john

Ace Of Spades - Motorhead

Nice one! I look forward to hearing some of your songs at some point. You have lots of very useful experience and skills. Add some marketing and promotion into the mix and it's an ideal combination.

Hi and welcome to Songstuff Jennifer Good to have you aboard. Out of interest, do you write or play anything?

I have to agree with panaka... you can make money as an indie musician / writer, the way of working is not disimilar even if the tools have changed. Where I think indie artists don't make money is when they are using yesterday's techniques and processes. Beating your head against a wall is not a pleasant sensation. What I see is that often artists sign up for a service and... that's it. Maybe a little forum posting and strangely enough their music release goes nowhere. lol If you want to be an indie band these days you definitely have to get your hands dirty, at least until you get enough success to be able to pay someone else to do it! The fact is there are LOTS of techniques, lots of services that can be used to maximize returns. An entire release process, soooo many promo channels (some waaay better than others) and back end tools and processes, in essence a structured marketing and promotion campaign.. all are needed. Of course great music makes it easier to convert people into fans... but they have to hear it first.

Worth bringing up as an alternative. I've read a few things about them but haven't got around to using AWAL yet.

Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones

welcome to Songstuff Ash!

welcome to Songstuff! :-)

The reason is simple. It is s community. After you make some posts (4 or 5) you get access to a much larger global upload space. The primary purpose of Songstuff is not as a music host. That funcionality is provided purely as a means to allow artists to get critiques when it is the most suitable method for the artist considering their need. Many artists already have several music hosting accounts and are quite glad not to have another site to upload to. Many use Sound cloud. What we do have here is a lot of experienced musicians and writers, label owners, music marketers and more. We also have lots of free articles and tutorials etc. You can run a blog here, Upload photos of your band and artwork, start your own discussion group with it's own news stream and forum, and yes somewhere down the list - host audio. Of course none of that costs you a cent. If you are looking for a more permanent music host Songstuff is currently not it, but then there are many music sites that specialize in that. Songstuff is not an OMD of any kind but it does provide a lot to artists. Who knows you might get that date lol There are quite a number of collaborative writing and recording projects too. Handy for lots of reasons. If it isn't for you that is a pity. Good luck and happy hunting. If it is for you then great, come on in and make the most of the features, make some contacts and improve your understanding in the areas of the muic business that you want to develop skills or contacts in. Simple. lol If you really need hosting then suggest it. If enough community members are interested Songstuff would add it. It is very rarely mentioned by members SO FAR but as Songstuff tries to support the needs of members, it has to adapt to changing needs. I can say adding a more OMD approach or bulk hosting isn't on the current site development plans. I hope all that helps no matter what you decide to do.