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Baseware. BeatTracker - All Beatport Top 100 Stats In One Place. Digital Music Distribution | For Dance Music Labels to Beatport, Itunes and other Stores. Join MCPS. Join MCPS - earn mechanical royalties Songwriters and composers can join MCPS to earn royalties when your songs or music are reproduced, such as for CDs and digital downloads. Should I join MCPS? You can join MCPS if you have a song/music that has been: Commercially released by a record company (not a record company that you own), orRecorded into a radio or TV programme, orRecorded in an audio-visual or multimedia production, orUsed online. Please note: this song/music must NOT have been entered into an agreement with a music publisher.

Before you apply to join MCPS Please have the following items to refer to while completing your application: Documentation confirming the mechanical usage of one of your pieces of musicID – A photocopy of your birth certificate or passport Bank account details (including account number and sort code) where royalties should be depositedA printer. Membership fees The MCPS writer joining fee is £50 inclusive of VAT (cheque payable to MCPS Ltd). Apply to join. 12 low cost promotional ideas for musicians « Live Unsigned Blog. Times are hard for everyone at the moment, especially musicians. Unfortunately you can spend a lot of time signing up for free promotional sites online that will do nothing to raise their profile. Your time is limited, as are your funds so you need to focus on the free and low cost promotional opportunities that will really deliver.

Marketing people say that you need to see the name of a brand between seven and nine times before you pay attention to it, so each of the below is another chance to get your name out there. Here are our recommendations for ways to promote your music for very little money: Get Internet radio play – It costs nothing to send a link for a free download of music to an internet radio station. You can do a lot without spending much money although unfortunately it can be slow going.