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Thu 21 January 2010
11:43am
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Looking for somewhere to upload your music and get it heard by people? I've put together this list of places where you can upload your music today. All of them are free or have free versions of accounts. I have sorted them by how popular each site is, so expect more listeners at the sites which are listed higher up in the list.
Update: This post seemed so popular, we actually started a whole site dedicated to sites you can upload music to. Check it out... Uploading My Music.
MySpace - We all know this one, still very much alive and almost essential for musicians to have a profile here.IMEEM - Change a standard account into a musicians account and you can start creating your artist profile.Last.fm - Allows you to see how many people are playing your tracks, you can also upload full tracks or clips.The Internet Archive - Not just music, but you can easily store your own music tracks on here for people to download.SoundClick - Upload your music, widgets for your music and genre separated charts based on plays.MP3.com - Upload your music for listening via streaming or download.Jamendo - Upload your music and release it under a Creative Commons license.OurStageReverbNation - Create your artist profiles and site includes loads of widgets giving you the ability to integrate your ReverbNation into Facebook, Bebo and more.PureVolume - Signup to create your artist profile and upload your tracks.SoundCloud - Allows you to upload, share and also receive tracks. Free users can upload 10 tracks for listeners.Virb - This one is not just for music but there is a lot of people who do use it specifically for music.Amie Street - An interesting site where your music starts out being free and as it gets more popular it increases in price.TheSixtyOne - A site where listeners are playing a game for points and voting for your tracks if they like them.BroadJam - A social network where you can win prizes and explore licensing opportunities in TV and film.GarageBand.com - More of a review system, but your music will still get listens and therefore exposure.Fairtilizer - Upload your music and gives you a single player for all your sites and has charts based on plays.iSound - Upload your music, videos and photos and create an online profile.CCMixter - Upload your music if it is licensed under Creative Commons for others to download and remix.mTraks - Music community for independent artists to promote their traks.Humble Voice - Another place to upload your artistic creations, not just for music though.Jukebox Alive - Another place to upload your music to, list your gigs and publish your music bio.ArtistServer.com - Another place to upload your music and create an online presence.Unsigned.com - Create your online profile and from the name I presume it is best to be unsigned .Muzic - Upload your music and it could become the free and legal mp3 of the day in the mp3 jackpot.WorldSings - Upload your songs and the best 20 throught the year will get to compete in a song contest.Tribe of Noise - Get exposure for your music and get listened to by the industry.World's Best Producer - Battle to become the worlds best producer for each month throughout the year - mostly HipHop based.Update: This post seemed so popular, we actually started a whole site dedicated to sites you can upload music to. Check it out... Uploading My Music.
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Fri 6 November 2009
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02:14pm
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Although Rhythm Creation hasn't been updated in a long time, my other site Remix Comps has become the top site for finding out about which Remix Contests are running. Because I haven't updated in a while please find download my eBook for free below which is available from Remix Comps to newsletter subscribers.
The book contains information on getting started with remixing, choosing a suitable remix contest and much more. There is even a section on running your own remix contest and how to go about it.
PDF ebook
Zipped up version
If you also want to join the new newsletter on Remix Comps which is sent out every day with the latest remix contests, then put in your details below and you will receive it via email, there's no requirement so if you just want to download the ebook above, by all means do but make sure that you bookmark Remix Comps so you can always find out the latest remix contests.
PDF ebookZipped up versionIf you also want to join the new newsletter on Remix Comps which is sent out every day with the latest remix contests, then put in your details below and you will receive it via email, there's no requirement so if you just want to download the ebook above, by all means do but make sure that you bookmark Remix Comps so you can always find out the latest remix contests.
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Sat 20 June 2009
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06:14pm
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Getting listeners to listen to your own music can be a tough job, especially when you're starting out and therefore we have to try to make use of all the tools that are at our disposal to get our music listened to. One of those tools we have to make use of is 
YouTube and all the other video sharing sites around the internet.
If you have some video footage of your latest gig or some other great footage then you should be all set and ready to upload some great videos but many of us don't have any video to hand. Not to worry though as we can easily and quickly put together a video containing a collection of pictures or photos instead for the eye candy and your music for the sound.
