Band Promotion

Band Promotion 101 - Back to Basics
I’ve been meaning to write a post about the essential steps to the bigger ’system’ of the new music industry, not just the online component that we talk about alot on this blog. Turns out Jimmy Shelter has already said it better than I ...

Flat Duo Jets unveil soundtrack to documentary film ...
While the band is now long gone, the duo has announced release of Two Headed Cow, the soundtrack to the 2006 documentary of the same name. The disc contains seventeen unreleased tracks recorded in 1986, ranging from early FDJ favorites ...

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Bridges and Powerlines to release debut album Ghost Types helmed ...
The band spent much of 2007 writing and recording while further developing their sound. The completed 11-song record is equal parts nineties-styled indie-rock, psych-influenced harmony and analog synth intricacy. ...

Promote Your Band Using Various Marketing Methods
Once people have bought a bands CD and their tee shirt, and seen the band live now what? Note, promoting a band is a lot of more then just t-shirts and cd&;s hell anyone can do that! You need to promote in many ways, ...

I think this is awesome promotion of creativity
The band has given me the music, the feeling, and I like moving through my own visions. Frankly I also hate the sexism in many of the commercial videos too, but that's another complaint. To me, it's similar to watching a movie before ...

League City Band’s Love/Hate Relationship w/ SXSW
“When I moved to California there were other labels that picked up those records, put money into promotion and re-released them. That got back to Texas and now people are like ‘Oh! You should play here!’” Ashley laughs at that. ...

Ringo readies 10th All-Starr Band - Music-News.com
“My live shows are a peace-and-love fest. That’s my main promotion, really,” Ringo said recently in an interview. His first all-Starr band went on tour in 1989. It gives Ringo a chance to perform his greatest hits including Beatles ...

The Raconteurs
We wanted to explore the idea of releasing an album everywhere at once and THEN marketing and promoting it thereafter. The Raconteurs would rather this release not be defined by it’s first weeks sales, pre-release promotion, ...

Jerry Frey
Jerry had played trumpet in his early years in the band. He told me once about showing up for a concert and getting a field promotion to lead trumpet because somebody didn’t show up. The band performed a particularly challenging piece, ...