Post by Audiozoo on Sept 1, 2017 19:28:37 GMT
Busk Me Up are an excellent band who's videos can be viewed directly on their Facebook page.
Audiozoo Busker's Showcase: audiozoo.proboards.com/thread/225/busk-me
Alright, I have two main goals in replying to this email:
1. To give you my initial response based on what benefits you may find by extending your social media outreach
2. To provide you with some examples I may be able to find that would further demonstrate the potential of using a larger amount of social media platforms.
I have been using soundcloud.com for around 5 years now, and I have met many different types of music presentation groups/solo artists.
I noticed a trend that statistics do not accurately represent a music presenter's fanbase. I have started a non-profit organization in order to assist those I deem to be 'talented' (and also willing to collaborate/interact with other people online) to receive some assistance through my experience of using various types of social media.
I am still learning about various types of social media platform, as I have noticed a difference in response related to where different types of music presenter shares their work, so I have a personal interest in learning the ideal places for sharing music.
I understand that your main objective as a band is to have fun playing together, and do improvised music covers, and I think your band does an excellent job at this.
However, the skills I have witnessed first hand from the 3 of you, give me the impression that there is much potential for your band to reach a larger audience.
I believe this because I have met and heard so many others and I have played with other musicians for over 20 years in church on a weekly basis, so I feel confident in my ability to judge talent, which is why I operate as a talent scout and internet based music promoter.
Also, through doing song reviews, I am now in the fortunate position that I'm able to recommend artists to certain record label owners, and assist artists in getting their song releases signed. I intend to grow this and eventually start my own label so that I don't have to rely on just recommending artists, I want to be able to help them build careers myself.
I think it's a good thing that your goals are currently met by your busking efforts, because it is not predictable how people will respond to music presentation online. Sometimes it will be well received, other times it will not. This isn't necessarily because of the quality of the music being presented, but more related to the strategy of marketing being applied to it.
Considering your goals are already being fulfilled, there is therefore less to lose by attempting to extend your outreach, than someone who is hoping to achieve unrealistic results from sharing music online. I have seen what that looks like from personal experience!
So my recommendation at this time to you would be: make a soundcloud & a twitter page, and I can promote your band!
If you make a soundcloud page, I would be more than happy to add one of your audio recordings to a playlist that I have been promoting for around 2-3 months now, with approx. 62 artists in it so far. Hopefully you have a way to record it in a studio (as opposed to a mobile phone's microphone with background noise).
My aim is to advertise one song from each of them, so that the amount of visitors their pages receives can increase. I do this for free because my loyalty is to helping talented people to get noticed even if they are not highly experienced in promoting their music.
Also, if you have a twitter page, even if you are not actively using your pages it will not matter, as I drive the activity and traffic to the artists I am promoting, by visiting their social media pages once a month - something I call a 'roster tour'. This is what I define as 'orbital promotion' as opposed to 'firework promotion'.
Firework promotion happens once - and then it is forgotten about.
Orbital promotion happens on a cycle. It repeats, the artist/band is not forgotten about by the promoter. This is how I am trying to change the music industry.
I have seen a friend of mine get a song singed to a record label, on a single release deal, and after 6 months, the record label no longer promoted their music. After all their hard work & achievement it seemed they had reverted back to a similar situation to being an unsigned artist.
Don't worry about making a YouTube channel as the costs of a high quality video camera could be costly, but if you DO have a YouTube channel, and you have people choosing to share smartphone recordings of your band busking, this is a way for your band to be noticed more online.
If you choose to make a YouTube page, that can also be a great thing for you in the long run, because I have recently discovered that it is possible for buskers to get paid on the internet, by performing live by webcam. YouTube has a feature called 'Superchat' (for donation) which is only available if you have 1000 subscribers or more.
My twitter: twitter.com/audiozoomusic
Thanks for enduring the long reply,
Jermaine
Audiozoo Busker's Showcase: audiozoo.proboards.com/thread/225/busk-me
my email response to a band I recently started promoting!
Alright, I have two main goals in replying to this email:
1. To give you my initial response based on what benefits you may find by extending your social media outreach
2. To provide you with some examples I may be able to find that would further demonstrate the potential of using a larger amount of social media platforms.
I have been using soundcloud.com for around 5 years now, and I have met many different types of music presentation groups/solo artists.
I noticed a trend that statistics do not accurately represent a music presenter's fanbase. I have started a non-profit organization in order to assist those I deem to be 'talented' (and also willing to collaborate/interact with other people online) to receive some assistance through my experience of using various types of social media.
I am still learning about various types of social media platform, as I have noticed a difference in response related to where different types of music presenter shares their work, so I have a personal interest in learning the ideal places for sharing music.
I understand that your main objective as a band is to have fun playing together, and do improvised music covers, and I think your band does an excellent job at this.
However, the skills I have witnessed first hand from the 3 of you, give me the impression that there is much potential for your band to reach a larger audience.
I believe this because I have met and heard so many others and I have played with other musicians for over 20 years in church on a weekly basis, so I feel confident in my ability to judge talent, which is why I operate as a talent scout and internet based music promoter.
Also, through doing song reviews, I am now in the fortunate position that I'm able to recommend artists to certain record label owners, and assist artists in getting their song releases signed. I intend to grow this and eventually start my own label so that I don't have to rely on just recommending artists, I want to be able to help them build careers myself.
I think it's a good thing that your goals are currently met by your busking efforts, because it is not predictable how people will respond to music presentation online. Sometimes it will be well received, other times it will not. This isn't necessarily because of the quality of the music being presented, but more related to the strategy of marketing being applied to it.
Considering your goals are already being fulfilled, there is therefore less to lose by attempting to extend your outreach, than someone who is hoping to achieve unrealistic results from sharing music online. I have seen what that looks like from personal experience!
So my recommendation at this time to you would be: make a soundcloud & a twitter page, and I can promote your band!
If you make a soundcloud page, I would be more than happy to add one of your audio recordings to a playlist that I have been promoting for around 2-3 months now, with approx. 62 artists in it so far. Hopefully you have a way to record it in a studio (as opposed to a mobile phone's microphone with background noise).
My aim is to advertise one song from each of them, so that the amount of visitors their pages receives can increase. I do this for free because my loyalty is to helping talented people to get noticed even if they are not highly experienced in promoting their music.
Also, if you have a twitter page, even if you are not actively using your pages it will not matter, as I drive the activity and traffic to the artists I am promoting, by visiting their social media pages once a month - something I call a 'roster tour'. This is what I define as 'orbital promotion' as opposed to 'firework promotion'.
Firework promotion happens once - and then it is forgotten about.
Orbital promotion happens on a cycle. It repeats, the artist/band is not forgotten about by the promoter. This is how I am trying to change the music industry.
I have seen a friend of mine get a song singed to a record label, on a single release deal, and after 6 months, the record label no longer promoted their music. After all their hard work & achievement it seemed they had reverted back to a similar situation to being an unsigned artist.
Don't worry about making a YouTube channel as the costs of a high quality video camera could be costly, but if you DO have a YouTube channel, and you have people choosing to share smartphone recordings of your band busking, this is a way for your band to be noticed more online.
If you choose to make a YouTube page, that can also be a great thing for you in the long run, because I have recently discovered that it is possible for buskers to get paid on the internet, by performing live by webcam. YouTube has a feature called 'Superchat' (for donation) which is only available if you have 1000 subscribers or more.
My twitter: twitter.com/audiozoomusic
Thanks for enduring the long reply,
Jermaine
