Getting Publicity for Your Band Part 1
If you?re an independent musician, chances are you?re wearing several hats on any given day-- booking agent, manager, publicist, and anything else that needs taken care of. When it comes to being your own publicist, the goal is to get your name out to potential fans and even current ones as much as possible. Staying in their ?radar? will help you immensely, helping you get attendance at shows, selling more records, and the like. One place to get started is to create a fact sheet for your band that you can then distribute to booking agents, send to music journalists before an upcoming show, or anyone else who needs to know about your band and what you?re about.
Here are some basics you?ll want to include on your fact sheet:
The name of your band: Nirvana
Genre of music you play: Grunge
City of Origin: Seattle
Band members?by name and instrument: Kurt Cobain- lead vocals, guitar....
Points of Interest- how many records have your released? What venues have you played? What are your lyrics usually about?
Additional Info?here?s where you include anything else you may think is worth knowing. Who?s reviewed your band favorably, any radio or TV appearances, and the like.
Contact information- I can?t stress this enough. At the bottom of your fact sheet, include your band name, contact numbers, email, your website, JukeboxAlive URL, Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace information. Remember that the more opportunities you give to be contacted, the better!