Band promotion links VII

Just links to two new articles this time, but especially the first one is bound to give you plenty of reading material.

Recently I discovered the Sentric Blog. Sentric Music helps unsigned and ...

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2 Budget Recording Set-Ups

With sites as MySpace and Last.fm it's extremely easy to get your music to people all over the world. There's just one small catch: you gotta have recorded music available. Promoting your music ...

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Band promotion links VI

It's februari now, so you changes are you already are struggling with your (musical) goals you set for yourself or your band. Here are some articles that could help ...

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Tutorial: Adding your band logo to the top of your MySpace profile

One thing most of the MySpace pages of professional bands have in common is that they show large logos or promotional images on the top of their MySpace pages. In ...

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Metal logos

A few months back I wrote an article about great logo resources.

In that article I wrote that one of the rules of logo design is to make your logo readable. Well, I ignored a big part of ...

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Band promotion links V

Another bunch of articles that tell you how to promote your music online:

Smashing Magazine is a long time favorite of mine. The focus is mostly on ...

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Band promotion links IV

Part four in a series of links to articles that tell you how to promote your music online:

10 Mistakes Bands and ...

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Poll: do you play in a band?

A lot of the posts I write lately are aimed at people in bands trying to promote their music online. I'm curious about the people visiting this blog.
How many of you actually play in a ...

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Resources for creating a great band logo

Just like your biography your logo is one of your main tools for promoting your band.

The logo of your band is one of the main ...

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Band promotion links III

Another bunch of articles that tell you how to promote your music online:

KnowTheMusicBiz.com is a great online community for emerging artists, musicians ...

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Band promotion links II

After my last post with links about promoting your music online I found another batch of great articles.

Why You Should Have Free ...

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7 Pointers for writing a good band biography

A good biography is one of the most powerful promotional tools a band has. It should tell bookers why they should book your band, it should tell potential fans why they should listen to your music ...

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Band promotion links I

Here are some great articles for people interested in promoting their band/music online.

What's Your Music ...

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Band promotion 101

So, you found some like-minded musicians, got a cool band name, wrote your first few songs: You're ready for world domination. There's just one slight problem: nobody knows your band even ...

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Using Last.fm to promote your band in 6 easy steps

Last.fm is a great site for music listeners, but it also has great potential for bands to promote their music. In this article I'll show how you can promote your music using Last.fm. In this article ...

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10 things I hate about your band's site - Part III

The 3rd installment of my article series about usability issues regarding websites. Also read Part I & Part II.

5. Splash screens

Introduction pages, or splash screens as they're also ...

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10 things I hate about your band's site - Part II

Part 2 in my article series focusing on bad things on the websites of bands. In Part I I discussed overusing Flash and claiming a good domain. This time I'll focus on navigation and sound.

3. ...

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10 things I hate about your band's site - Part I

Music isn't the only thing I have strong opinions about, I also have some ideas about websites, and what's good and bad about them. Because this is a music oriented weblog in this article I'll focus ...

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