Band promotion. What works and what doesn't.

[fidla]

I've been doing this for a long time, promoting, booking bands.

So I have my own ideas about what works and what doesn't. But I'd like to hear what you think. I know what Mindspell thinks.

How about you?

 

[FuSoYa]

what doesn't work: freaking out on the internet

 

[inkybmistro]

not being gay?

 

[Baliset]

you want to know what works?

starting a message board for your band where people can interact with the band on a personal level and where the band doesn't give a fuck if the threads are on-topic or not therefore making the board accessible to outsiders who may not have ever heard the band. as egomaniacal as i can be sometimes i really don't like taking time from my busy work day to post on this board and talk about my band.

yeah considering our overall cd sales have gone up and attendance has gone up at our concerts proves that obviously our little experiment worked and people who complain about there not being more band-related info on our board need to just CHILL the fuck out.

greg has spoken

 

[Baliset]

ps. i also agree heavily with toby's post

 

[Baliset]

what also works?

not doing what every other band in the world tries to do for promotion. being unique. not conforming to what other people tell you to do.

again its worked in our favor so far so...

 

[avi]

certainly acting like a self-righteous toddler doesn't work, I can assure you

 

[NAD]

 

[lizard]

hee hee

 

[Josh Seipp]

oh man a+ one inch man

 

[Baliset]

yeah i thought my posts were good but one inch man left me in the dust. BRAVO.

 

[fiddla]

one inch DICK

 

[FalseTodd]

yeah i like being the teddy bear

 

[lizard]

adrian is reaping in the kudos!
I still think you should stick with KingNadistheSuxxor@%#^ acct tho.

 

[xfer]

greg just freaked out on the internet

 

[lizard]

it's the quiet, humble ones you've got to be careful with.

 

[azal]

also, hand jobs.

 

[NAD]

adrian is reaping in the kudos!
I still think you should stick with KingNadistheSuxxor@%#^ acct tho.

Dude that account is so not me! I used it like 6 months ago but someone else created it and just let me borrow it once or twice.

 

[lizard]

Best fake name except for ______________

 

[Albert Fish]

I've found explicitly personal letters to be the best form of promotion.