Who Wants To Be A Music Success?
Have Talent? Got The Music? Fans Love You?
Every independent artist dreams of making it big in the music industry. Everyone knows someone who is making it big selling their music on the internet. You're an artist, not a computer geek and the geeks you do know don't know anything about the music business...
So What's An Up And Coming Indie Artist To Do?
Hi,
My name is Ty Cohen and I am a former recording artist. I can clearly remember waking up in the middle of the night with a new song running through my head. I 'd jump out of bed and go write it down before it fled from my consciousness forever.
My passion was music. All I ever really wanted to do was share the music inside me with the rest of the world. My family and friends thought I was crazy. Sure, they thought I was talented and the music was great...but they all told me it was almost impossible to make it big in the music business...
My Dad always used to say, "I know you love your music, son, but you need to get serious about getting a real career! You can always play music part-time."
You know, even if he had been right, I had no choice. I had the let the music out. It was driving me to set it free and present it to the universe. No matter what else I tried to do, all I could think about was my music...all I wanted to do was play...but I had to make money to eat and pay for a place to sleep.
For years, I did all the local gigs I could find. In between gigs, I worked at menial jobs ...anything that wouldn't interfere with my music. I barely scratched out a living but I was doing the thing I loved most ...making music ...nothing else really mattered. My fans loved me and kept telling me I ought to be making records and CDs...but that record contract just wasn't happening not matter how hard I tried to get noticed by the big labels...
I knew there had to be a way to
get more exposure for my tunes...
but how?
Sound familiar?
I was where you are once and I know how confusing and frustrating it can be trying to figure out the best way to promote your music. Back in the day the only way for a new artist to get the kind of exposure that could launch a successful recording career was to sell a large number of records or CDs.
The only way to sell that many records or CDs is to get a lot of commercial radio play. Unless you sold your soul to a major label so they would make and promote your records or CDs, that wasn't going to happen.
The internet changed all that. Now you can create a music website and put your music on it for the whole world to hear! No longer do you need the big labels because you can do it yourself. Putting your original tunes on the net can let you reach your audience directly.
The day I realized I could use the Internet was the turning point in my career that started my journey toward success. It wasn't easy. I didn't know anything about business let alone how to build a website or what to do with it once it was built.
It took me years of trial and error to figure it out. I had to learn all that boring stuff about business and all the geek stuff about web sites. I know...I know...just thinking about it gives me a headache. But, man, you got to learn enough to get yourself started. Once the money starts coming in, you can always hire someone else to do the boring stuff.
I'm a living example that it works! I own a successful independent record label called Platinum Millennium. Maybe you've heard of me. If not, you may have seen one of my books or heard me speak at a seminar.
For nearly a decade, I've been helping independent musicians, singers, rappers, composers, record label owners, producers, managers, agents and others reach their music business goals. My goal is to educate and empower you, the musician, by giving you the tools you need to succeed in the music industry. With these tools you can avoid making many of the mistakes I made along the way.
My latest book, 117 Ways to Market, Promote and Sell Your Music Online will teach you how to promote your music or band on the web. The book covers on all of the things you need to know to successfully create a web site, fill it with content, promote your music and even how to sell your tunes to the visitors.
| "Ty Cohen
is a perfect example of someone who doesn't just learn what everyone
else learns, he applies what everyone else doesn't. His books will
show anyone who is serious about really making it in the music industry,
how to do it. If you are one of those people who are looking to
make it big by sending demo CD after demo CD out, this is NOT for
you.
However, if you are prepared to listen and follow the wisdom of a man who has risen from the depths of despair to successful mentor to a countless number of successful individuals in the music industry, read his books now!" — John Bassaraf |
The section titled, "The Musician Guide to WebSite's" cuts right through all the geek speak and gives you step by step instructions on how to set up your website and use the site as an electronic promo kit by explaining how to provide:
All your contact information
Photos or video clips of your live performances
Sound clips from your latest CDs for listening
Biography of you and/or your band
Your upcoming live performance schedule
Press releases, reviews and customer testimonials
The latest news about your act
Sale of your CDs, downloadable MP3s, t-shirts and other logo products
The book explains what the internet is, how it works, what you need to do to get things like a domain name, web hosting and, more importantly,what not to do so you can avoid making some of the expensive mistakes I made.
| "Within the first 5 minutes
of reading his material, Mr. Cohen gives you specific strategies
you can use to change your DESTINY and they come straight from the
depths of his own experiences and the experiences of others, the
same experiences he has used to transform the life of others who
have successfully made it in this industry.
Ty Cohen's genuine desire to help you succeed and find your own path to success shines through in every minute of this power-packed program! Do yourself and your music career a favor, get his material NOW! " — Ronald Williams |
Once your website is up and running, you will need to start promoting it so your all of your new fans can find you. 117 Ways to Market, Promote and Sell Your Music Online explains what search engines are and how to use them. It provides detailed instruction on how to use all of the available methods to promote both your music and website complete with links to other resources.
There are in depth explanations on how to determine what content to add to the site and suggestions on how to attract and keep a loyal audience coming back to the site week after week by doing things like having contests, conducting surveys, giving away short teaser clips of a new song each week and many other great ideas to keep your fans interested.
“After reading your book, we decided to start a monthly Meet the Band event that has been just awesome! Our fans really got out the word of mouth, and our last two gigs were a sell-out. Thanks!” Nathan Hall - NY, NY |
117 Ways to Market, Promote and Sell Your Music Online explains how technology like streaming media works. Then it provides comparison information and real examples to help you determine which technology is right for you.
There is detailed discussion on how to use Streaming audio, MP3s, and other options for getting your band’s music on the Internet and into the ears and headphones of the masses. There is an excellent discussion on how to get CDs made on demand and the book provides links to several reliable providers.
“The band loved the quiz. It really helped us to tighten the focus of our website. We were all over the place before we ordered 117 Ways to Market, Promote and Sell Your Music Online, but now our site rocks!” Jaqui Daniels - Orlando, Florida |
To make sure you can find everything you need, each section include links to the appropriate resources. At the end of the book the "Music Industry Success Resource Sheet" is 20 pages of links to everything you could possibly need to get your site up and running and become a music success story.
I want you to be as successful as you can be.
Let Me Help You!
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P.P.S. (I also offer personal consultation services. Contact me if you are interested.)