We Want Your Feedback: Tips & Tricks For Booking A Show

We want you to get involved in the "We Are Indie" Christian Music Community.

We want this site to become a place where discussion takes place regarding what works and what doesn't work in regards to marketing and promoting your music. So we're opening the floor to our readers.




QUESTION: What are some of the tips you've discovered as an independent regarding booking shows?

Here are some topics to get you started:

• How do you go about the process?
• How often do you visit the same region?
• Do you find that leaving a certain amount of time between visits increases or decreases attendance?
• Have you found certain approaches related to booking shows that work better than others?
• If there's one key point you would want to share with anyone new to booking shows, what would it be?

We want you involved in the community. United, we stand. United, we can change the world!

The floor is yours. Please share your thoughts!

Publicity Crash Course For Dummies (And Indie Musicians)

Hypebot recently featured an interesting article entitled the "l0 Top Tips For Contacting Music Websites" written by Andy Parker of Electric Banana.

In it he basically lays out a crash course on how to conduct your own public relations. The key topics covered are:

1. Local and National Music Blogs and Websites
2. Research the Website
3. Include Mentions of the Website You Are Contacting
4. Introduce Yourself
5. Links
6. Reviews
7. Short and Snappy
8. Attach a Photo
9. Spreadsheet
10. Follow-up Emails

For those of you looking to get some attention from local, regional and/or national media, this is a great rundown on the in's and out's of presenting your material.

Read the article HERE!