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benefits As an Undercurrents Member, we offer many benefits for musicians and music related businesses. The annual membership fee is $100, which includes the $25 showcase registration fee and also includes the $20 consignment sales fee. The membership benefits include advertising discounts, bulletin board priority, college credit availability, comprehensive database access, coupons for music related websites and music retailers, Undercurrents e-mail account, greater fan access, forum links, hyper-link to band site, quarterly magazine, merchandise sales potential, networking, monthly electronic newsletter, photo gallery inclusion, CD sales opportunities, showcase registration, sound files, monthly tip sheet, video links and your own webpage at the Undercurrents website showing bands photo, bio, MP3 link, merchandise sales portal and a link to your website. All members of Undercurrents get a 10% discount on advertising placed through Undercurrents. Click here for membership registration You get priority on our Undercurrents Bulletin Board. Your message gets out to a key group of music enthusiasts. The typical website music surfer is interested in finding good music.... period. Whether they with a band, publisher, record company, agency, or ever-important fan, the typical music web surfer wants to find good music. Our weekly Undercurrents network bulletin board is for musicians, songwriters, bands and music related companies to post info about a new release or about a recent news releases. The web page is located at http://www.undercurrents.com/bulletinboard.html gets visited by several thousand visitors a week... and those visitors are all Musicians or people in the Music Industry. Your message will also go out to over 2600 people who subscribe to our free Undercurrents Bulletin Board Mailing List (Note: our e-mail list is strictly opt-in. We never send any e-mail out that hasn't been requested.) Click here for membership registration We really can't guarantee that you will see an increase in CD's sales if you use this service, but we'll try. As a member of undercurrents, we can offer your music in a few different ways. One important method we use to sell your music is though electronic e-mails with tags to buy located within the correspondence. A second way for Undercurrents to assist you with sales of your music is to provide links direct to your CD through our system with Paypal. A third way we offer a way for you to sell your CD through Undercurrents is your webpage listed on the Undercurrents site. If that doesn't work, we also offer direct links to your own website. If bringing quality traffic to your website doesn't work...what does? More traffic means more opportunities to sell. Click here for membership registration The only way for you to receive college credit for the educational seminars and showcases offered through Undercurrents is to become a member. Click here for membership registration Every band or musician has a free opportunity to be listed on the Undercurrents band page. Every music business has a free opportunity to be listed on the Undercurrents service page. As an Undercurrents member, a link to your website is also included as well as other ways to reach you such as listing your address, telephone, and fax. Click here for membership registration Undercurrents is currently negotiating with record retailers, music stores, merchandise companies, recording studios and more to offer coupons and discounts through this web site. As a member of Undercurrents, you have an opportunity to access these coupons and discounts. Click here for membership registration Any musician, band or business will qualify for a free e-mail address after becoming a member of Undercurrents. yourband@undercurrents.com or yourcompany@undercurrents.com Click here for membership registration Hyper-Link from Undercurrents Web Site You increase the odds that people will find you. By having your Undercurrents Membership Listing and a hyper-link on the Undercurrents Website you know that you have one more effective tool working for you 24/7 out on the Internet. Search engines use linking to come up higher in their rankings. Search Engines use the number of links that link back to your website as one of their major factors in ranking. You will come up higher in the search engines the more inbound links you have going to your web page. You are putting one more "hook" out there on the Internet. You make yourself ready and available for opportunity. Your listing describes you, what you do, or what you are looking for. And ... When people find you, you look good. By being associated with Undercurrents you are more likely to be seen as a professional and active in promoting your own career. Drive traffic to your site – fans and music industry professionals are regularly checking updates and new bands. Click here for membership registration
This is a $25 value. Click here for membership registration Fans are constantly signing up on the Undercurrents Fan Section of our Website. The best part is that these resources bring you quality traffic... people that like new music! People that like something different from the mainstream. More traffic means more chances to get someone to sign up for your mailing list, someone to hear your music.. spread the word.. come to a show.. and the list goes on. More traffic will equal more fans! Click here for membership registration The knowledge you have could make a big difference. We offer more knowledge through the Undercurrents Music Education Forums. When you are part of Undercurrents you get access to some key information that can help you in the music business, - either as a musician, songwriter or member of the music industry. You get information straight from experienced pros. You can listen to sound files and hear it laid out in a talk... direct from the Undercurrents Music Education Forums. You can read one of the more than 60 articles that cut right to the chase. You know you get the most "bang for your buck" on the Internet... when you have access to the information available in the Undercurrents Members Only Section. Click here for membership registration Of course you will be getting your message out by having your link and e-mail link on your Undercurrents Member Listing. Your link remains on the Undercurrents Website, and is in turn linked to many major web sites around the Internet. We have over 200 web pages linking in to Undercurrents, and as a member you will be linked into our extensive network. Click here for membership registration We really can't guarantee that you will see an increase in merchandise sales if you use this service, but we'll try. As a member of Undercurrents, we can offer your merchandise in a few different ways. One important method we use to sell your merchandise is though electronic e-mails with tags to buy located within the correspondence. A second way for Undercurrents to assist you with sales of your merchandise is to provide links direct to your material through our system with Paypal. A third way we offer a way for you to sell your merchandise through Undercurrents is your webpage listed on the Undercurrents site. If that doesn't work, we also offer direct links to your own website. If bringing quality traffic to your website doesn't work...what does? More traffic means more opportunities to sell. Click here for membership registration And if that’s not enough... You can be included in our Undercurrents Photo Gallery. You get a lot of exposure when you are linked up with Undercurrents, the kind of exposure that counts. Click here for membership registration
The Undercurrents Internet Radio Station is nearing completion. You only may be considered to be selected if you are a member of Undercurrents. Click here for membership registration Monthly, Undercurrents will be sending notices to all members listing many tips about the music business. Click here for membership registration One thing that we ask for in the sign-up form is a direct link to your sound file. This is for your internet radio station and music writer submissions. We provide internet radio stations and music writers one-click access to your music. They in turn listen to your music, then contact you directly if they would like to request a CD. If you do not yet have a website or sound files on the web don't worry, we can help you with that too! Click here for membership registration Undercurrents is currently exploring opportunities to expose your music video through our website. Stay tuned! Click here for membership registration When you become a member of Undercurrents, we offer you a webpage through our site. This page shows your photo, displays your bio, offers your music and merchandise for sale, and creates a link to your own website. Click here for membership registration It doesn't cost a lot of money to join Undercurrents, so it’s possible to get a big return on your "investment". You only pay $100.00 per year or $10 per month! That's one year of benefits for you from Undercurrents, for a price anyone can afford. No one knows what might happen when you become a member of Undercurrents... but you open yourself up to a much wider variety of opportunity. |
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