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I came across this site and thought it would be good to share.  As an independent artist there are a lot of smart and effective ways to get people to take notice you and your music.   One of the things I want to do for artist(you) is to educate you on your options.

All seven strategies are GREAT but I want to highlight the one that stuck out to me is step #4.  The music industry is forever changing and the way an artist would generate income isn’t and won’t be the same.  It is smart to think of other ways to generate income, after all I want you to be in this for the long haul.  What are your other gifts and talents?  Are you maximizing them?  Let’s think outside the box, wait, scratch that, don’t start with the BOX. How about that?

4. The Multi-Tasking Strategy

The musicians that have the most success don’t just rely on one project for their income. Most of them work on many things beyond playing live, selling albums, and selling merchandise.

For instance:
- Jonathan Coulton participates in the Popular Science magazine podcast at popsci.com and licenses his music.
- Brad Turcotte of Brad Sucks maintains multiple Web sites including stripcreator.com and also licenses his music.
- Grant Baciocco of Throwing Toasters writes and produces the multiple-award-winning podcast “The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd,” does voice-over and acting work, and produces a podcast for the Jim Henson Company, among other projects.
- George Hrab is a drummer in a popular cover band that plays at weddings and corporate events, writes and produces his Geologic Podcast, and has written a book.
- The members of Beatnik Turtle have day jobs, run IndieGuide.com, and write books like The Indie Band Survival Guide and articles like this one.

Not only do musicians like these have a lot of projects going on, they use the projects to promote the others.

You can check out the rest of the article at

http://blog.discmakers.com/2009/12/Seven-Effective-Strategies-To-Get-Your-Music-Noticed/

Ok, what are you waiting for?  Read the article and let me know what you think.

Peace,
Erika