Strands Blog

Well your chance has come. If you were at the CMJ conference in NYC last month, you got a sneak peak. Now we’ve finally rolled out MusicStrands Indy. We believe the future of music, and indeed civilization itself, is helping every musician find his or her audience. And now we’re putting our money where our mouth is.

So here’s the deal. You sign up for free at Musicstrands Indy, and we give your band, your releases, your songs, the same exposure on the MusicStrands recommender system as the bands the A&R guys have tapped. Once you’ve signed up (did I mention it’s free?), you get:

• Your own profile page on MusicStrands, including free hosting of MP3 tracks.
• A link to your own website and any webpage where your music can be purchased.
• Inclusion in all MusicStrands facilities for being searched, heard, shared, and added to member playlists.
• Your music recommended to the MusicStrands community at MusicStrands.com and on our MyStrands system.
• And coming soon: Your own personalized artist page where you can put your own graphics, design, and content.

Did I tell you it’s free?

Also coming soon, you’ll get an “Artist Traffic Report” page which displays how many people have visited your label and/or artist pages, clicked on an album, listened to a track, and pretty much any other action related to your music. And we’ll be adding features on this page to help you better identify the audience for your music. And before I forget: It’s free. Because we believe your music is the future. Plus we like showing the A&R guys how it’s going to be.

(We do have some opportunities for aggressively promoting your music you can pay for if you really want to. But you’ll have to visit MusicStrands Indy and sign up for all the free stuff first.)

We’re riding the dragon’s Long Tail, and we’re making the place for you to grab hold too. MusicStrands Indy, where What You Play Counts!

P.S. As a favor to me, make sure your friends in the punk and hip-hop scene know about this. We need to kick it up around here.