Writing the songs for your hit debut album was just half the work - to get publicity, you're going to need to search for Religious music labels. Since many labels exist, search far and wide - try everybody until you find a Religious music record company that truly fits you.

Religious and New Age music labels cover a large spectrum of music. These include everything from the mainstream sounds of a Christian Rock record label to the ambient preferences of Relaxation music labels. Keep these steps in mind as your music group progresses toward doing business with a Religious music record label:

1. Prepare a demo tape or audition piece that most accurately promotes the type and quality of your band's music.

2. Decide whether you would prefer to work with a major company or independent New Age label or Christian Music label.

3. Promote your group to multiple labels in order to diversify options and build backup plans.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Work with a Christian record label that supports your style of music

Christian music record labels are in a massive market, covering everything from Christian Rock to Hip-Hop to Gospel. Bands should focus on selling to a Christian music label if the basis of their work is promoting Christian values with positive messages.

I recommend: Contemporary bands should check out Organic Music as a potential Christian Rock record label or N*Soul Records for Christian Hip-Hop, Dance, Techno, and Electronica. Groups seeking Gospel and Spiritual music record labels should try Verity Records or EMI Gospel.

Market your music group to a New Age music record company

New Age labels look for groups who can weave together the most relaxing, reviving sounds of the world's offerings of music. Imaginative artists with unique and stunning sounds ought to market themselves heavily in this direction.

I recommend: Try Real Music, a large New Age music label, or consider Silver Wave as a smaller indie alternative.

Sell music in the ambient genre to a Relaxation music label

Relaxation music labels - an offshoot of the New Age record label genre - produce music with the goal of bringing inner peace and healing to their listeners. They are a rapidly growing market, popular with everyone from yoga instructors to commuters drowning out the noises of the road around them.

I recommend: Contact Hemi-Sync, a company that manufactures Relaxation music CDs, and see if they are interested in your approach. For an indie approach, consider Talking Drum Records, another of the many Relaxation music labels.

Locate alternative Religious and New Age music record labels

Hundreds of religious and New Age music record labels exist that are looking for new artists, so if one rejects your group's work, try another. An online search of labels will help you to find alternative labels in your group's respective genre.

I recommend: allrecordlabels.com will help you find a record label; it contains every genre available. For the hands-on, RecordLabelResource.com will teach your band how to become its own indie label entirely from scratch.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  If your music group is up to the challenge, you can do your own promotions and production. While you may not sell as many copies, at least you'll keep every cent you earn.