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Part IV: I Like the Way You Play: The Jazz Musician
Spread the word about the availability of CDs on your Web site with smart
publicity (see Chapter 16 for details on publicizing your band). Talk up your
site at gigs, for example. Sprague has built his loyal core following by developing
a computerized mailing list over the course of 2,000 or so names. Fans
can sign up via the Web site or at his gigs, and he adds media types whenever
he meets them. He e-mails a weekly newsletter about his music and gigs,
interspersed with personal stories and musings. It’s a refreshing change
from the Internet popups that rain down every day.
Spreading the word about your music on other Web sites
An offshoot of having your own entire Web site (see the previous section)
is building a single Web page on a larger, independent site designed to help
market and sell music. For instance, you can market your music with a Web
page on cdbaby.com, which is an online record store selling music by independent
artists. Other sites where you can sell your music include ind-music.
com, cdarmy.com, and indietunes.com.