The Complete Guide to Internet Promotion for Artists, Musicians & Songwriters (Paperback)

by John Dawes (Author), Tim Sweeney (Author)

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Product Description
This book is like no other written about promoting your music on the Internet. The strategies contained in this book have been used by the most successful artists on the Internet today. The system in this book will lay the groundwork you need for a successful career in the fast paced music business.

Now is the time! It has never been easier or more inexpensive to put your music online and promote it. With a strong online presence, you can gain more exposure for your music than ever before. The Complete Guide to Internet Promotion for Musicians, Artists & Songwriters takes you step-by-step through the web design and promotion process, to covering everything you need to know to succeed on the Internet:

*How to get your music on the Internet and protect it.

*How to get airplay on Internet radio stations.

*What a successful web site should look like.

*Marketing your web site online and offline.

*How to get free advertising and exposure online and offline.

*How to write effective promotional material.

*The secrets to submitting your site to all the major search engines.

*How to grow your web site's traffic and keep fans interested.

*How to effectively use email.

*How to track your royalties online and offline.

In this book, Tim Sweeney & John Dawes show you that can compete with major label artists and sell more CDs them. You will be able to reach a global audience, get noticed by the industry, and sell your music, 24 hours a day, year round.

A bonus section has been added to the book which contains a full index of Internet Resources to help you get started promoting your music online today and a comprehensive checklist to help you chart your progress.

If you are serious about selling your music online and want to gain worldwide exposure for your music, THIS IS THE BOOK!

About the Author
Tim Sweeney

Besides the fact that you have seen mentions and detailed write-ups in hundreds of articles, and while he is the most talked about man in interviews with artists (many whom you may call your influences or your favorite artists), it still may not be clear to you who he is.

To put it simply, Tim Sweeney is the music industrys most highly sought after expert and consultant in the fields of artist development, label development, distribution, publicity, radio promotion and retail marketing. His career in the industry spans from his days as an artist himself, to almost every position at a major label to becoming the President of a successful management company to becoming the author of one of the International Best Selling books regarding the music industry today: TIM SWEENEYS GUIDE TO RELEASING INDEPENDENT RECORDS.

Over the last 18 years, he has helped several major labels (Columbia, Epic, MCA, Warner Bros., Capitol, Mercury, Polygram, Revolution, Hollywood (and their sub-labels), and well known independent labels (Restless, Metal Blade, Enigma, Accretions, etc.) develop the careers of some of their most promising and successful artists of all time. Tim has personally worked with and developed the careers of more than 1,500 artists to date. Over the last few years, he presented over 100 free music business workshops around the country (at his own expense) to more than 20,000 artists, songwriters, musicians, managers and independent labels. He has also been asked to be a featured and keynote speaker at music conventions such as SXSW, EATM, The Songwriters Expo, The Northern California Songwriters Association and The Richmond Music Conference to name a few. He has also been asked by organizations like NARAS to speak at special events like Grammys In The Schools. For the last 3 years, he has been asked to be a featured author for Borders Books & Music at the Los Angeles Book Festival (which is attended by 100,000 people).

Tim has received a number of awards for his work with aspiring artists including, The Hardest Working Man In The Industry award from The Musicians Trade Journal and The Best Music Publicist in Los Angeles (LAMA). Last year, Lexingtons Whos Who placed him on the exclusive list of the Most Important Business Leaders in the United States. Recently, the televsion broadcast of one of his last workshops in Detroit received the coverted Bronze Telly Award for Excelence in Programming over 14,000 other television programs.

Today, Tim continues his free music business workshops around the country, empowering independent artists, musicians, songwriters, independent labels and aspiring music industry professionals. His 4 books are read and the information put into use, by artists in 27 countries around the world. He continues to personally work with independent artists in the development of their careers and serves as a private consultant to the music industrys leading Presidents, CEOs and industry leaders and visionaries, who ask for his guidance in developing their artists and redeveloping their companies.

The impact of Tims work with independent artists has earned him the title, The Father of the Independent Music Movement by industry professionals, the press and record labels around the world.

John Dawes

Is an independent Internet consultant and founder of Taco Truffles Media and online resources like, MusicPromotion.net. He is most known for his informative articles on Internet music promotion on GetSigned.com, where he has educated thousands of artists on how to effectively promote their music on the Internet. Over the last few years, John has personally helped record labels, artists and songwriters develop their online personas. He has continued to champion independent artists through online chats, lectures, talk radio and seminars.

Product Details

• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: TSA Books (April 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1929378017
• ISBN-13: 978-1929378012
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,363,888 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Works, February 10, 2001

By	Bob Drum (Chicago) - See all my reviews

What can I say. I have bought Tim Sweeney's Guide To Releasing Independent Records & The Living Room Sessions. Once I decided to follow what this guy said in his books and tapes, it worked. I have repressed three times.

The new book works great. My site didn't do anything before. Sweeney shows you how to convert offline people into online traffic. Before I read the book I was getting a 1,000 hits a week, now I get 26,000 hits a week. What can I say, what the guy says works. I quit my day job.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alright it works, February 7, 2001

By	Mike Timlin (New York) - See all my reviews

I'm a musician in New York. The worst music city in the country. That makes me skeptical of everything. When I emailed web sites like Amazon, CD Baby, MP3.com, everyone gave me ideas of what to do. All of them said use Tim Sweeney's new internet book. So I bought a copy. Still being skeptical, I tried some of the stuff in the book.

All I can say is that it worked. I'm selling 24 CDs a week through my site and my sales on Amazon and CD Baby are up about 25%. I don't feel like I have even tried half the stuff in the book. This guy made a beliver out of me. I'm buying the rest of his books to see what else I can learn from him.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment, March 5, 2002

By	jon (California) - See all my reviews

Usually Sweeny's books are good, however this one touches on stuff that has been covered over and over. I found maybe 2 things that were semi useful.

Needless to say I was completely disappointed.

I wish that once in my life that I could find a Music Business book that covers fresh material.

Sorry Tim but I have to pass on this one.