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Upload your music
We could probably list about 100 places in a list of places to upload your music to, but unless you have a dedicated promotional team working for you then you're not going to have much time available to keep 100 different sites updated with your latest news and latest tracks. So what 10 places are nearly essential in having a web presence for your music. From our experience we have gained the most listeners from this list of 10 sites and therefore we believe they are a must for uploading your tracks. They are in no particular order.
  • MySpace - I doubt that anyone with an internet connection hasn't come across this site. It is almost essential to have a web presence here.

Musicians have to keep up with the latest trends of getting their music to the ears of listeners and a huge trend to come out in the last few years has been the iPhone and iPod Touch Apps in the app store on iTunes and this is only going to get bigger due to the iPad which can also use these apps.

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I have previously looked into how to make one of these apps myself, you have to register with Apple as a Developer, own a Mac and know a thing or two about programming. This is a lot to do if you're just trying to make a simple app for your own music.

Find Remix Contests with Remix Comps iPhone App
At Remix Comps, (the website which searches the net to find remix contests and lists them for you) has launched an iPhone App making it even easier to keep up with which bands and musicians are running a remix contest for their tracks. Every listing on Remix Comps can be read about within the app just like on the site

The app also allows you to listen to various winning remixes from the remix contests from the past whilst you browse the listings. More and more remixes will be added in the coming weeks and months. If you win a remix contest you might even see one of your remixes on there in the near future.

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As a musician you will probably want to keep your hearing in tip top condition, but sometimes all that clubbing, going to concerts and general listening to loud music can take it's toll on your ears and as a musician your ears have probably taken some damage.

Today I found a nice little application in the iTunes app store which allows you to test your hearing straight from an iPhone or iPod touch and it seems to work pretty well. Currently the app is available for free (it was paid for very recently) and is called uHear. I thought I would post about this because as a music producer, I think the results can be applied when creating mix downs and it is nice to know how well your ears are functioning anyway.

The app is split up into 3 sections as listed below.

100 Websites for Musicians
Listed below are 100 sites that I think are great and should be known about so have shared them with you. I've collected them within my bookmarks or just known of them. They are all a great visit for musicians and I'm pretty sure you'll end up bookmarking a few of them and that there are a few you don't know about. I've split them up into categories and written a small sentence about each one.

Musician Social Sites