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NEW
YORK (www.dilvie.com) - Independent musicians are looking to the
Internet as a powerful avenue for music promotion, and new technologies
make the job a lot easier. Blogs exploded in popularity in 2004, and
musicians are taking notice. Many musicians are releasing free MP3s as
promotional tools, and a new kind of blog is emerging to spread the
word.
MP3 blogs make music files available for free download.
Typical MP3 blogs post music that is hard to find or out of print, and
often do so without the permission of artists and labels, but some
offer promotional MP3's with the full knowledge and cooperation of the
artists. Several bloggers are overwhelmed with music that is sent to
them for review.
The climate is producing a new kind of
grassroots marketing for independent acts. While major labels fight
music downloads or sell songs with DRM (designed to make it difficult
to copy), independent acts go out of their way to spread their music as
far and wide as possible.
According to Dilvie, a Salt Lake City
musician who has served well over 100,000 free music downloads, "MP3
blogs are a bit like radio stations." They provide a variety of
channels, each with an established audience. There are blogs that cater
to almost every style of music, and new blogs start up every day.
Some
even offer charts that feature the most popular tracks, based on the
number of clicks on a particular song. For instance, Dilvie runs a blog
titled, "Free
Music Downloads" that offers a pair of monthly top ten
charts. Dilvie's top ten list is syndicated, both on the web, and in
print.
"To make money, we need to gain a lot of fans. To gain a
lot of fans, we have to be heard. Major labels have easy access to
mainstream radio. Independent artists need to do everything we can to
overcome that advantage. That's why I started my blog, and the featured
artists love the exposure."
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