Posted in Booking & Promotion, Music 2.0/Networking, tagged band pormotion, band wikis, bands, bands on wikipedia, fans, gigdoggy, myspace, profile, Wikipedia, wikipedia band page on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is something I wasn’t expecting. Yahoo just provided some data on users who look up band information, and apparently fans are favoring the Wikipedia link to the MySpace link by a factor of than 2 to 1! Come to think of it, why not? A Wikipedia page is so clean and practical it almost [...]
Posted in Band Revenue, tagged Band Revenue, booking gigs, booking show, gigdoggy, license, magnatune, music blog, music licensing, pre cleared music, pump audio, royalty free music, stock music, the way bands do it, youlicense on March 27, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Here you will find part 2:
Why bands should consider online music licensing (2)
Ok, so we all know that living off our music as bands is no walk in the woods, unless were speaking about woods infested with blood thirsty grizzlies. So what other options do we have besides making money at the door and selling [...]
Posted in Band Talk, tagged bad musicians, band commitment, band motivation, bands, concerts, finding gigs, finding rehearsal spaces, gigdoggy, gigs, good musicians, indie bands, infusician, music selection, shows, sonicbids, woozyfly on March 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well geez where do I begin… The hardest part I find is to get everyone to be on the same page as far as the music selection…and motivation…….and commitment….”
Gunner – www.myspace.com/guitargunn
Commitment has always been a MAJOR issue, music selection is always a pain and motivation is NOTORIOUSLY a problem. One more point I might add… [...]
Posted in Band Revenue, tagged booking shows, dick dale, frank zappa, gig swap, gigdoggy, gigs, indie, indie bands, licensing, major record labels, music licensing, record labels, royalties, shows, sign with a major label, steve albini, Touring & Gig Swapping on March 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Dick Dale knows what he’s talking about. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the name, you’re most certainly familiar with his music. He’s the king of surf guitar and basically created the style with ‘Misirlou’, the track from Pulp Fiction. He has been struggling with the music industry ever [...]
Posted in Booking & Promotion, tagged band promotion, band quotes, bands, Booking & Promotion, concert promotion, gig promotion, gigdoggy, how bands promote, how to promote your band, independant radio, local press, local publications, mailing list, meet club owners, music promotion, muysic blog, myspace, promoting bands, promoting gigs, promoting shows, promoting your band, quotes, relationships, spreading the word on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
5 pointer method:
How to get people to keep coming to shows:
1) Post about your show on MySpace, Facebook, and any other site where you can post events for your band
2) Every time you are talking to someone, if they ask you what you are up to these days (and this comes up in almost [...]
Posted in Booking & Promotion, tagged band buzz, band friends, band promotion, band quotes, bands, Booking & Promotion, booking agents, booking gigs, booking shows, buzz, concert promotion, gig promotion, gigdoggy, local media, local press, local promoters, music, myspace, promote band, promoting a gig, promotion strategy, put up posters, quotes, radio, selling cds, sonicbids, word to mouth on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Band’s tale:
Booking gigs is easy. It’s getting a person to come that’s hard. So here’s how it works:
You look around at coffee shops and little bars that no one goes to and the owners are thrilled to have you come and play. But they can’t afford to pay you. You go and tell everyone [...]
