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1. Establish A Search Engine Friendly, simple, but Effective web site. Don’t overpay or use excessive flash animation. (Flash Animation is bad for ranking in the search engines)
2. Start a MySpace! Join MySpace.com Music Groups and get the word out. Network and add as many friends as possible. Then do Bulletins and Messages to all your friends about shows, new songs, etc. There are even “FriendBlaster” programs you can get to add massive friends to your friends list.
3. Make your songs, pictures, bio simply available both on your MySpace.com and web site.
4. Upload your songs to as many band promotion web sites as possible. last.fm, ourstage.com, American idol underground, to name a few. Do a search, there are dozens of places to upload your songs for free or for a small fee.
5. Advertise on Free Classifieds such as Craigslist. Craigslist has a artists section where you can post information on upcoming shows and events, or establish links to your MySpace.com or web site directly from Craigslist using hyperlink HTML code or just by placing http:// in front of your web site address. additionally try UsFreeAds, and other similar services where you can get 100 % Free listings.
6. Write Expert Articles and submit them to EzineArticles.com, GoArticles, and other Article Directories. Write in the music category about something you have knowledge of, and then you get a moment to include a link to your web site at the bottom, where you can ask people to listen to your songs or visit your webpage or MySpace.
7. Network on Musicians Forums and Message Boards. Just search for music forums, and talk to others. You can usually include a tagline with your MySpace.com or web site address. The more traffic to your web site the better.
Don’t forget ! The idea is to get as many people interested long enough to listen to your music, and perhaps come out to a show or tell someone about the song. The way you do this Web is by getting as many people to play an mp3, which usually will be done on a promotional web site that you establish a profile on, or by someone who has visited your web site or MySpace.com as a result of your marketing endeavor s. Get as many people as possible to your webiste by creating as many links as possible, and by telling as many people as you can about the band, the music, etc.
You ought to additionally be familiar with the process of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) which can help bring in “organic” traffic to your web site. But one of the the majority necessary factors to this, is links to your web site, which is what  we  have discussed here. You can additionally utilize Pay Per Click in Google AdWords or Yahoo! Search Marketing if you have a band that’s essential a business, i.e. you play for pay, play at marriages etc.