Top 4 steps to submit music to music blogs that can gather more attention
Are you looking forward to creating a huge fanbase who will love your music? Research well and submit music to music blogs to gain exponential exposure from audiences.
Music blogs have been one of the best strategies to garner more attention from potential listeners. If you are an independent music artist and looking forward to digging in more organic exposure, music blogs can be the savior. Getting featured in the music blogs is not an easy task since thousand of other rising music artists are trying to do the same. There are two kinds of approaches to execute this task.
In order to submit music to music blogs, you can either hire a professional agency or follow the classic DIY (do it yourself) method.
- Hire an agency – It takes almost no time and lets the users relax with nothing but an exchange of a nominal amount. It can be pricey too depending on the various websites available on the internet.
- DIY approach – This might be the classic way to make a one-by-one approach that consumes a lot of time. But it can also provide positive results with a long-lasting impact.
Here are is a step-by-step process to submit your music to the relevant blogs,
1) Find the right blogs
Make extensive Google research to find the relevant blogs from the internet that goes with your style and genre. The key is to find blogs and platforms that feature your kind of music, a potential place to gather attention. You can also utilize some tools like Hype Machine that shows the latest features and blogs which you can filter by genre.
2) List out
Make a list of the blogs where you want your music to be featured along with the necessary points like, –
- Blog Name
- Submission guidelines
- Name of the writer or journalist
- Email address (in case submission link is not available and you have to make pitch personally)
- Date to pitch
3) Email Template
A template helps to save a lot of time by creating a common outline for your emails. Personalizing each mail could be a tedious job and templates help to resolve that. If you are confused about which elements you need as templates, here are some suggestions –
- Subject line – Keep it short, attractive, and unique to stand out
- Name – It can be your full name or artist name both, but artist name is mire recommended since it is the name with which people will recognize you.
- Acknowledgment – acknowledge where you found the writer and his works.
- Short Bio – A short bio along with the artist profile link helps to maintain authenticity
4) Work on your public relations
When you are not hiring an agency, you have to maintain a lot of professional relationships to make sure your music gets featured in the right place. You have to maintain a good relationship with the journalists, reporters, marketers, writers, bloggers, and everyone from the niche who will promote your music for free. Even the listeners play a vital role; so make sure you interact with them and create a Brand presence for your music.
Conclusion
If you are looking forward to making a prolific career out of your talent, music blogs can help you a lot. Whether you hire a professional agency or make a DIY approach, make sure you submit high-quality music and be super proud of it.
I am Dale Joines and i am passionate about business and finance news with over 4 years in the industry starting as a writer working my way up into senior positions. I am the driving force behind guruobserver.com with a vision to broaden the company’s readership throughout 2016. I am an editor and reporter of “Basic Materials” category.
