How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet

The Internet is an incredible promotional tool for musicians. David Nevue, an independent musician, uses the Internet to generate well over $70,000 a year selling CDs, digital music downloads and sheet music online. Today, David is doing the "music biz" full-time, having quit his "day job" in 2001. In this 2011 edition of his book, David will take you step by step through the same marketing strategies he's used since 1995 to promote and sell his music successfully on the Internet.

The Internet is an incredible promotional tool for musicians. You can get radio play, grow a fan base, create a distribution channel and sell CDs and music downloads all online. Imagine how much music you'd sell if *thousands* of people heard your music every day? Most musicians, however, have no idea where to begin when it comes to online promotion. Some get as far as putting up a web site, but stop there. That's where this book will help. David Nevue, an independent musician like yourself, uses the Internet to generate well over $70,000 a year in music-related sales. Today, David is doing the "music biz" full-time, having quit his "day job" in 2001 after making more money selling music online than working for a corporation! In this 2011 edition of his book, David will take you step by step through the same marketing strategies he's used since 1995 to promote and sell his music successfully on the Internet. Now you too can build your own music career using the Internet -in your own time and on your own terms.

David Nevue is founder of The Music Biz Academy (MusicBizAcademy.com) and author of the book "How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet." He is also a concert pianist, composer and recording artist who has released eleven albums of his own original piano compositions. His ninth album, "Overcome," won the title "Best Instrumental Piano Album of 2005" at the Lifestyle Music Awards. His tenth album, "Adoration: Solo Piano Hymns" went to #1 on the Zone Reporter Music Charts. David began promoting his music on the Internet in 1995 and by 2001 was bringing in enough income to quit his day job. The success he had marketing his music prompted him to write his book "How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet." In the years since, he's continued to build his fan base and his Internet-based music business. In 2003, he founded Whisperings: Solo Piano Radio (www.solopianoradio.com), a hugely popular Internet radio broadcast that he uses as a vehicle to further promote his own particular genre of piano music. David is a very active performer, playing 40-50 concerts a year all across the United States. He's currently working on his 12th, 13th and 14th album releases, and continues to explore new opportunities for marketing music via the Internet. Visit David's official web site at http://www.davidnevue.com.