Archive for July 11, 2010

By Lori Spencer

 

Getting your original music played on the radio takes a lot of perseverance and postage. An unsigned band or new artist without name recognition may have to mail out thousands of CDs before one music director will add their song to a station’s play list. Sadly, most submissions end up in the trash. Terrestrial radio stations are tightly formatted and generally only play music from established artists and major labels – this makes it even harder to get a break.

XM Satellite Radio offers many more channels and varieties of music for listeners to choose from. XM frequently plays music from indie labels and unsigned bands, so your chances of getting heard are much greater…