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Radio shows that will play your music

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Here are a few ways to get yourself heard.

The No Non-Smoking Zone
ijock@440music.net
http://www.440music.com
An online Radio show that features unsigned and indie bands. Our live broadcast can be heard Wednesday and Saturday 7 PM Central Time, Chicago, IL USA. We're just a couple of old musicians still paying our dues. To hear your music on our live broadcast send us an e-mail.

Radio Crystal Blue
Dan Herman cblue@mindspring.com
http://www.radiocrystalblue.com
Radio with a freeform feel; old/new music plus spotlight on musicians with strong Internet presence. Live biweekly Internet radio.

RadioAid.com
Rob Vining rob@radioaid.com
http://www.radioaid.com
Streaming radio exclusively for unsigned/independent artists, providing band's website link through streaming radio player as their music plays.

KWRS 90.3 FM
Molly Schwartz kwrsmd@mail.whitworth.edu
http://www.whitworth.edu/Students/Kwrs
Spokane's Best College Radio. Broadcasting to the city of Spokane, WA on 90.3 FM and to the entire world at:
http://www.whitworth.edu/Students/Kwrs/webcast.html

Sirius Satellite Radio
Meg MGriffin@siriusradio.com
http://www.siriusradio.com
Sirius has begun broadcasting and is now conducting a comprehensive quality assurance program. Following the completion of this program, we will begin commercial service for consumers later this year. We are working with an eclectic group of music experts that have three things in common: they know the music, they know the people who make the music, and they know what listeners want to hear. Our music programmers are musicians, music historians, and composers, among others. We welcome the music of Independent artists!

RADIO FUTURA 90.5
Jorge Aloy jaloy@crosswinds.net
I'm a music journalist, radio DJ and dancefloor DJ, and I work at FM radio stations and dance clubs in La Plata, Argentina. I have my own daily show on RADIO FUTURA 90.5 FM. I also host a weekly show at powerful LR11 Radio Universidad FM 107.5 I play "world" stuff, electronic, HH and weird bands. These stations and I are very interested in knowing and spreading good new music. We think it's important to give our listeners a free choice, and show them many options, new or unknown musicians. And specially to have place to non popular/"top40" music, new music growing in the world, etc. You can send promo items (CD, tape or vinyl), as well as the information and any questions that might arise about our work, to this address: Jorge Aloy, c/o Radio Futura, Conexión C.C. 465, 1900 La Plata, Argentina, South America. When you send your music, write "CD, CASS, PROMOTIONAL MUSIC" etc. on the envelope, to avoid problems with our mail customs.

KWKM Radio
kwkmbillman@yahoo.com
We are accepting submissions from indie artists (all styles) for possible airing on a developing indie artist show on our station. Acceptable formats include cd, dat, cass and 1/4"2trk (vinyl too). Send to: Billman/KWKM Radio, 1520 Commerce Drive, Show Low, AZ 85901. If you have any questions, please e-mail me.

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http://www.indiebible.com/newsletter/
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Tuesday, February 13, 2001
The bastard's guide to success
By LittleBastard

The playing fields in the music industry are leveling out more and more everyday and that
you dont have to be on a big label to be noticed.


On a lark I recorded and released an instrumental
guitar CD on mp3.com under my nickname LITTLE
BASTARD.

Before I knew it my cover of "The Grinch"
skyrocketed up the charts to the #1 position on
the Instrumental Rock charts. Then before I
could blink I was out-charting established artists
such as Motley Crue, Tom Petty, Sammy Hagar,
Liona Boyd, Neil Schon, Wolf Hoffman and Neil
Zaza (many of my own heroes) on the Guitar
Rock and Rock charts. I was also getting more
requests and downloads than most of them on a
daily basis through mp3.com's system.

"The Grinch" lasted 3 weeks at #1, day after
day, and continues to remain in the top 50 on
mp3.coms instrumental rock charts, even after
having been released two and a half months
months ago.

All of this landed me a short feature in the International British guitar magazine "Guitarist"
showing how, now anyone can compete with the "big boys". The article and charting
positions of course started the endorsement and independent record label offers pouring
in. No deals have been worked out as of writing.

"Volume 2" is now up, as well as "Volume 1 & 2" - a best buy value - with almost
everything released so far and some backing tracks for the guitar players out there to jam
over.

The first single "Untrodden" debuted at #23, reached #3 on the second day and is now
sitting comfortably at the #1 position on the Instrumental Rock charts and # 4 on the
Guitar Rock charts.

