Master of My Domain

Jerry_Seinfeld

No, this post has nothing to do with old Seinfeld episodes. I’m talking about internet domain names. I registered JosephREllis.com in 2013. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with it, at first. So I just forwarded it to my LinkedIn profile for awhile. After I signed up for ReverbNation, I decided to forward the domain there. Pretty soon, my profile there seemed to stagnate and almost nobody was listening to my tracks. So, I forwarded my domain to my SoundCloud profile. Now, I know the value of a domain name. I’m in the domain sales and web hosting business, after all. I kept thinking that I should host that domain on my web hosting company’s server and create a site for my music. Yesterday, I finally did it. Using the WordPress blogging platform, I whipped up this site that now gives me a place to consolidate all of my audio tracks, videos and social media links. Plus, it finally gives me a place to use some of the ReverbNation widgets!  This may actually breathe new life into my ReverbNation profile!  What do you think? How important is it for musicians to have their own website?

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