Amiestreet.com is a great music promotion platform that’s almost exactly a year old this week. Independent artists can upload tracks to the site, where they are added to the site’s “marketplace” to be promoted amongst Amiestreet users, who will recommend your music to others if they like it. Your songs will start off free, but as more users buy them the price goes up. It’s a nifty economic system; but what really makes Amiestreet worth your time is its dedicated user base. Check out this recent Techcrunch post about the site to find out more.

I’ve had two albums on the site for about six months, and in that time I’ve done no promotion – I haven’t added any Amiestreet widgets to my Myspace, or put the Amiestreet app on my Facebook page, or even told my friends about it. I pretty much forgot I had music up there, to be honest!

Despite that, people have come to my Amiestreet page, listened to the albums, and bought them. Considering I’ve made no effort, the stats are impressive (if laughable in the grand scheme of things!) – I’ve had 1144 listens, 142 non-free sales, and made the princely sum of $13.77.

Peanuts, obviously – but still, it’s legitimate money I’ve made from my music without putting any effort into promotion. Imagine what could be achieved if you could leverage your existing fanbase and direct them to your Amiestreet page.

Blackalicious – Deception

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