Has anyone had any luck promoting digital releases online? I've got a new release on beatport, but as if this point in time, all the "usual" channels (email lists, facebook, forum posts) seem to generate very low interest. I'm very proud of this release and think it's as good as anything out there right now! But getting noticed in 2011 appears to be impossible as far as I can tell...
So do you simply have to be rich and spend huge wads of cash to get noticed? (that's my theory--it's all a rich kids game!) Anyone who wants to weigh in, online or offline, please give me your thoughts!!! I do have an upcoming net release on a major website that should generate some thousands of downloads, which I hope may generate some new listeners. But I'm not sure what else to try at this point. >From my point of view, it feels like the internet has turned into a giant crappy stripmall and I've got a storefront in some horrible, out of the way location!!! Oh, I will admit that there are some things that I still haven't gotten to that are in the works, like finishing my own site with good SEO content, that should at least drive a little bit of google traffic. Also, I may have mentioned this, but I will be starting a music blog in the next month, that will PRIMARILY be covering deep house from Chicago, Detroit, and NYC/east coast... So stay on the lookout for that!!! ~David
