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Expanding Your Fan Base Through Exposure at Charity Events and Concerts

A charity event or concert can be a great way to land that first live gig as a new artist or band. Charities are usually happy to have artists give their time for live performances at their events as it enhances the overall value and excitement of an event.  As a musician there are many benefits in performing at charity events.  These can include expanding your fan base, providing you exposure to new industry professionals, getting performance experience, and having a fun and rewarding way to give back to the community.

 

Supporting Great Causes as a Musician

Hosting a charity concert or donating album sales to charity by using a program like Reverbnation’s Music for Good will often get you the attention and support of local press and media. Charities such as United Way, Habitat for Humanity and the American Cancer Society will often host events which draw large crowds.  A simple Google search can lead you to a whole directory of charities in your local area.  From there you are only a phone call or email away from getting booked at a charity event.  If you don’t get the gig don’t fret.  The organization now knows who you are and that you want to help them, which may lead to you being one of the first artists they call when they put on their next event!

 

Music for GoodMusic For Good Charity Event

Reverbnation is a great site to be a part of as a new artist because it allows your music to be easily accessible by fans and it allows you to be part of the massive online Reverbnation music community. Music for Good is a charity donation program offered by Reverbnation.  It allows artists to give a portion of money made from each song to a charity of the artist’s choice.  Artists have the opportunity to select the portion of money that is donated from each song purchased, as well as the specific songs they want to be part of the program.

 

FanDistro Project       FanDistro Charity Event

FanDistro is way to help charities and reward your fans at the same time.  By creating a project page and sending it to your fans they can then share your music or purchase your songs.  If they do then they are rewarded with free merchandise and 20% of the sales go a charity in the fan’s name. 

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The Best Sites Online for Music Streaming

Online music streaming and can be a quick and efficient method for getting your music out there for listeners to enjoy.  Many speculate that streaming is the future of music consumption.  Statistics already show a rising number of streaming site subscribers while digital downloads, album and single alike, are declining fast.  There are a growing number of great streaming sites out there to choose from on the web.  Lets take a look at a few!

 

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Grooveshark is an overall great music streaming site.  You can search for almost any song and create a playlist, just as on an iPod, with the same playback options.  Its only fault is that sometimes the site will freeze and your playlist is lost.

 

 

 

spotify music streamingSpotify

Spotify is one of the best known music streaming sites out there. It has a catalog of over 20 million songs available for listening. Besides creating a playlist or listening to one album, you can also use Spotify’s radio option. This feature will choose music related to the original artists you were listening to and create a unique playlist for you. You can subscribe to their premium plan to get an ad-free version as well as higher quality tracks.

 

 

PandoraPandora Music Streaming

This music streaming site takes the personal playlist to a whole new level. You can choose a song and then Pandora will create a custom radio station of similar music. It works really well the recommendations for music selections are usually good choices based on the song you picked. With their premium service you can get rid of the ads and download a desktop app.

 

 

Google Play Music StreamingGoogle Play

Google Play is another great option for music streaming. You can choose from over 20 million songs to listen to. This streaming service is great when it comes to mobile listening options so you are not restricted to listening to music from your desktop.

 

 

MixcloudMixCloud Music Streaming

 

Mixcloud has a bit of different collection of music than the other music streaming services mentioned. They have a large collection of DJ mixes, podcasts and longer audio format recordings. It is great for listening to background music for long periods of time. 

 

 

 

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