My music marketing experience from the 1990s to the 2020s. Includes burning CDs, local music papers, Myspace, Social Media Ads, and a ton of other things, including the results of those marketing efforts.
Links:
Mission Man on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5HVBwyBsglfpIgDNqcMEjA
My archived Geocities site:
https://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/1317/index.html
Affiliate links:
Scarlett FocusRite 2i2: https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B07QR73T66/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=focusrite%252Bscarlett%252B2i2&qid=1682401267&s=musical-instruments&sr=1-4&ufe=app_do%253Aamzn1.fos.18630bbb-fcbb-42f8-9767-857e17e03685&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=missionmandot-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=f4f2f14bfc53c777e2fdd70125090b03&camp=1789&creative=9325
I was duped by the Amazon search engine at first. In the video, I talk about it being on sale for $99, but it was actually a knock-off product. I have never seen the actual FocusRite on sale for $99. My apologies.
Spotify Indie Bible:
Groover:
https://groover.co/band/referral/2-GARY-MILHO-119CD/
Table of contents
00:00 Intro
1:25 Bump It or Dump It 1993
3:45 First album and Geocities website in 1996
5:15 Underground Music Monthly and CDBaby in 1998
7:26 Tour booking and promotion 2003
13:18 Playing For a Cure 2004
14:42 Marketing music during height of music piracy
18:38 changes in barriers for independent musicians
20:02 marketing music in 2023
20:53 Social Media Ads including YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, TikTok, Twitter, Bing and Show.co
22:54 Spotify Playlist pitching using Submithub, Groover, and the Spotify Indie Bible
25:43 outtro and summary