are a few good ones that I have used in the past.
Once your domain name is available your ready to make your purchase. Next, your going to need someone to host your site. You can find a good host for around $9-$24 a month.
Once again some good ones that I have used in the past are.
If your not really interested in a professional look but still would like to see what you can come up with there are a couple hosting companies who offer free hosting.
Free Hosting sites:
Now that you have your domain name and your website what do you put on it? Well the first thing you want to do is decide what it is your trying to accomplish. Do you just want people to read your bio? Do you want people to listen to your music? Do you want your fans to comment on your music? These are just a few questions that your going to want to ask your self.
Some Key Elements You want to have on your site.
- Artists Name (This should be at the very top of your page)
- If your going to be selling merchandise have a section where visitors to your site can purchase material.
- Your contact info (This can be at the end of your page)
- Upcoming performances and appearances
- Membership section for you to collect fans emails so you can keep them posted about what it is your doing. (Check out getresponse.com for more info)
- Graphics (If you can afford to pay for good quality graphics do it but if not stick with the basics)
- Anything you want people to know: Article reviews, music awards, testimonials, your myspace page, etc.
These are just some basic elements you can put on your site. Just about anything promoting you is good. Once you have your site up and running make sure you tell everybody and they momma about your new site. There is also ways that you can advertise online to get people to come to your site. But that’s a whole different article.
Well I hope this article helps put you on your way to promoting you like YOU are suppose to.
Until next time…Good Luck and Much Success
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