Through The Eyes Of A DIY
Musician and Music Blogger
Want an Indie Bible Review from the perspective
of someone who's a DIY musician?
Want to use the see how the Indie Bible can help
grow your fanbase with 9000 music
resources like radio Stations,
journalists, labels, publicists, and managers?
If you are looking for a solid
review of the Indie Bible
to help decide on whether or not it will help you
build your fanbase, you'll want to read this.
I am going to tell you all about it from
a few different perspectives in the review.
You get a unique perspective of
someone [me] who is both
a musician and music blogger/podcaster
(and I can even throw in media
buyer and marketing consultant).
After experiencing the Indie Bible
from a blogger/podcaster
perspective for almost a decade now,
I laid down the cash
and looked it over as a musician who's
looking to promote his music.
I have been digested this bad boy
for about a few months
and I can't believe the info in here.
For the indie artist,
the Indie Bible is the Swiss Army
knife of music promotion.
In other words, it is pretty damn handy!
The book is a great resource which
provides over 9000
resources in a variety of ways:
Radio Stations, journalists,
labels, publicists, managers as well
as providing a healthy
dose of articles from industry guru's to help you
use the resources to the best advantage.
How the Indie Bible helps you…
With the information inside the
Indie Bible, you are able
to really hone in on the resources
that are specific to
both your style of music and region of promotion.
The whole thing is divided up by genre, label,
radio, publication, region, etc.
This is a huge time saver.
Imagine if you had to compile and
organize a list like that yourself?
Searching online, sifting through forums,
Facebook groups, etc, etc.
You do not have to spend hours
sifting through a ton
of non-related info to find the
resources you need to tap.
Also, there are info-packed articles and guides
by indie music guru publicist Ariel Hyatt,
CDBaby founder Derek Sivers, and many more.
They cover topics like…
- “How To Submit Music For Review”
- “How To Be Your Own Publicist”
- “Band And Press Kit Essentials”
- “Building A Music Site That Sells: Promote Your CD
- Not Yourself” (one of my favorite), and on and on.
And you are just getting started.
Here's what you get inside the Indie Bible…
If you are unfamiliar with the
Indie Bible, here's what you get:
- 1100 Publications from around the world
- that will REVIEW your music!
- 4600 Radio Stations and Shows from around
- the world that will PLAY your songs!
- 900 Music Blogs that will feature your music!
- 970 Record Labels that are ACCEPTING DEMOS
- ! (at the time of me writing this)
- 140 CD Distributors!
- 120 Digital Music Distributors!
- 380 Digital Websites where you can UPLOAD your music!
- 28,000 Music Venues, Festivals, and Colleges!
- Plus 190 cutting edge ARTICLES that will help
- bring your career to a whole new level!
Think of how many people you could expose your
music to just using one of those channels.
Are all these contacts and resources legit?
From a Bloggers/Podcasters' perspective,
I can tell you that the Indie
Bible works as advertised.
I get tons of email and tons of
snail mail from artists,
record labels, and publicists –
in many different genres
– all over the world. Obviously,
every artist doesn't get
covered but each and everyone
gets fair shot at coverage
AND has direct access to me in order
to follow up or establish a relationship.
They update this information throughout
the year to keep everything fresh.
If you've been around long enough,
you'll know that
is not always the case with a lot of
resources out there.
You could be wasting your time
and money sending out
emails or mailers resources that no longer exist.
This information alone is worth
the price of admission.
Plus, I've been promoting the
Indie Bible for almost 10 years
now and sold hundreds of copies.
I can only think of one
time when a customer complained and that was
because they wanted a hard copybook.
They used to have me but like everyone else,
the Indie Bible is digital as it should be.
It is easier to keep
up to date and you can access it any
time from another device.
What's missing…
The Indie Bible does a great job of
putting together resources
that compliment the rest of the content
and serve the
ultimate purpose of the book – providing a
thorough and helpful resource for indie artists.
Some of the information that is
missing is the contact information
for Spotify Playlist Curators, YouTube
Playlists Curators, Book Agents, and Venues.
To get those, you need to purchase
them separately.
It really just depends on where you
want to focus your efforts.
Here are linked to those:
- Indie Spotify Bible (Contact info for over 3,000 Spotify playlists)
- Indie YouTube Bible (Contact info for over 3,400 YouTube playlists)
- <span style="color:#ff0000;">Indie Venue Bible</span> (30,000 venues and festivals in the United States and Canada
- Booking Agents Directory (get more gigs with rock-solid contacts)
Another thing is, what's the best way
to reach out?
What will you say to them?
Here's how I can help you solve that…
“DIY Musicians Only” Exclusive Bonus
When you have all these contacts,
you are going to
want to know exactly what to say to them
so they want to help you.
To help you with that, I have an
exclusive bonus for you.
If you purchase the Indie Bible through any of the
links on this page, you will get my
“Industry Contact Script.”
This script is the one I've used to get gigs,
get my music discussed in blogs and
podcasts, getting guest posts,
and even increasing sales for nonmusic projects.
You'll know exactly what to say to
these music industry contacts
to give your self the best chance at
getting your music heard.
Plus, I'll throw something else in…
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