Another thing which you shouldn’t overlook – but you shouldn’t “count on” too much either – is taking part in song contests or submitting your songs for consideration by other artists, labels, film studios, music libraries, etc.
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If you’re consistent and persistent, something will give eventually. But whether it does – or doesn’t – you will learn from it either way.
Among the most important resources in this (contest) department you have:
- Eurovision Song Contest including Junior Eurovision Contest
- America’s Got Talent
- X Factor UK
- BlogTalkRadio
- Guitar Center Contest
- X Factor USA
- SonicBids Contest
- Music X-Ray Contest
- Indababa Contest
- American Idol
- American Songwriter
- USA Songwriting Competition
- John Lennon Songwriting Contest
- There are many more, but I’ll list them in the Resources section at the end of this course.
The most important submission sites include:
- Music X-Ray
- Taxi
- BroadJam
- Music Loops
- Your License
- Artist PR
- Film Music
- I’ll give you more in the Resources section
You should also post your gigs wherever possible online. Here are some of the major resources for that:
- BBC Music (UK)
- NME (UK)
- Ents24 (UK)
- LemonRock (UK)
- Aloud (UK)
- London Gigs (UK)
- OhMyRockness (US)
- SongKick (US)
- SonicBids (US)
- Music X-Ray (US)
- Indie Venue Bible (US)
- Indie Music Festivals (US)
- Ticketmaster (US/UK)
- More links in the Resources section
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