I was in the demo scene actively from the early 80's and I'm one of the few remaining American sceners who is even semi-active anymore.
I noticed a lot of questions and comments about the scene in general keep cropping up, and code-related questions in particular. Those of you who are programmers programmers with technical questions etc. might want to visit the sceners themselves and get the answers you want. If that's the case, then the place to find us is ircnet #coders (that's IRC, yes, download MIRC and try some servers such as irc.funet.fi or irc.stealth.net)
The scene remains alive after this long because new people find an interest and become sceners themselves:) See what we're all about.
I'm trying to do the same with my own music, my focus is first on getting exposure, later worry about revenue. I've had a fair amount of success getting the exposure via internet radio stations and featuring some of my music at www.mp3.com/dead_cybernetic -- I guess if I get good enough hits it should at least get my foot in some door, right?
One thing I do recommend you DO NOT do is to fall into the temptation of e-mail spamming, it may get you a few initial hits but in the end it will bite you in the ass.
Anyway, aside from that, I think that making your music accessible and a relaxed licensing agreement for maybe one album's worth is a good route to take... Maybe you won't earn much with that album in terms of cash-- but the exposure has got to be worth it anyway (especially if you have more than one album's worth of music to offer.)
Beyond that, I am also always looking for new ways to get my music to the masses. Knowing someone is listening to my tunes is really what I care most about anyway, the money would be a nice milemarker someday though, so I could say "Yes, here is the evidence that I've finally made it."
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I was in the demo scene actively from the early 80's and I'm one of the few remaining American sceners who is even semi-active anymore.
:) See what we're all about.
I noticed a lot of questions and comments about the scene in general keep cropping up, and code-related questions in particular. Those of you who are programmers programmers with technical questions etc. might want to visit the sceners themselves and get the answers you want. If that's the case, then the place to find us is ircnet #coders (that's IRC, yes, download MIRC and try some servers such as irc.funet.fi or irc.stealth.net)
The scene remains alive after this long because new people find an interest and become sceners themselves
I'm trying to do the same with my own music, my focus is first on getting exposure, later worry about revenue. I've had a fair amount of success getting the exposure via internet radio stations and featuring some of my music at www.mp3.com/dead_cybernetic -- I guess if I get good enough hits it should at least get my foot in some door, right?
One thing I do recommend you DO NOT do is to fall into the temptation of e-mail spamming, it may get you a few initial hits but in the end it will bite you in the ass.
Anyway, aside from that, I think that making your music accessible and a relaxed licensing agreement for maybe one album's worth is a good route to take... Maybe you won't earn much with that album in terms of cash-- but the exposure has got to be worth it anyway (especially if you have more than one album's worth of music to offer.)
Beyond that, I am also always looking for new ways to get my music to the masses. Knowing someone is listening to my tunes is really what I care most about anyway, the money would be a nice milemarker someday though, so I could say "Yes, here is the evidence that I've finally made it."
Good luck!