Whether its a traditional radio interview or an online podcast, here are a handful of things you can do to make sure your interview goes off without a hitch. Check out these tips: ELIMINATE DEAD-SPACE When the hosts asks you a question, be ready to answer immediately. Two seconds of pausing on the air feels [...]
If you’re like me, you’re probably sending out email after email to venues, radio stations, and blogs, in the hopes of booking a show or getting your music reviewed. It can quickly become very old! But as someone who also wears the editor hat (while writing and maintaining this blog), I get alot of [...]
No matter what job you’re doing…even if it’s your dream job, you’ll always have a few things you hate to do. Here are a few of those: (note: no post this Wednesday or Thursday due to the Holiday) Blog Most artists don’t think blogs/journals are important. Simply put, they are. If I like an [...]
So what is a “One Sheet”? It’s a music term. Literally its one page of information about you, your music, your acheivements and anything else that is helpful in “selling” your product. By selling I mean selling the idea of your music and/or selling physical copies. Music PR Writer, Heather McDonald says it best… “A one [...]
Last week Sean Atkins of The Lost Sea came up with a really great idea for artists in Pittsburgh – The Digital Mixtape. An online compilation CD with up to19+ songs by indie artists. Web surfers can go to a website, download the mp3s and be exposed to several artists they’ve never heard of (and a few that [...]
To read the first part of this blog, visit Creating Content #1. Here are some additional ways to create content for your website(s). Widgets I used to be extremely skeptically of using widgets on my page but everyone is using them these days and they are such a great way to simply beef up your page(s). What’s a [...]
Sonicbids more or less introduced the world (and independent artists) to EPKs – Electronic Press Kits. EPKs provide a cost effective way for musicians to submit their music to potential booking agents, venues, festivals, reviewers, radio stations…etc. An EPK allows artist to post, a bio, pictures, press, upcoming shows, audio, video, and even sound requirements for [...]
Someone will say “No” to you. That’s pretty much the worse that can happen is. But somehow that holds so many artists back from reaching their full potential. “No” should never deter you from trying to do something you think is impossible. Here are some thoughts/ideas of seemingly outlandish things that you may think are out [...]
