Press Kit

[Executioner213]

Do any of you have links, info, tips, etc on how to make a good press kit?

 

[discordless]

*joke*

 

[GeertSamuel]

- Biography
- Photo of your band
- Reviews
• Of your live shows
• Of your demo/cd/ep
- Your CD/demo/EP

 

[Torsis]

Yeah, do that ^^
If you're promoting for gigs, for the photos, go with single (live) shots of band members, not the "band in a faux studio all dolled up" thing.

Not that the latter is a bad thing, but the former will give a better representation of the live act.

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

Biography

And get someone that can fucking write - I review local bands for a website here, and 90% of them look almost identical to the one ^up there^

Steve

 

[Executioner213]

Ok...would anyone like to post or email me a sample of thiers? The stuff listed earlier is kinda self explanatory...I am looking for good examples of what to do, and moreso what not to do than the pic posted above. I think it is obvious that something like that is not only not what I want, but not what I planned on making either.

 

[Kazrog]

Zool was cool. Amiga forever!

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Can't remember who it was but I know I read something several years ago that a metal band did, and it made a lot of sense. When they sent their kit to the big companies, they sent T-shirts to all the employees, and the shirts looked cool, so I'm sure that didn't hurt. Can't remember who it was but I think they ended up on Century Media.


Edit: that was several years ago... for all I know, that is standard practice these days.

 

[kev]

Hiya mate- here's an old one i used in the band last year, maybe it can be of help:

http://www.sneapforum.celtiaproductions.co.uk/Kev/OmissionTechSpec.doc

 

[Polpotkin]

Another question about this. How do you send your kit, music on the CD and some (analog ) paper sheets and some photos?
We have everything on the cd (data+audio cd). Is that a bad idea?

 

[IronApe]

I don't think it's a bad idea at all. When our first demo came out, we had good reviews also because our press kit was done quite well. In one cd we put bio, photos, the complete album and our entire website...

 

[egan.]

Can't remember who it was but I know I read something several years ago that a metal band did, and it made a lot of sense. When they sent their kit to the big companies, they sent T-shirts to all the employees, and the shirts looked cool, so I'm sure that didn't hurt.

My label experience has been don't send more than you are willing to have thrown in the trash upon arrival. This isn't as true if the material has been solicited by the label.
Still, IMO, your packet should look as pro as possible for as little $ as possible.