This is my article of the month for February, 2012

I have been busy promoting my two shows this month. There are some sites that are free to use (free is good.) www.Artistdata.com is for artists. It sends out my show information to a whole bunch of concert databases. And it -are you ready for this?- Sends out press releases of my shows to local newspapers. I just filled in the blanks for my two shows next month, and then I could have it send press releases – and my shows showed up the next day on www.boston.com !

Reverbnation.com allows me to set up a section where it brings together all my videos from MySpace and I can specify – have to upload – my songs to listen and download for free. It also has my bio. And – are you ready for this? - it exports my profile to my band page on Facebook. Also, you can create a button (html script) in Reverbnation pointing to your reverbnation profile that you can paste into your Web page. Also, you can create a “tune pack” of your uploaded songs in Reverbnation that generates a link that you can paste into your Web site, email signature, emails. Your Reverbnation songs can be marked for listen only, or download, or buy. And all for free!

Facebook allows me to set up a dedicated Public page for my music. I called it Peter Neuendorffer Piano. It is a good idea to call it something different from just my name to avoid confusion. There I can link to my www.CdBaby.com page where I sell my CD's. This like everything else is free!

With all the sync, it can be kind of confusing. Best taken in small doses! Don't want to overdose in marketing fever.

See you next month,

Peter N.