Promoting your music online is very important, especially for an independent artist. This video below will assist you with promoting your music on MP3.com.

Copyright protects creative works and enables composers, literary authors and other creators to be paid for their work. Copyright is the means by which those who create and own works (e.g. music and lyrics) can control who makes use of each work and the circumstances in which it is used, to ensure that the integrity and value of the work is respected.

Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, sound recordings, films, broadcasts and the typographical arrangement of a published edition (ie how it looks on the page). The legal framework for copyright (one type of intellectual property) is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 [CDPA] as amended.

Copyright in a song

Every song comprises two copyright works:

• The music itself (a musical work)
• The lyrics/words (a literary work)

For more information on copyrighting please visit www.copyright.gov

There are millions of independent artists that seek daily to get their music on the radio but lack the know how to do so. Here are some tips that may assist you in the process of getting radio play. Visit this link for a list of radio stations throughout the United States and other countries.

Tips to getting your song on the radio are as follow:

· Make sure your music is copyrighted, “broadcast quality,” edited for broadcast, and professionally mixed and mastered before you consider submission. Keep in mind that profanity, violence and sexual content must be properly censored in order for airplay consideration.

· Most commercial radio stations, such as the popular V-103, add songs to their airplay/mix-show play lists based on local audience music research, requests, Local/Regional/National “building stories,” music video performance and each song’s individual ability to “fit” the sound of the station. Keep all this in mind when choosing which stations to consider sending your style of music to.

· Test your songs in local clubs first. If it can compete in the club, there’s a good chance it can compete on the radio. Keep track of your success in the more popular venues. You can use it in your presentation later.

· Create a professional presentation that you will present to the DJ and music director for the station. Focus on how the material will fit their existing program.

· Contact the radio station and specifically ask what days they set aside for meetings with their music director. Secure your meeting. Keep in mind that these officials might be intimidating but it is their jobs to solicit new and fresh music for their program so don’t feel threatened. They’ll gladly accept your meeting if you come off as a professional.

· Most radio stations playlists are determined by their listening audience so once your song is accepted, that’s when the real werk begins! Use your friends, family, street teams, and mass media campaigning to create an interest in your music. Your performances can be a huge asset when doing this. After each and every performance ask the audience to call a specific radio station and request your song. Oh, and make sure to give them a CD with detailed instructions for the track you want them to request.