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Michael	Incidentally, I manage a lyric search engine on my site below (above "recent posts" on the right-hand column). It gets a fair amount of traffic, but is not exactly a money-spinner. It's not really a dedicated separate entity, of course. So the concept is different. By the way, if anyone wants to incorporate it into their site, I can send the code (plug, plug!). Michael
Kamloops	My whole point was not to use Google as a tool but to create a new search engine that has a similar concept.
DJKZ	My thoughts are: One thing that is missing when you actually think about it is a coherent and cost effective advertising strategy for bands. Using Google Adwords for music is not cost effective unless you are selling items valued over 10.00 dollars. Better still 20-30 dollars. One thing that might work would be a way for bands to be marketed online properly. Google works well for genre listings, cover versions or FREE music. I think initially you need to find great bands, quality bands and link them by category or genre. This is not being done. The closest you get is Myspace but the categories are not reviewed at all. I've seen major label artists listed as unsigned and also unsigned listed as major etcukbands also lists bands. The amount of work required for this is huge. Do you have the time for this ? I would suggest you concentrate on your own music, your own strategy, make some success out of it and then sell an ebook on Clickbank to educate others on how you achieved your success. Other than that another strategy with online advertising is to build up your site visits where you can give away FREE downloads but you must think long term here and aim to get up to a million visits a month. You can then auction advertising on the site to musicians using Adbrite and/or Google.
zooloo	Unless you have a tight niche that isn't being particularly well catered for at the moment... the (disputed) Long Tail thingy.
Kamloops	Yeah i agree about the 'Unsigned tag'. I never mentioned 'Unsigned' once though - just new bands. I don't claim to know all about SEO and Google Adwords etc. That's why i am a musician/designer. I am just throwing some thoughts and ideas into the pot. Thanks for all your answers though - it proves this idea isn't going anywhere. Cheers