Comments on: Tips on Promoting Your Band

By: Diana Stone

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Really good advice. I think that tells it like it is.

By: Tom Janssen

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Mike.

A timely article as I was pondering these very points myself just this morning, not having a clue about that kind of thing. I find the current trend of Bring-Your-Own-Crowd oriented promoters rather annoying. Sadly, most don’t have the insights from both perspectives as you do.
See you for the Preston gig!

By: Tom Ed Sharp

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Hey Michael,
There seems to be alot of different sites and accounts you can have these days…too many! Do you think it is better to have a presence on them all or concentrate on just a few and make them really slick and professional?

REPLY:
Hi Tom,
I reckon that the well known sites- Facebook, Youtube and Myspace are pretty essential. There are a LOT of others though and it’s hard to know how effective they really are.
I’ve always thought the point of these sites isn’t to give the reader every single bit of info but instead is to act as a door to your main .com website. The more doors you have, presumably the more people will check your main site.
From a promoter’s point of view, I’d strongly recommend all musicians focusing heavily on Youtube. I’m far more likely to book a band that has a couple of videos of them playing live than a band with nothing to show except for a few MP3s.
Mike

By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the comments Guys

By: Rosco Gosling

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

An interesting read! Thanks Michael!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Nice article Mike, lots of good ideas to take on board. Thanks for making time to write it, I hope those bands appreciate your words of wisdom!