July 14, 2021 The process of promoting an album should always begin before the recording of your first session. During concerts, you test and determine the songs your audience love the most. A solid campaign before release can help build excitement for your album release, develop your target audience, and turn occasional fans into real fans. Through music, people can be brought together uniquely.
June 26, 2020 When you’ve got your music ready, you want to send it out into the world for everyone to listen to it, but the worst thing you could do is to send it out in shoddy clothing. It’s important that you get your branding right. You only get one shot. Here are some common mistakes that I see over and over again. And how to avoid them.
March 23, 2020 So you’ve hit the big time (or maybe just big enough) and have decided to go on tour with your band. Veterans and newbies alike need some guidance before they put rubber to the road.
February 7, 2020 I was fortunate enough to be able to leave my day job 10 years ago this April to become a full-time musician and booking agent.
Actually? That was my second time leaving but the first one just didn’t take….
Regardless, if there’s one thing Corporate America and band life have in common, it is a strong dislike of anything resembling a meeting.
Advice, Managing tagged advice for bands, band management, bands September 26, 2019 You may have spent thousands of hours practicing your instrument and perfecting your singing tone, but musical talent is only one element that factors into your success as a band. Band members need to develop business skills, too, when it comes to marketing, promoting, and networking. Whether you’re seeking out your next performance opportunity or are engaging with fans to build anticipation around your upcoming album release, you’ll need some business skills to be a successful musician.
Advice, Business, Career, Marketing tagged Business, Content Marketing, advice for bands, networking, social media September 3, 2019 Most musicians either start or join a band because they love music and they want to share their talents with the world. It’s nice to think about all of the perks and exciting things that can come with a successful music career, but ultimately, most musicians aren’t entrepreneurs.
In order to find success as a musician, though, you have to think of your band more like a business. You might have the greatest talent in the world and the catchiest songs anyone has ever heard, but if you can’t attract people to your band, you’ll never have an audience and your career will fade out before it even gets off the ground.
Advice, Branding, Marketing tagged advice for bands, band image, how to promote December 2, 2018 Playing music in a band isn’t all about writing and playing songs live (at least not anymore). In 2018, you must be ahead of the curve and be proactive with your content. Social media, graphic design, video production, and even music production should all be fields you become familiar with.
Advice, Production tagged Advice, DIY, advice for bands, music production August 17, 2018 The next is a set of the utmost effective 5 points a new indie rock band should do to make a good record. Bear in mind these basic principles when assembling work. In my experience as an artist I have discovered them to be invaluable! This informative article from anyassigment is designed to help your new band create something wonderful, so just relax, and involve some fun!
Advice tagged Advice, Band, DIY, advice for bands May 23, 2017 Whether you like it or not, when you’re touring, selling merch, and making gig money, your band is a business—a limited liability corporation (LLC), if you choose to register that way. As such, it pays to think about how you’re going to manage the business, particularly if you’re touring abroad. Granted, a manager can do this for you—but you have to pay her, don’t you? Why not handle this stuff yourself?
Advice, Touring tagged DIY, DIY management, advice for bands, band touring, budgeting, touring