I KNOW reading such a story when I was struggling through my first CD would have
Helped my motivation and drive, and I think its a great story for every guitar players motivation.
We all want to make a CD someday, and this proves you can do it from your bedroom, and
even succeed with a music recorded on a BOSS BR-8 and an Alesis SR-16.

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Where you can get your music hosted


Tuesday, February 06, 2001
By Bella Tu

MP3.com has established itself as the most well-known and widely accessed site for
unsigned, independent musicians to showcase their creations.


It is often the first place MP3 enthusiasts who are seeking listening and download
opportunities will visit on the Internet. There is no doubt about it - MP3.com has almost
everything an artist or listener could want from MP3, but we would like to open your eyes
to some very nice alternatives.

The following sites, like MP3.com, offer artists free listings where their music can be
Heard and/or downloaded by MP3 Net-trekkers (anyone on the Internet looking for sweet
MP3 music ;).

IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive) - http://www.iuma.com/
You have your own URL with your band name first. You'll get a custom web page where
you can post all your band info and MP3s, sell CDs, create message boards, fan lists, and
of course, get e-mail from your fans - all FREE. IUMA's artists listings have a neat and
organized feel but also allow the artist to customize the look. On each listing tracks can be
streamed or downloaded as MP3 audio with biography (picture/s), lyrics, tour dates,
CDs/albums and band email. Artists/bands can track page views, downloads, streams, and
ad revenue earned. All bands/artists are listed within multiple genres.

Your band URL looks like; http://yourbandname.iuma.com
Cons: Let us know if you find any.
New Artist Sign-Up page

loudENERGY - http://www.loudenergy.com/
Each listing offers MP3 files that can either be streamed or downloaded (by left or right
click on link), plus picture, biography, news and tour calender. All bands/artists are listed
within one chosen genre.

Your band URL looks like;
http://www.loudenergy.com/artists/promo/PromoIndex.asp?BandID=xxxx
Cons: Some trouble with MP3s uploaded and linked with spaces in the file name. Use
underlines or dashes rather than spaces for file names.
New Artist Sign-Up page

SoundClick - http://www.soundclick.com/
Simple, thorough and flowing pages give visitors to SoundClick access to artists
background and contact information, label and album details with streaming and/or
download options. A message board allows interaction with the artist/band and other fans,
a mailing list will keep you informed and bands can offer fans merchandise and freebies
like screensavers and e-cards. All bands/artists are listed within one chosen genre.

Your band URL looks like; http://www.soundclick.com/bands/yourbandname.htm
Cons: Some features (MP3 downloads) on artist listings only available to 'registered
members'.
New Artist Sign-Up page

Vitaminic - http://www.vitaminic.com/
Textual information on artist listings include an artist's description of their music, musical
influences, biography and news. Tracks can be streamed as RealAudio or downloaded as
hi-quality MP3. Band images and a fan club mailing list make things personal. Overall very
neat. All bands/artists are listed within one chosen genre and sub-genre.

Your band URL looks like; http://stage.vitaminic.com/yourbandname/
Cons: Genre listings are HUGE and not organized well enough to accomodate this.
New Artist Sign-Up page

BeSonic - http://www.besonic.com/
[Take a deep breath] - Stream tracks in lo-fi or hi-fi, download to your computer or
personal music locker or a custom CD sampler, email a song to a friend, rate a song, read
lyrics, hear an entire playlist of artist's tracks, write a review, see picture, send band fan
mail and join band mailing list, purchase album/s and view insightful information about each
band/artist. All bands/artists are listed within multiple genres.

Your band URL looks like; http://www.besonic.com/yourbandname/
Cons: Let us know if you find any.
New Artist Sign-Up page

If you would rather have total control over your music site, why not take the time to
create it yourself on some free web turf. The following is a selection of free web space
providers preferred by some of our musicians in the MP3Machine Artist Database;

Yahoo! GeoCities - http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/
Up to 15MB disk space, page design wizards, statistics, FTP access and a directory listing
- all for FREE.

Homestead - http://www.homestead.com/
Build a free Web site in minutes to share your music with others. Your band's new home on
the web will look something like; 'http://yourbandname.homestead.com'

CJB.NET - http://cjb.net
Simple, fast and FREE - you can have your own web space to host MP3 files with a rather
neat URL in the form of 'yourbandname.cjb.net'.


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