Project 500

About me:

This is NOT the right place to find mainstream music. Clueless and undemanding people desperate to be in on the latest hip band should leave this page immediately. Knowledgeable epicures understand that astounding performance with artistic creativity, versatility and subtle emotions are still the raison d’etre (right to exist) of music.

PROJECT 500 BAND PROMOTION is a fully self-organized, not-for-profit effort to support the international rock/metal underground scene. It is based in Germany and was formed by Helmut Schnug in January 2007. Since then, this page counted 112,310 unique site hits.

Rock gurus call him *truffle pig* due to his particular and unconventional taste in music. His ambitious obsessive aim on this earth is to help get worthy underground bands creative ideas off the ground by connecting people.

PROJECT 500 BAND PROMOTION introduces careful hand-selected bands to others who might be able to inspire one another and get a project successfully on the go, such as...

• other bands for planning common gigs / tours (main act or support band)

• concert venues + festival organizers

• booking agents (tour- or single gig booking, roadmanagement, tour-companion)

• excellent mail-order shops

• very reasonably prized CD / digipak / vinyl pressing plants in Germany (high-quality standards)

• recommended webzines to get worthy reviews of your full-length album (no EP’s)

• other platforms with a quickly growing pool of musicians

• music forums + databases

PROJECT 500 prefers strategic and operational consulting, efficiant networking and subtle *Guerrilla* campaigns with a genuine global approach to get your band's name recognition considerably increased. Music marketing doesn't have to be expensive or flashy to be effective. Pursuing to get signed to a record label is usually overrated. 90% of all labels are dubious sharks filling their own pockets - a forced prostitution for most bands. Unless you're the next PINK FLOYD or ACDC, there are tenthousand other bands like you. Make yourself stand out from the rest by being professional from the beginning. Use our advices to squeeze the most out of your music marketing. Now it's your turn to soak up these ideas and put them to work for you!