I developed musicishare.com as a result of being in contact with many up and coming artists. I find that many artists on the rise will dedicate their budget to developing the product, and not as much on the promotion. Promotion is just as important and even more so, if no one knows about the project you just spent your last thousand dollars on, doesn’t really matter does it.

The music industry today is quite different, and many new artists have the advantage of using many of the new strategies to get promotion. There are many websites out there that allow artists to share their music on the web, sell their music and so on. I felt it would be easier to just give artists another free platform to use to gain more exposure for their music.

I am a fan of the concept of giving people a taste of the music, then if they like it, you just made a new fan, who hopefully will support your career by purchasing future or other offerings. Simple really. Some artists share entire songs, some artists share samples, either way, the potential for more fans increases.

As a web developer, I am always interested in different ways to optimize the website to attract more traffic, and hopefully increasing the amount of people that listen to music our artists members upload to the site. I am also able to stay on top of current trends in multimedia delivery online. We have been using Flash since the start and so far has proven to be the best cross platform delivery of multimedia.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the site, and tell a friend where they can share their music or listen online for free. Remember to support music and buy a download today!

Bless. bagga.

It is a debate that will continue I am sure. I was inspired to write this post, because I came across a great article on the topic. Turns out the author of the article is a Grammy award winning artist. If you were to have a source for support of an argument, who better than a person who is not only in the industry, but has reached heights many artists only dream about.

Janis Ian has recorded with greats like Dolly Parton just to name drop, and has clearly seen the benefits of listeners downloading mp3 songs for free. In her article she mentions how napster, the harbinger of this whole conversation, would drive listeners to her website in search of more information or more music, a small percentage of those would convert to sales online and in stores.

In this age of bubble gum, all sounds the same music, can you blame the consumer for wanting to hear some of the work before investing a hard earned dollar into the artist. I have always said that if the quality of the music would improve, sales would improve, regardless of the download phenomena. At any rate, posted are links to the Download Debaucle story and free legal downloads from Janis Ian.

Enjoy.

Original Jadakiss is back on the scene. The original mr raspy is back with the smooth flow, New York all day. Hip Hop heads will appreciate how Kiss stays true to form and is consistent with lyrical flow and crazy beats. Shout out to Coast2Coast Mixtapes Vol 71 for sharing the mixtape with the people. Jadakiss not only hosts the mixtape but leaks a sneak peek at the new album release, The Last Kiss.

The Last Kiss Album In Stores Now

Follow this link to download the track Hard Times by Jadakiss featuring Barrington Levy.

Spanner Banner - Im A Winner

Thanks for tuning in. Just a short note to let folks know about a new release from Spanner Banner. The new album is called I’m A Winner. Fans have been waiting eight years to hear a new album put together by Jamaica legendary crooner, Spanner Banner. I’m A Winner features a slew of hits on wickedly popular riddims from Don Corleone, Kemar “Flava” McGregor, Sly & Robbie, Penthouse and more.
My first Spanner Banner was Life Goes On. It was a Techniques Label cut off the Things and Times Riddim. Them days Shabba and the Gold brothers were doing it big, then Spanner made himself be known.

You can check the link for a few samples provided courtesy of Soul of the Lion Production.

Jah Bless.

So, it is possible to generate income using the internet to distribute your music. Many artists give away mp3 downloads as a vehicle to introduce new listeners to their sound. Several bands give away music in exchange for your email address, many rappers give music away by contributing to mixtapes, many of which are free downloads. Free is always good especially with music. However, if folks dont know about your download or giveaway, it wont help much will it?

This is a good place to introduce the benefits of social media to market and promote yourself. These concepts are quite universal and could be applied to just about any product you wish to sell or promote, online using social networking websites like MySpace, Facebook, et al.

The most overlooked tool when using social media, is probably demographics. Networking online is tricky at best, you will go through a slew of spammers and get rich quick guys, unless, you research your new buddies, friends or what have you. This is a case where quality surpasses quantity.

Each person you connect with, has the potential to want to share your quality product with the slew of people in their own immediate network. Friends will trust or at least explore the information shared by another friend that they trust. The word viral comes to mind. Potentially, with the right audience *(people who probably like the style of music you are selling, promoting, etc.) you could reach several hundred people instantly.

Just as in life, choose friends, networks, wisely.

I have added a link to a great story about tools for marketing your music online.

http://mashable.com/2009/02/19/musician-marketing-tools/

Freeway Download..All Legal

Freeway is still on fire. The featured track i share from musicishare is just a reminder that Freeway still flows icy…give it a listen here. Free Legal Hip Hop Download **EXPLICIT LYRICS**

The first blog for the 09. Shout out to G-Dep. Famous for “Child of The Ghetto”, and his appearances on several Bad Boy label Remixes. I have been a fan of Dep since those days.

His lates mixtape put together by G-Dep and DJ Enyce, rekindled my need to hear Dep flow. I dusted off the mp3′s of Child Of the Ghetto, while I was visiting his profile on MySpace. Definitely pass  through and show some love. G-Dep is still spitting that fire. He was kind enough to let me share some of his mixtape on Musicishare. There is one free download on Musicishare attached to the Featured Review. Follow the Link for more downloads. If you are already a member of musicishare, you can download the whole mix tape from the control panel. Bless.

G-Dep Free Hip Hop Download

Thanks for passing through. This is a new blog. I will be updating as regularly as my work schedule will allow. At the very least, I will update the blog weekly. The music downloads section will be updated more often. Subscribe to stay tuned. Logon to Musicishare.com for free legal mp3 downloads

Blessings and Prosperity.

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