Most online tutorials teaching your band how to book shows are missing pertinent information, just like the underwear gnomes. They usually have three steps: 1. select dates and venue, 2. contact venue and then 3. play the show. Hunh? What happened in that second step? How do you contact the venue? What do you even [...]
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Bandcamp: ONLINE PRESENCE 2/1 Recap
February 2, 2009 – 1:09 am
Today’s Bandcamp was a perfect demonstration of the wealth of knowledge that individuals in the Houston Music Community are holding. Through an open discussion about online presence, tips, tricks and best practices for bands were unlocked. Every attendee walked away with a fresh outlook on utilizing the internet for active or passive promotion of their [...]
Bandcamp: ONLINE PRESENCE
January 31, 2009 – 11:31 am
Your website is one of the most important tools you have as an artist. It’s a place for people to discover and listen to your music, contact you, purchase your merchandise and more. Your website acts as a promoter, publicist and dj and it does all this 24/7 for anyone in the world.
In addition to [...]
Bandcamp: TOURING
January 3, 2009 – 10:39 am
Every month at Caroline Collective, members of Houston’s Music Community meet for open discussion and to learn new skills that can help them succeed in their craft. Tomorrow is the monthly Bandcamp session, focusing on Touring. The session will be led by Gretchen Schmaltz of Western Civilization, Sara Winter of Warehouse Live and Terry Crane [...]
Touring is One of the Practices of a Successful Band
January 2, 2009 – 3:35 pm
Touring is one of the most important practices of a successful band. If you have any aspirations at all of making your band or your craft your career it’s important to tour regularly to stay in the public eye and to expand the geographical borders of your audience.
There are few bad reasons to tour. It [...]