Listing Your Site - March 1999
By Jim Norris

  Listing Your Site

  If you have a website to promote your band, you will want to attract as many visitors as possible. One way to accomplish this is by obtaining listings on relevant websites.

 Start with the general Search Engines and Directories such as Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos and Hotbot. Visit Yahoo (yahoo.com) and enter 'Search Engine' to get list of the majors. Make sure your homepage contains proper meta tags since some engines use them extensively. Also obtain listings on as many music-related sites as possible. You can find these by entering music-related keywords into the general search sites and music-related sites. There are several sites that feature listings of artists for no charge. Some of these are:

• Yahoo - dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists
• The Ultimate Band List - ubl.com
• Internet Underground Music Archive - www.iuma.com
• The Big Bands Database - www.nfo.net/.WWW/bigbands.html
• Dancefloor.com - www.dancefloor.com
• All Music Guide - www.allmusic.com
• The Mars Subway Canadian Music Home Page - www.monkey-boy.com/cmusic
• Internet Music Resource Guide - www.teleport.com/~celinec/mus_band.htm
• Rockband.com - www.rockband.com
• World Wide Bands - www.worldwidebands.com
• Singer/Songwriter Directory - singer-songwriter.com
• Mammoth Artists Music Trac - www.mammothartists.com/music.htm
• The Music & Audio Connection - www.musicandaudio.com
• Canadian Musician magazine - canadianmusician.com

 By spending little bit of time each week visiting these sites and discovering others, you can expand the market for your band's musical appearances and recorded product.

Resources 

• Yamaha Canada has premiered their website at www.yamaha.ca Here you will find company background, product information, education programs and links to Yamaha worldwide.
• Opcode has completely revamped their website at www.opcode.com Features include company news, product information, press releases, events, discussion forums, demos, an online store, contests and artist info. You can subscribe to their newsletter and even view and place free classified ads. The folks at Opcode have designed a great looking and well-organized site.
• The Connection Computer Center has been completely renovated and now features a huge selection of software, hardware and accessories. Visit the store at www.maac.com/software
• For a Glossary of Lighting Terms courtesy of Ledalite, visit www.ledalite.com/glossary/glossary.htm
• Norris-Whitney Communications Inc. has introduced WeTeachMusic.com, the directory of music education in Canada. If you are a player long to a private teacher or need information on schools, colleges and universities, visit www.weteachmusic.com and search the site's database. You can search by name, instrument, program or location. If you are a private teacher or school, visit the site to obtain a free listing.
• Mike Balter Mallets has announced their new website at www.mikebalter.com The site features on on-line colour catalogue, price list, endorsee listings, company information. Visitors can fill out a questionnaire to give product feedback to the company.
• Music Books Plus has greatly expanded their catalogue and now features online over 3,000 books, videos and CD-ROMs on music, recording, audio, songwriting, MIDI, multimedia and the Internet. You can join the electronic newsletter or request a printed catalogue online at www.musicboooksplus.com
• Norris-Whitney Communications operates The Music & Audio Connection (http://www.musicandaudio.com), the international online resource for music enthusiasts, musicians, music and audio professionals. Included are classified ads, products for sale, company showcases, discussion forums, associations, music education, music & audio resources, career information and file libraries. Updates to the site are available by e-mail or on The Pointcast Network Visit at musicandaudio.com . For more information, e-mail to Fax (905) 641-1648 or call (905) 641-3471.

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