In this section, we will talk about options for getting your music heard by people. As we have said throughout The Survival Guide, if you have any ideas that we haven't thought of, please write us so that we can share it with others. (Or try it ourselves, for that matter.)

The blanket warning that goes with this section is to be careful if you have to sign (or "click") any agreements in order to use services to get your music out. There are many that, unfortunately, take the rights to your music in the guise of helping you out. We suggest being wary of two types of clauses. First of all, if you give up any rights to your music, make sure that it's appropriate for what the service is giving you. And second, if it says that terms can change at any time, a lawyer would probably not recommend it. Many of them have this very provision, and say that the new terms take effect immediately upon posting to the site (and those can be as bad as "We own all of your music.") While it's unlikely that it's enforceable, why take chances? Our advice is that you should have a lawyer look at it if you're not sure. You should be just as wary when you "click" an agreement as when you sign one.

Here is a list of places to get your independent music played that we'll discuss:

• Your Website
• College Radio
• Indie Music Shows on Commercial Radio
• Music Websites
• Popular Non-Music Websites
• Internet Radio
• Podcasts
• Theater and Performance Venues
• Jukeboxes (Own their own)
• File Sharing
• Satellite Radio
• DJs

Next: Playing Music from Your Website

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In this section, we will talk about options for getting your music heard by people. As we have said throughout The Survival Guide, if you have any ideas that we haven't thought of, please write us so that we can share it with others. (Or try it ourselves, for that matter.)

The blanket warning that goes with this section is to be careful if you have to sign (or "click") any agreements in order to use services to get your music out. There are many that, unfortunately, take the rights to your music in the guise of helping you out. We suggest being wary of two types of clauses. First of all, if you give up any rights to your music, make sure that it's appropriate for what the service is giving you. And second, if it says that terms can change at any time, a lawyer would probably not recommend it. Many of them have this very provision, and say that the new terms take effect immediately upon posting to the site (and those can be as bad as "We own all of your music.") While it's unlikely that it's enforceable, why take chances? Our advice is that you should have a lawyer look at it if you're not sure. You should be just as wary when you "click" an agreement as when you sign one.

Here is a list of places to get your independent music played that we'll discuss:

• Your Website
• College Radio
• Indie Music Shows on Commercial Radio
• Music Websites
• Popular Non-Music Websites
• Internet Radio
• Podcasts
• Theater and Performance Venues
• Jukeboxes (Own their own)
• File Sharing
• Satellite Radio
• DJs

Next: Playing Music from Your Website

Back to The Indie Band Survival Guide Ebook Home

In this section, we will talk about options for getting your music heard by people. As we have said throughout The Survival Guide, if you have any ideas that we haven't thought of, please write us so that we can share it with others. (Or try it ourselves, for that matter.)

The blanket warning that goes with this section is to be careful if you have to sign (or "click") any agreements in order to use services to get your music out. There are many that, unfortunately, take the rights to your music in the guise of helping you out. We suggest being wary of two types of clauses. First of all, if you give up any rights to your music, make sure that it's appropriate for what the service is giving you. And second, if it says that terms can change at any time, a lawyer would probably not recommend it. Many of them have this very provision, and say that the new terms take effect immediately upon posting to the site (and those can be as bad as "We own all of your music.") While it's unlikely that it's enforceable, why take chances? Our advice is that you should have a lawyer look at it if you're not sure. You should be just as wary when you "click" an agreement as when you sign one.

Here is a list of places to get your independent music played that we'll discuss:

• Your Website
• College Radio
• Indie Music Shows on Commercial Radio
• Music Websites
• Popular Non-Music Websites
• Internet Radio
• Podcasts
• Theater and Performance Venues
• Jukeboxes (Own their own)
• File Sharing
• Satellite Radio
• DJs

Next: Playing Music from Your Website

As we discuss in the Realities for Independent Bands section, the old dream of sending an album to a big commercial radio station and being discovered by the world is long dead. Commercial radio is all but closed to independent bands, unless you have a lot of money to spend to pay your way onto their play-lists. While the situation for commercial radio is bleak, there are new options that seem to get invented daily based on the Internet, and other new technologies.

In this section, we will talk about options for getting your music heard by people. As we have said throughout The Survival Guide, if you have any ideas that we haven't thought of, please write us so that we can share it with others. (Or try it ourselves, for that matter.)

The blanket warning that goes with this section is to be careful if you have to sign (or "click") any agreements in order to use services to get your music out. There are many that, unfortunately, take the rights to your music in the guise of helping you out. We suggest being wary of two types of clauses. First of all, if you give up any rights to your music, make sure that it's appropriate for what the service is giving you. And second, if it says that terms can change at any time, a lawyer would probably not recommend it. Many of them have this very provision, and say that the new terms take effect immediately upon posting to the site (and those can be as bad as "We own all of your music.") While it's unlikely that it's enforceable, why take chances? Our advice is that you should have a lawyer look at it if you're not sure. You should be just as wary when you "click" an agreement as when you sign one.

Here is a list of places to get your independent music played that we'll discuss:

·        Your Website

·        College Radio

·        Indie Music Shows on Commercial Radio

·        Music Websites

·        Popular Non-Music Websites

·        Internet Radio

·        Podcasts

·        Theater and Performance Venues

·        Jukeboxes (Own their own)

·        File Sharing

·        Satellite Radio

·        DJs

Next: Playing Music from Your Website

As we discuss in the Realities for Independent Bands section, the old dream of sending an album to a big commercial radio station and being discovered by the world is long dead. Commercial radio is all but closed to independent bands, unless you have a lot of money to spend to pay your way onto their play-lists. While the situation for commercial radio is bleak, there are new options that seem to get invented daily based on the Internet, and other new technologies.

In this section, we will talk about options for getting your music heard by people. As we have said throughout The Survival Guide, if you have any ideas that we haven't thought of, please write us so that we can share it with others. (Or try it ourselves, for that matter.)

The blanket warning that goes with this section is to be careful if you have to sign (or "click") any agreements in order to use services to get your music out. There are many that, unfortunately, take the rights to your music in the guise of helping you out. We suggest being wary of two types of clauses. First of all, if you give up any rights to your music, make sure that it's appropriate for what the service is giving you. And second, if it says that terms can change at any time, a lawyer would probably not recommend it. Many of them have this very provision, and say that the new terms take effect immediately upon posting to the site (and those can be as bad as "We own all of your music.") While it's unlikely that it's enforceable, why take chances? Our advice is that you should have a lawyer look at it if you're not sure. You should be just as wary when you "click" an agreement as when you sign one.

Here is a list of places to get your independent music played that we'll discuss:

·        Your Website

·        College Radio

·        Indie Music Shows on Commercial Radio

·        Music Websites

·        Popular Non-Music Websites

·        Internet Radio

·        Podcasts

·        Theater and Performance Venues

·        Jukeboxes (Own their own)

·        File Sharing

·        Satellite Radio

·        DJs