While there is actually nothing wrong with making your own videos and releasing them on YouTube - actually I utterly recommend that you do - there is a really strong technique to get thousands of visitors, either to your own videos, your band's website, or even better a promotional offer such as "sign on to our mailing list to get our new single for free", or some other such thing, by simply paying other YouTube users to include a link to your site inside their description box.
*Tip* For more great tips on marketing go to Promote Your Music Online or my Promote Your Music Squidoo page.
If you don't quite know what I am talking about go to Youtube and search the most viewed videos. You need to find a few examples of videos with the link within the description box.
To the right of the video you must see a link. This is an instance of what I'm talking about.
To try this you simply take the following steps.
Search YouTube with keywords that relate in some form to your song or your band. For example, if you had done a cover of smells like teen Spirit you may search words like Nirvana, smells similar to teen Spirit, Grunge, and so on.
Next, sort the results by "view count". You're on the lookout for videos with hundreds of thousands, or maybe millions of perspectives. Disregard any videos that are posted by the artist themselves or any videos that already have a link in the outline box.
Then all you've got to do is send the users of relevant videos a message explaining that you want to pay them on a once per month bases to place your link in there outline box.
You'll possibly only find that one in every ten or twenty people have an interest in your offer, but if even one link on a highly viewed video can imply thousands of new visitors, and potential new fans every month.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
*Note* I would recommend that you use this technique with second tier record companies initially and then try your hand with he larger boys once you have some singles and a good sales track record under your belt. Perhaps even attempt to get a music publishing contract first.
Most large labels wish to see that you have had some success on your own before taking the danger and offering you a huge advance.
But to be absolutely fair with you for an instant, the concept of getting a record deal for me is a genuine turn off today. I have discovered an easy system to create a list of fans and sell my music that is fully new to the music business.
This stuff is really cool and you should definitely examine it below.
With that said I do hope you enjoyed learning how to get a recording contract and if you have got any feedback or questions please tell me. You'll be getting lots more free music promoting guides form me over the approaching months.
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