Facebook is what we like to call a “social media tool” around here. By putting this free service in your arsenal of online band promotional tools, you can get in touch with new and interesting folk — and your existing fans. Today I’m going to take a step back from philosophy and show you how to create a fan page for your band on Facebook. Aren’t you lucky? Less ruminating and more “do this now.” I should mention that creating a Facebook page for your fans... [Continue Reading]
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Off-Stage: Tee Up with a Rock T-Shirt
We now break from helping your band grow into a savvy business and return to the Land of Cool. In this chilly land — where it doesn’t necessarily need to snow to feel a bit frosty — you ooze the kewl because you are a rock star who just so happens to look amazing in a pair of jeans and an awesome t-shirt. (And gosh darn it, people like you and your rockin’ music!) You get 1,000 good vibeage points for the day if you can tell me where I ganked that line o’ parody from.... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Distribute Your Music and Other Products Online
Last week I talked about how giving credit where credit is due can minimize band drama. You may recall that before that I had mentioned about why it’s important for bands to think of their music as a product. Well, in this follow-up post, I’d like to talk about how you can distribute your music online. Before you can distribute your music though, you need a product “to” distribute. In fact, I recommend several. :) Keep in mind that since you love cheap and easy (After all,... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: How Giving Thanks Minimizes Band Drama
Hello my bandmates, things have been crazy busy in our world here so I apologize for being a little absent. (At least I’m not subjecting you to my absent-mindedness, heh.) I’ve been researching different methods to distribute your music, so watch for the post about online music distribution next week. This week, I’m going to add my voice to the spirit of Thanksgiving and mention why giving thanks can help minimize your band drama. It’s simple really, every band is a collection... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Your Music is Your Product, So Distribute it!
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been banging a drum, talking about how important it is to have an image that fits your music. Apparently, I’ve been banging it so hard nobody wanted a free edit of their photos, which surprised me at first. Then I realized that it can be pretty scary to send “you” out there to someone you don’t know. I hope that this isn’t the case because even though I can be brutally honest, I really want to help give your bands something to... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Got Photo? Free Photo Editing and Photo Storage Tools for Your Band
Here at MXTabs.net we’re all about free and legal. Get it? Free…legal… Okay, okay. Enough with the groans. Last week I had talked about your band’s image: timely or timeless? and gave some examples from bands across the decades. Then I opened up the door to you brave, brave souls out there, asking if you’d like a photo critique to see how it fits your band’s image. Yesterday, we featured a band called Plowing Mud Forever in our first-ever band photo commentary.... [Continue Reading]
Plowing Mud Forever Band Photos and Our Feedback
In last week’s edition of “Off-Stage,” I had mentioned how important your band image can be and talked about the difference between a “timely” and “timeless” image. As one commenter pointed out, for some music lovers a band’s image isn’t as important as the quality of their music. While I agree with that to some extent, I did forget to mention one very, important concept — if you want to get more gigs, you gotta think like a business. Image... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Your Band’s Image. Timely or Timeless?
That picture to the left is of The Gothsicles lead singer, Brian. Why am I posting pictures I took of a singer from a band? Well, today my bandmates, we’re going to talk about your band’s image. That’s right — what you look like. What you wear. Why it’s necessary. In one picture, image can clue your new fans into what your music’s all about and make your band more recognizable. To understand image, though, we gotta play a little memory recall. Aerosmith. KISS.... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: How does Your Band Make Decisions?
Okay, so yeah…decision-making. Sure, it’s one of those “responsible” words that isn’t cool and doesn’t fit your mode of being. Well, guess what? If you don’t know how your band makes decisions then you’re probably going to regret some of the choices you do make further on down life’s road. Take Biff and his band Moonsliver, for example. (Yeah, I just made that up, by the way.) Biff is the lead singer for his rock band; together with his fellow... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Before Your Band can Make it Big, Plan for Success
Hello bandmates, groupies and idols! Every Wednesday I’m going to take you off-stage and talk about the business side of music, promotions, and other topics relevant to getting your music heard and your band noticed. Before I do, I need to bring up something that used to make me cringe in fear, because it goes against every creative and musical cell in my body — planning for success. I used to be one of “those” creative individuals that never used big words like “product... [Continue Reading]
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