(I also posted this thread in Radio & The Internet, so I apologize if you are reading this twice 
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I've been looking around on the Internet and have seen sites that offer artists the ability to sign-up and upload their music directly for radio stations to download. The sites will store the artists' music in radio quality form, thus avoiding the need to send stations CDs. One such site is RadioSubmit.com, and there are others but names are escaping me at the moment.
I wanted to see what people's thoughts are on this idea. In my opinion, yes, it helps the artist save on costs and the artist is able to reach out to more stations worldwide.
On the other hand, it's hard enough sometimes for artists to get their music even listened to by stations, making me think what MD or PD will actually browse through a website for new artists when s/he already has tens of cd's sent to him/her on a regular basis.
I wanted to find out if these sites are actually working as they say they are, and what thoughts people may have on the service.
Thanks.
)I've been looking around on the Internet and have seen sites that offer artists the ability to sign-up and upload their music directly for radio stations to download. The sites will store the artists' music in radio quality form, thus avoiding the need to send stations CDs. One such site is RadioSubmit.com, and there are others but names are escaping me at the moment.
I wanted to see what people's thoughts are on this idea. In my opinion, yes, it helps the artist save on costs and the artist is able to reach out to more stations worldwide.
On the other hand, it's hard enough sometimes for artists to get their music even listened to by stations, making me think what MD or PD will actually browse through a website for new artists when s/he already has tens of cd's sent to him/her on a regular basis.
I wanted to find out if these sites are actually working as they say they are, and what thoughts people may have on the service.
Thanks.