promoting your music
The usual form of music promotion comes through your releases, exposure at gigs and the labels you're signed to. While this is still the main way artists are promoted, the internet has opened up a whole world of other possibilities as well. There are many great resources for getting your name, your message and your music out to those who might be keen to hear it. The most obvious of these are social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, but it is also important to have your own website as well.
promotion resources
There are a number of good blogs and websites out there with information on promoting online. I find the following sites to be very useful in providing options for how you can go about it.
sales and distribution resources
As well as getting the word about you and your music out there, there are a number of sites that offer services to get your music for sale on iTunes, Amazon MP3 or through their own sales avenues.