Releasing Music Independent.

[crimson]

Does anybody know about resources or forums for independent artists in the music industry?

1. I'm a lyricist, but I don't make beats. Where can I find beats that I can put vocals to, and sell with full rights to the completed song?

2. Once I have my own completed songs with full rights to sell them, where online can I put them so people can purchase?

3. How does Billboard collect data, and measure how to rate a song for their chart?

I want to do everything alone with no record label involved.

[LadyUniverse]

1- you can look for an app called garage band.

2- while searching for "free music for youtube videos" i found a few sites that sell it too. i suggest you google it.

3- i suggest you e-mail Billboard about it or search on Yahoo Answers. i have found a lot of random info there.

hope this was useful,

much love.

[CityOfDavid]

http://nielsen.com/us/en/industries/media-entertainment/online.html - register songs via online through nielsen soundscan so you can track sales...

http://www.reverbnation.com  - for established and up and coming artsits, producers (find beats),
get song in online stores i.e. iTunes, Amazon

http://www.tunecore.com - get song in online stores i.e. iTunes, Amazon

[crimson]

I couldn't respond in my main thread because it was locked without reason. I never saw this because I think it was an old post. I'm not sure how to keep track of older posts. Yes, I actually found out about the Neilsen thing recently. Those are very good links. Thanks. Right now, it's impossible to do anything or talk about much because of trolls and my topics getting locked. Hopefully something can be done about them so real people can actually move forward with real discussion.

[LadyUniverse]

hello,
you can keep track on answers by clicking on this message "Show new replies to your posts." that is located on the upper left, right under the greeting Hello [your user name]. after clicking on it scroll down to check what people replied. really helpful tool