We’re always on the lookout for new websites featuring unsigned music and opportunities for unsigned bands to promote themselves. EyeSeeSound.tv came to our attention a couple of months ago and have been releasing a stream of internet TV shows, mixtapes and specially recorded live performances. We caught up with one of the founders, Julian Bowman.

[IndieLab] The site has everything from mixtapes to live sessions, how

There is nothing as effective for getting yourself noticed online than coming up with a good story, when Brad from the band Merchandise was sitting having a pizza and chatting to a friend about how he couldn’t afford to make a music video the idea struck. Why waste lots of money and time? Why not just record it right here, right now using a flip recorder that Andrew Dubber

Since the Payola scandals of the 1950s US commercial radio has had to get creative about getting paid to play records on the air. Record labels keens to reap the huge promotional advantage that radio airplay can give a release have found inventive ways to get around the legislation by using third parties as intermediaries for the practice. Even in the UK the door to national radio airplay often… Continue reading

The Surface Unsigned Festival is now accepting applications for the 2009 festival to be held at Music Live @ Birmingham NEC Nov 7th-9th. It looks like these guys have got a great thing going on with serious sponsorship behind them and a genuinely golden promotional opportunity as a 1st prize. The contest finalists get to play to the Music Live Expo Audience at Birmingham NEC in… Continue reading

Then see if your making one of the Five MySpace Mistakes from NewMusicStrategies.com… Continue reading