After some bands & artists asking me to get their projects reviewed for my site, something kind of hit me. I know how I complained a lot that I never get reviewed for my music anywhere, but I am realizing that’s not the way to go about it. You’re not gonna get people to listen to your music and write about you by complaining about not getting noticed. How do bands & artists get their albums and other projects reviewed on music sites? Well, the simple solution is, that they approach them and ask them. To get reviewed, you have to go after that stuff yourself, just like you have to go out there and get gigs yourself. Good things, won’t fall in your lap in your music career. Gotta do something about it yourself.
Just find as many music websites and blogs as much as you can, and professionally ask them if they would like to hear your album to get reviewed. That’s how it’s done. That is how bands get their albums reviewed.
Whenever I release a new demo, or even release my debut album someday, I’ll keep this advice in consideration.
As for turning my blog into a “music critic” site goes, that doesn’t mean I’ll give up the entertainment/politics discussion and everything else. I just wanted to expand my horizons a little bit. It’s a little trick and ploy to help promote my site and help promote myself as a musician as well. Good marketing for my music and good marketing for other bands. Bands & artists usually don’t give out free music to people but they’ll give out free albums to bloggers and music critics just to get reviewed. They’ll even let bloggers & critics listen to their new albums early before release.
I enjoy promoting other bands and trying to get the word out for them, if I like their music that much. It’s good to support other bands, rather than loving yourself and jerkin’ yourself off, ya know? While I’m proud of my own music and like what I do musically, I’m more interested in supporting other musicians. It shows that you’re not selfish, and ego-driven, ya know what I mean? There are way too many bands & artists who only support themselves and not others. I don’t need to be like that. I get wrongfully and unfairly accused of being negative and hateful toward music, but it’s not true. I’m very supportive of musicians and the music scene in general. It’s good to support others and network in music.
Kev
K'Brocking 
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