Here are a few ideas of the sort of images you could use to make your own videos to go with your music...VideoSpin from Pinnacle which is free to download and use. If you are on a Mac or using Linux then I am not sure of any alternatives but I am sure there is something similar out there which will work in the same way.
For my videos I used Windows Movie Maker as it is very simple and quick to use. All we do is import our chosen pictures and music and then arrange them on the storyboard at the bottom. We can also add some simple transitions between the images if we want by choosing Tools > Transitions and dragging the transition we want to the join in the storyboard between the images.
Once we are happy with the result in the preview video we can save the movie (which saves as a .wmv files in Windows Movie Maker) and upload it to our video sharing site account.
This method is not only quick and easy but also quite effective in getting extra listeners to find your music. Make sure you add an extra picture which has the URL of your web site or MySpace page so that viewers of the video can find out more about your music and that you also add the URL in the description of the video.
If you give some tracks away for free as I do, you could even put something along the lines of "If you like this track, download it for free from this website" to encourage them to get MP3 versions of the tracks. For the small amount of work I am sure you will find it worth it.
YouTube and all the other video sharing sites around the internet.If you have some video footage of your latest gig or some other great footage then you should be all set and ready to upload some great videos but many of us don't have any video to hand. Not to worry though as we can easily and quickly put together a video containing a collection of pictures or photos instead for the eye candy and your music for the sound.
Here are a few ideas of the sort of images you could use to make your own videos to go with your music...
- Album/single covers.
- Photo's of you/your band.
- Photo's from your latest gig.
- Your or your band's logo.
- Photo's from free stock photo web sites which fit your music.
VideoSpin from Pinnacle which is free to download and use. If you are on a Mac or using Linux then I am not sure of any alternatives but I am sure there is something similar out there which will work in the same way.For my videos I used Windows Movie Maker as it is very simple and quick to use. All we do is import our chosen pictures and music and then arrange them on the storyboard at the bottom. We can also add some simple transitions between the images if we want by choosing Tools > Transitions and dragging the transition we want to the join in the storyboard between the images.
Once we are happy with the result in the preview video we can save the movie (which saves as a .wmv files in Windows Movie Maker) and upload it to our video sharing site account.
This method is not only quick and easy but also quite effective in getting extra listeners to find your music. Make sure you add an extra picture which has the URL of your web site or MySpace page so that viewers of the video can find out more about your music and that you also add the URL in the description of the video.
If you give some tracks away for free as I do, you could even put something along the lines of "If you like this track, download it for free from this website" to encourage them to get MP3 versions of the tracks. For the small amount of work I am sure you will find it worth it.
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Wed 17 June 2009
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06:44pm
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Promotion is something all musicians need to do to get their music heard and in this post I am not only going to discuss this great and fun way you can promote your music, but I am also going to shamelessly promote something myself.
One of the things that has become popular due to the increase in internet communication is musicians and labels being able to run online remix competitions. These contests provide a new way in which fans (who are musically inclined themselves) can interact with the music that they like. Making music for many is a fun past-time and there is a whole bunch of musicians out there waiting to remix your music, but why would they want to remix your music? Well here are a few reasons...
It is also a comparatively cheap way of promoting your music too as the only costs involved are a bit of your time to set up the contest and the obvious cost of the final prize. The reason why it could be very cheap promotion is because you get all of the above promotion benefits for what you you might have needed to have paid for a one-time fee freelance remix and yet you might get 3, 4 or even 10 really decent remixes for a similar cost.
It might even cost you next to nothing for the prize as if your label or if you release your own music you can release a few extra remixes on a single or album release as the prize. This sort of prize is not only a fun prize for the remix contest entrants but it is also not that costly and could even make you/your label money from remix sales.
Now on the first line I said that I was going to shamelessly promote something myself and that is my other site calledRemix Comps. Not only does this site list all the latest remix competitions on the net for musicians but it will also list any remix contests that you run, giving your contests promotion to hundreds of remixers who visit the site every day. But that's not all as we can also provide free of charge the tools to create your contest on the site thanks to our 
Remix Contest Creator which comes with a great looking widget you can place on your own web site or MySpace page. This makes running your own contest not only easier to set up and get going but also possibly cheaper as you don't need to hire a web designer to program the tools for you, it's all there ready for you to use.
