Producing Beats

Publishing Category

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.

These days it is pretty cheap and simple to quickly get your independently produced CD published to look just like a professionally made shop bought one. There are a whole bunch of companies that will cheaply print up CDs, T-shirts, mugs, keyrings and posters amongst other items with your logo or photo on. So cheap in fact that it is possible to look upon these items as promotional items by giving them away in giveaways and gaining new listeners for the small upfront cost of the product. Let me explain this concept that some promotion companies have used for a long time now and how you can use it to get effective blog posts (adverts) about your music and ultimately new listeners and fans...