i-bands.net [READ ONLY MODE] :: View topic - How to expose your band/music work in wider range?

Jiro · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:13 am Post subject:

Ok guys.. this topic kinda get seriously knocking in my head since few days ago.

lets talk crap first.

dulu..once upon a time.. Myspace is the best alternative way to promote your band. Its the biggest factor of modern music band get well known and being noticed. Since 10 years ago, there is like million band came across the world thru myspace, and the fact giving good traffic to the website it self and a good crap people who like to spam that leads to end of it era.

then Facebook came out and being popular among people who love to socializing in the net. But there is no option given to the band like myspace music did. Eventually now in our local scene or industries or maybe virtual social networking are more up to date with Facebook rather than Myspace which is the bad thing for who still stuck in myspace or maybe a younger kids who just establish their band hard to get fan or being heard in the range of local capacity.

Now the social networking is getting bigger, in band it self now have purevolume.com , reverbnation.com, used to have amp.channelv , used to have ibands.net band page and more to be discover. But it seems not work very fluently as some of people like to spent more time looking at chicks picture in facebook, updating his/her wall status with flashing activities and stuff.

Ok, the real picture now infront of me is, how to set your band or song get know widely at least in your local area.

Professional method shall be done by submitting to radio for band or artist who already make an effort to record in professional studio for better playing quality to played on air. But that would be sound so mainstream and involving alot of money at the most. And also the biggest factor of alot band/song that deserve to be on air are DONT KNOW HOW TO SUBMIT THEIR MATERIAL to respective person in-charge of collecting valuable records.

Quit talking about some people in the radio are taking advantage by asking for ransom or under-table envelope. Sometime the place need a price. But there is part of band it self need to quit talking about royalty, copyrights and stuff as i believe the first stage of promoting to get know first, if you just want to make money at all in the first wave, that should be hard as people dont even know you, and appreciation come later when they love you.

Get expose in via media, magazine, television show, chart show, newspaper, and alot more. This stage is quite big to be earn, there is only if youre well notice by the writer or youre connected to the writer. Bias, cronyism are well picture since stone age. So it is u to decide which path you want, to be respected or to be such a cheap guy who need attention. But both way never a mistake or a wrong way, to walk the talk always need an action, rather take what ever offer than just being held because of egoistic epidemic.

Playing live show is the best after all, the old school way, but it seems now the rivalry Underground VS Mainstream had taken the place on the effect of today scene and industries. Some crap people would like to boycott indie scene while the others just being the fire stone. Vice Versa!! never have an end only on 1 side, it always both to be blame. So today we see there is less gig in our own town, less crowd to come and support even it is free concert. See what your old brother did? f**k this and that, now the new age kid cannot get an experience watching live band instead of youtube.

So now comes to the climax part, where are all this supporting attitude of our 1Malaysia ??

Just keeping to yourself is not a good attitude, if the song are good or maybe the band is your friend, at most please to share it with others. 10 years ago yes, its sooo lame to go 1 to 1 persons just to tell them about the band u just heard. But now facebook, twitter, myspace, all share the sync feature of update status. Its not that crap to share with people what u just listen.

"Everybody want to change the world, but no body want to die" - MCR - Na na na

So now i dont want to write a longer article because it gonna be a big complaint / sigh / tired of promoting band.

Do share with the rest of us, how to promote our band / music more effective that can make the scane hype again like it used to be.

Im not a guy who good a social networking, the button "suggest to friend" already been push, and already come to end of friend list, but still the band / music didnt get know widely. To see some new band manage to get fans,friend turboly massive, so how they do it? Please do share the trick.

and if people who in here know how to submit our music work to radio, please share with us.

p/s: i admit im out of idea how to promote the band and music.
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