You are a musician, right? Not a computer geek. I know you want
to bust on to the online music promotion scene but you don’t
know where to start. It is tough because you know lyrics and
sound, not megabytes and gigabytes. But that is o.k., you still
have hopes of succeeding with your independent music promotion
dream.

Everyone knows that there is money to be made online,
especially musicians and artists. The problem is for most people
is that they don’t know how to build a site, design a site,
maintain a site and most importantly everything else that goes
along with online music promotion on the internet. Not to
mention placing streaming video, slideshows and MP3s on your
website.

But there is no need to worry, you are not going to have to
spend thousands on hiring someone to do this for you. You can
learn how to do it yourself and save yourself tons of money. You
don’t have to be super technologically savvy to achieve any of
the above mentioned things. Fortunately, there are music
promotion resources for people just like you that will guide you
along the way.

If you already have your website up and running, then you are
off to a good start. There are going to be a few more things you
must do to incorporate the must-haves into your site. First you
are going to have to know how to use streaming audio and media.
Streaming audio allows you to add music to your site for your
fans to enjoy. The same concept applies to the streaming video.
Your independent music promotion will skyrocket once these
features are added.

There are five simple steps to follow when setting up audio
files on your site. First, set up the recording hardware. Then
record the material as a .WAV file. Next, remove any background
noise, especially if you were recording live. Then, compress the
file into MP3 format. And lastly, post it on your page! Not as
hard as you imagined, right?

Streaming video is your next step online music promotion and
your website. Streaming video is a sequence of moving images
that are sent in compressed form over the Internet and displayed
by the viewer as they arrive. First you will need the
appropriate software, which is up to you to choose. Create a
video file in media format, upload the file to the server and
then embed the video into the site using an HTML tag.

Both of these music promotion resources are simple to
incorporate into your site. There are many other possibilities
for improvement when it comes to your site. Do some research.
Get in contact with someone of some products that will aid you
in the learning process of online music promotion and you should
do great!