Promote your band - online

The music industry says it's in a process of transition as it faces up to the challenges of downloads and the internet.

But in a world where many groups promote themselves on MySpace and other similar social networking sites, the internet could also provide bands with new ways of booking concerts and reaching out to fans in other countries. The website Sonicbids lets bands create an online profile, which they can use to contact music promoters and get concert bookings around the world. This new form of self-promotion is well underway at the Popkomm music and entertainment trade fair in Berlin.

Joanna Partridge reports for Reuters.

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