In-Kind Donations
What, no coin? You can support Rigel 7 and free music without spending a nickel, or a pfenig, or whatever it is you spend. Thank you very much for your support and consideration!
Social Networking
Share Rigel 7 with your friends, either by sneaker net or through one of these social networking web sites:
- Facebook - Join our facebook fan page. It's fun and exposes Rigel 7 to your friends.
- Google+ - Follow our Google+ page and recommend it to your friends.
- Twitter - Follow us on Twitter and share Rigel 7 with your friends.
- MySpace - Friend Rigel 7 on MySpace and recommend to your friends.
- ReverbNation - Visit Rigel 7 on ReverbNation and play some tunes. This ups our stats and improves our chart position.
Radio Promotion
Rigel 7 doesn't charge money for personal, non-commercial use of its music, but earns royalties from commercial, college and independent radio charting and airplay. And by "radio," we mean both terrestrial and satellite radio broadcasts, so don't rule out XM or Sirius.
- Call your local radio station to request airplay of your favorite Rigel 7 song. If they don't have it, offer to send a 320 kbps MP3.
- Send an e-mail to your local radio station with a file attachment or link to your favorite Rigel 7 320 kbps MP3.
- Send a fax request to your local radio station, with the URL of a Rigel 7 song you'd like them to broadcast.
Internet Promotion
Do you operate a blog or other website? Show your support for free music by promoting and linking to Rigel 7.
- Fan Page - a Rigel 7 fan page created in your native language can do wonders for our exposure around the world.
- Links - Likewise, each link to our website improves our ranking in Google and other search engines. If you can't give us a page, give us a link!
- Reviews - Include Rigel 7 in your music reviews or recommend Rigel 7 to your favorite music reviewers.
- Podcast - Highlight or review Rigel 7's music in your audio podcast. Use Rigel 7's music in your intros and outros. If yours is a commercial podcast, please contact us for permission.
Buy These Products
The following products are used and recommended by Rigel 7. Follow these links to purchase them from Amazon.com and we will earn Referral Rewards.
Music Production Magazines
- Electronic Musician magazine subscription
- Recording magazine subscription
- Mix magazine subscription
- Future Music magazine subscription w/ DVD-ROM
- Computer Music magazine subscription w/ CD-ROM
Graphic Design Magazines
- Advanced Photoshop magazine subscription w/ CD-ROM
- Photoshop Creative magazine subscription w/ CD-ROM
- Communication Arts magazine subscription
- Web Designer magazine subscription w/ CD-ROM
- ImagineFX magazine subscription w/ DVD-ROM
- 3D World magazine subscription w/ CD-ROM
Music Production Books
- Mixing Audio: Concepts, Practices and Tools by Roey Izhaki
- Mastering Audio by Bob Katz
- Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals by F. Alton Everest
- The Mixing Engineer's Handbook by Bobby Owsinski
- Building a Recording Studio by Jeff Cooper
- Acoustic Design for the Home Studio by Mitch Gallagher
- Sonar X1 Power! by Scott Garrigus
Music Production Software
- Komplete 7 Virtual Instrument Bundle by Native Instruments
- Komplete 7 Upgrade from prior version by Native Instruments
- Kore 2 Hardware and Software Controller by Native Instruments
- Guitar Rig 3 Amp Simulator and Controller by Native Instruments
- Sonar X1 Multi-track audio & MIDI Sequencing Software by Cakewalk
- Sound Forge 10 Audio Editing & Mastering Software by Sony
- Waves Gold Native Bundle Audio Processing Plug-Ins
- Waves Mercury Native Bundle Audio Processing Plug-Ins