Getting a song made known

[Romeo]

I've written a song and I'd like it popularised. It's a kind of folky, rebel-type song. I don't play any instruments, not being musically talented that way, and I don't know any folk musicians. But it would be good to hear it played and maybe even become popular. I'm not doing this for money, though I would like to be credited as the writer.

[danewesley]

set up a music myspace, upload your song/songs some pics and that, then start up a fan base. im sure after youve set up your myspace you could post your url here and get quite a few listeners. i for one love folk and would love to listen to what youve done.

[Narolines]

Whereabouts in the country are you? It's a long shot, but I might just know somebody in the folk world in reach of you who might be able to help. No promises - though I do know quite a lot of folk musicians in various parts of the UK.

[Romeo]

Thanks to you both. Dane - I'll try that. Narolines - I'm living in Fife at the moment.

[enigma]

My brother uses this site quite a lot Romeo :

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/

Your song even goes up and down in the charts! It's quite a good site and you can flog your song in the forums to generate interest. Oh and you can choose which genre of music best reflects your style to categorise your songs. Hope this helps x

[Narolines]

H'mm.......the only Scottish folkie I know lives in Motherwell. Now my Scottish geography isn't too crash-hot, but I'm pretty sure that isn't going to be much help - sorry! Now if you were to move to Sheffield, or Dunstable, or Shrewsbury, or Birmingham, or...............