For Bands – Page 2

5 Ways Your Band Should Be Using Facebook

November 4, 2013

Facebook for bands is a Rubik’s Cube. If it works, it can really work. But if it doesn’t… it’s embarrassing. A lot of bands use Facebook on a less-than-monthly basis, but there’s some power to steadily creating a stream of content for fans. In fact, I realized the impact of social media when I was…

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3 Social Media Mistakes We Can Learn from the Concert that Never Was

October 10, 2013

This post originally appeared on MarchPR.com. I recently tried to go to a concert here in Boston. I won’t name the venue or the bands, even the most popular of which is pretty much unknown. The show was on a Monday night. My mission was to see one band in particular, but I didn’t know…

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How Pandora Could Help Bands Sell Tickets to Shows

September 20, 2013

Last week, I ventured out to see a band I had discovered on Pandora – El Ten Eleven. I’ve known about them since 2009, when their song, “My Only Swerving,” emerged onto one of my radio stations. Ever since I graduated college and moved to a place where bands actually visit, I’ve been periodically checking…

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Forget Facebook, Your Band Needs Email Marketing

September 6, 2013

Bands have a lot of different attitudes when it comes to how they use Facebook. You’ve got the guys who don’t like to fill out any information. Then the ones who prefer to post vague and mysterious, almost nonsensical blocks of text. You’ve also got overly gracious bands that thank fans for being at shows…

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Does Giving Away Your Music for Free Really Get People to Buy It?

August 20, 2013

In October 2012, I was inspired to start this website (at least in its current form), because I talked to a musician. Specifically, I talked to Owen Packard, the guitarist for UK-based metal band, Earthtone9. I was trying to figure out whether eBooks and mp3s could still make authors and musicians some kind of money.…

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Are Spotify & Pandora Killing Music?

July 24, 2013

Last week, Thom Yorke of Radiohead caused something of an uproar when he proclaimed that he was pulling his music (or at least the stuff he held the rights to) from the online streaming service, Spotify. He wasn’t worried for himself, really, but for the bands and musicians looking to sell their stuff and promote…

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Is Writing & Music & Art Getting Specialized to Death?

June 20, 2013

I just watched “Dear Mr. Watterson,” a light-hearted documentary about the impact that Bill Watterson’s ever-famous, ever-persistent comic strip, Calvin & Hobbes, has had on people over the years. The part that gripped me most was when several prominent cartoonists spoke in extremely gloomy terms about new media. Berkeley Breathed, the cartoonist behind Opus, Bloom County, and Outland,…

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6 Ways to Promote Your Band Online

May 15, 2013

When it comes to promoting creative stuff online, I think bands might have a bigger problem than anyone, even authors. Now that bands can upload music to a Bandcamp page in about five minutes, they can give their stuff away. You know, the music they made. For free. To no one. They can also charge…

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