If you are going to take the plunge and run a remix contest I also advise that you check out an article I also wrote on Remix Comps called
10 Tips To Run The Perfect Remix Contest, which will also be of great help to get the most from your remix contest.
One of the things that has become popular due to the increase in internet communication is musicians and labels being able to run online remix competitions. These contests provide a new way in which fans (who are musically inclined themselves) can interact with the music that they like. Making music for many is a fun past-time and there is a whole bunch of musicians out there waiting to remix your music, but why would they want to remix your music? Well here are a few reasons...
- Because they find it fun to remix other peoples' music.
- It is a great way for them to learn and practice making music.
- To increase their own portfolio of music productions that they have made.
- To get their own music noticed by people who like their remix.
- To win the contest prize (which if it is something like a release on a label then it is also a way to get their own music promoted.
- Your contest and therefore your music may get promoted around the net at various sites, forums and blogs by musicians who like your contest.
- When a musician gets interested in your contest, the first thing they're likely to do is find the original version and listen to it, giving your music listeners.
- You get a collection of remixes in different genres which you can release or use on your site, MySpace for other fans to enjoy. You could even release some as a remix album.
- By allowing remixers to post their remixes on their own web sites and MySpace profiles, you may find that fans of the remixers who enjoyed listening to those remixes will decide to check out the original version and your other tracks.
It is also a comparatively cheap way of promoting your music too as the only costs involved are a bit of your time to set up the contest and the obvious cost of the final prize. The reason why it could be very cheap promotion is because you get all of the above promotion benefits for what you you might have needed to have paid for a one-time fee freelance remix and yet you might get 3, 4 or even 10 really decent remixes for a similar cost.
It might even cost you next to nothing for the prize as if your label or if you release your own music you can release a few extra remixes on a single or album release as the prize. This sort of prize is not only a fun prize for the remix contest entrants but it is also not that costly and could even make you/your label money from remix sales.
Now on the first line I said that I was going to shamelessly promote something myself and that is my other site called
Remix Comps. Not only does this site list all the latest remix competitions on the net for musicians but it will also list any remix contests that you run, giving your contests promotion to hundreds of remixers who visit the site every day. But that's not all as we can also provide free of charge the tools to create your contest on the site thanks to our Remix Contest Creator which comes with a great looking widget you can place on your own web site or MySpace page. This makes running your own contest not only easier to set up and get going but also possibly cheaper as you don't need to hire a web designer to program the tools for you, it's all there ready for you to use.If you are going to take the plunge and run a remix contest I also advise that you check out an article I also wrote on Remix Comps called
10 Tips To Run The Perfect Remix Contest, which will also be of great help to get the most from your remix contest.-
Thu 21 February 2008
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11:21am
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Another site worthy of being on Rhythm Creation. OurStage
is a nice site with a great concept in creating charts of submitted music from various genres. It has features for both listeners and musicians that make OurStage a worthwhile visit for both.
OurStage is unique due to the way the charts are worked out. Listeners or Judges as they are known have to choose between two tracks in their chosen genre, voting on a scale which one they prefer the most. All these votes are then worked out and the chart is updated. This system seems to work well because it stops people from being high up the charts just because they’ve got lots of friends who they have asked to become fans and it is more down to the actual music (Although it probably isn’t flawless at preventing this).
There are some great Prizes available too for musicians and bands which are very successful in the charts. I have been usingOurStage now for a couple of months and have heard some good tracks and my track Overdrive managed to finished 7th in the electronic category for January. I asked no one to vote for me, so this shows you can get high up in the charts with no sneaky votes, showing their system works reasonably well.
OurStage is definately a place for musicians to get some free and also exciting publicity for their music.
OurStageOurStageThere are some great Prizes available too for musicians and bands which are very successful in the charts. I have been using
OurStage7th in the electronic category for January. I asked no one to vote for me, so this shows you can get high up in the charts with no sneaky votes, showing their system works reasonably well.OurStage is definately a place for musicians to get some free and also exciting publicity for their music.
