dannygoodman
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- Aug 24, 2009
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Ok, I've been toying with this idea for a while now, firstly, a little about myself. I'm a working musician first and IM'er second. I live in the UK and studied music performance/business/history etc for 3 years at A level.
Now, I have friends that have "Made it" in originals bands today and I have friends that did it 20 years ago. Needless to say, the industry has changed since the internet and social networking has been around.
Another thing i've noticed is that bands are run like businesses now more than ever and with the home recording technology of today, Record companies are almost useless if you have the know how, funding and a good business model to do it alone.
Now i'm almost at a stage with my originals band where we have a finished product and are ready to promote ourselves in every way possible and I'm looking to go blackhat and whitehat with it.
I'm thinking initially..
Record a good EP and get it up on itunes.
Boost myspace traffic/friends with friend adder pro + Decaptcha.
Use my own software to gain thousands of twitter followers by following the followers of similar bands/artists.
Use the facebook group "invite by email" on my 150k UK mailing list.
Also, mail them to go and check out the band, and maybe add a new optin for people to receive news/gig updates.
Now I know this will get a lot of interest as the band is quite contemporary (funk/soul/R&B) and very radio friendly.
Now as a backup, I have Senuke and Xrumer, I'm thinking that these tools may do more harm than good if I'm not careful but they could be vital.
The aim of this is to generate enough buzz about the band to make a regional/national tour worth doing, and hopefully get some itunes downloads to pay for merchandise to sell on the tour.
Is there anything I'm missing? Would you do anything differently? how exactly would you use xrumer/senuke to promote a band?
Thanks, look forward to replies
Now, I have friends that have "Made it" in originals bands today and I have friends that did it 20 years ago. Needless to say, the industry has changed since the internet and social networking has been around.
Another thing i've noticed is that bands are run like businesses now more than ever and with the home recording technology of today, Record companies are almost useless if you have the know how, funding and a good business model to do it alone.
Now i'm almost at a stage with my originals band where we have a finished product and are ready to promote ourselves in every way possible and I'm looking to go blackhat and whitehat with it.
I'm thinking initially..
Record a good EP and get it up on itunes.
Boost myspace traffic/friends with friend adder pro + Decaptcha.
Use my own software to gain thousands of twitter followers by following the followers of similar bands/artists.
Use the facebook group "invite by email" on my 150k UK mailing list.
Also, mail them to go and check out the band, and maybe add a new optin for people to receive news/gig updates.
Now I know this will get a lot of interest as the band is quite contemporary (funk/soul/R&B) and very radio friendly.
Now as a backup, I have Senuke and Xrumer, I'm thinking that these tools may do more harm than good if I'm not careful but they could be vital.
The aim of this is to generate enough buzz about the band to make a regional/national tour worth doing, and hopefully get some itunes downloads to pay for merchandise to sell on the tour.
Is there anything I'm missing? Would you do anything differently? how exactly would you use xrumer/senuke to promote a band?
Thanks, look forward to replies