Getting under the hood, adjusting knobs and playing with settings is almost an obsession for DJs and music producers, but so many of them are giving up control when they present the finished product online. Using audio upload sites like Soundcloud and Mixcloud might get part of the job done in the most basic way, but you’re sacrificing a lot of power, versatility and limiting creativity. Listeners deserve a more unique experience that matches your musical vision. They shouldn’t have to constantly keep up with whatever platform might be popular at the time. Music promoters and sound creators are scattering their audience in the clouds instead of becoming master of their own domain and building a community. If you’re serious about these projects and how they can help you grow, you shouldn’t be sending people away to other places in order to hear them. Fans will love the fact that they can add your music to the home screen of their mobile devices and connect with you just like opening any other app. Creating your own headquarters let’s you take fuller and more permanent control of your online activity.
This training kit is for music lovers who have realized that you can get SO much more by hosting your own audio, while spending less than you would on any of the popular cloud platforms and website builders. These videos will show you how to take the next step up from file hosting services and isolated podcasting ecosystems, without having to know a lot of technical stuff. It’s not very hard to set this up yourself, but a guided shortcut will save years of trial and error. Maybe you just need somebody to demystify the process and get you past the first few hurdles by sharing their experience and showing you some tricks. Self-hosting is the most liberating thing that you can do to take your music to another level. It’s like a chef opening their own restaurant, or a painter having their own art gallery instead of fighting for attention in somebody else’s. An independent hosting account is also the most important step towards harnessing the full potential of music podcasting and being able to grow along with this new media in a flexible and affordable way.
By investing a few dollars a month for hosting and learning a combination of free services that anybody can get the hang of, you’ll be completely self-sufficient and able to adapt more easily in a constantly changing internet landscape. For about 25 cents a day you can get a whole new set of powerful online tools and give yourself a huge advantage. You’ll be working with professional branded email addresses, avoiding limits on downloads or storage space, and taking back control of the final sound quality. Updating your site will be fast, easy, and save lots of money in web developer costs. You can even set it up to post on all of your social media accounts at once whenever you add new stuff. As you’ll discover, that’s also a pretty good analogy for what podcasting really is. Consolidate your efforts in one place and use your music to bring listeners to YOUR environment instead of somebody else’s. Otherwise, they’re getting overloaded by distractions and recommendations for their next click, instead of finding out about your new release or next event.
If you’re stepping things up as a DJ, producer, band or musician, event promoter, record label, or anybody who wants to deliver and promote sound, you need to be thinking long-term. The traffic generated by your content should be elevating you, not an upload site that you’ll probably outlast. It’s a lot easier than you think to build and manage your own website and this is the fastest way to get you there. Podcasting For DJs lays out all of the blueprints with your musical needs in mind and tackles the challenge of hosting big mp3 files like DJ mixes in a way that’s safe and affordable to artists. I’ve been fine tuning and experimenting with this system for over 15 years, but you’ll only need to spend a few hours with the training kit to get caught up and have everything running. All of my experience going back to the earliest days of podcasting has been boiled down and streamlined into a series of short videos that are really easy to digest. The skills you develop will serve you for years to come, save time, money, and make you fully independent and dynamic.
When you register, it means that you’re ready to make a small investment towards improving your command of the internet, and already have DJ mixes or music creations that you want to share. Even if you’re using other services to host them right now, you can still incorporate a lot of those players into your own site. There’s nothing wrong with having a few samples of your work on some of these upload networks, but it’s a bad idea to rely on them completely. They are NOT the ideal podcasting solution OR a substitute for having your own website. Instead, use your existing presence on social platforms as many different roads that lead back to your home base. You can enjoy customizing and building on it for years to come, or just use the hosting account features without a website and spend more time focusing on your sound. There are lots of different ways to create songs, mixtapes and radio shows, but only one permanent solution for serving them to your listeners. This internet survival kit covers the basics and fundamentals that are crucial for every artist promoting music online.
Let me guide you through a process that demonstrates the easy way to build and operate your own website. That will give you the power to start a podcast, so we can drive traffic and expand your reach to all of the latest mobile apps. Now is the perfect time to figure this stuff out so that you can take advantage of the huge jump in new podcast listeners. People are tuning in all over the world looking for audio content on phones, tablets, TVs, watches, internet connected cars, and even new refrigerators. Other types of artists might get by using the web hosting equivalent of auto-pilot, but if you’re looking to turn your DJ mixes into a podcast, you’ll need to grab the controls and do a couple of basic maneuvers yourself. By walking you through the first few steps and giving you tools to experiment with, this training product will lay an essential foundation for your music projects. You’ll have a solid, professional base of operations for mixes, releases, events and whatever you come up with next.
