Services to help reach more people
I know this is probably the golden goose here haha, but just to get this out of the way up front, I'm specifically talking about PAID services. Not just free.
With the kind of music I do, I can't play shows, and playing live seems like the #1 best way to get new listeners. But that's out of the question. I do other things to get myself out in public (I get my music videos into film festivals, and I create interactive video experiences that I show off at events). But those are much more spread out throughout the year than a traditional band doing shows would be.
So online is mainly it for me, and just having music on Reverbnation/Soundcloud/etc and and promoting it on Facebook/Twitter/Google+/forums/etc just doesn't cut it. The average new track or video I put up gets in the hundreds of plays, and I'd like it to be getting in the thousands of plays or more. I'm certainty not going to stop doing the traditional social media avenues of promotion, but I'd like to get some help.
Which brings me to the question: what if any paid services do any of you guys use to promote your music? I do google and facebook ads sometimes, and that's pretty good, but I'd love to find something more specific to music. Unfortunately, everything I find is always some scammy attempt to trick rap artists into getting their music heard by the "hottest A&Rs from Sony Music" or some nonsense like that haha. I don't make rap (at least not the stuff I'm trying to promote haha), so getting my music heard on "blogs that feature the most fire mixtapes around" doesn't really appeal to me.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks
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