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Speaking of social
media sites, do you think
that online presence like
Facebook or Twitter are
important for a band? Do
you guys use any?
I think social media is
important and there is a fine art to it now. It would be nice to think you could advertise for free but there is no such thing as free. Everything, especially in music, comes
with a price. You have to be able and willing. I wish we could reach everyone for Free
but it is what it is. We will pay to boost reach for certain things we have going on and
we will buy ads when we need to.
I think another thing is to be on as many as possible and be organized about it.
Some you can link but you have to know the structure of the post. You can’t always
use them same format in each post. Create a spreadsheet. There will also be plenty
out there that you didn’t create and someone else did. Just try and keep an eye out on
those.
Do you guys play out much? Do only play locally or do you get to tour much?
We play out as much as possible. We play locally and we try and reach out to
other states. No touring. Touring is 6 months or more out of a year and we all have
jobs to be at so we can keep doing what we love. Plus, we are still new and still gaining
followers in other areas.
What’s your opinion of your music scene? And what would you like to see
change if anything?
It seems to be a little tough to get the average “Joe blow” to come out to a local
show. It really requires getting to know your fans and not oversaturate your current
scene. Why would they want to come out if they can see you any given weekend at
the same places. Give them a reason to come to a show. That actually seems to help.
We really thought about this as a band to comment….We would like to see more
promoters and musicians start actually targeting non musician people. We seem to
see a lot of bands showing up for other bands but that doesn’t do anything to help get
the music out. We’d rather have 20 non musicians show up to a show than 100 musicians. Those 20 will tell their friends and bring their friends to the next show or buy
a cd. The amassing of musicians on ones promo page, band page or friend list is not
helping garner attention to the local scene. When you do that you just keep promoting your post to musicians when you should be educating the public about the bands
and their music. It’s easy to get a bunch of musicians to like a page, it takes much more
effort to get those that aren’t. And there are a lot more non musicians than musicians.
It takes money and effort to get where you can make that difference and/or TIME.
This is one of those topics that can be a double edge sword. Our answer might
not be very popular and might make others not like us for saying it but we’ve seen to
believe in this statement.
Then there are venues to consider and they want their piece of the pie too. No
one wants to book a band where they lose money. Booking quality acts and knowing
the area you are in helps the venue do what it can do to sustain itself. But they are a
business to and need to advertise and promote, either for themselves and what they
have to offer the public or for a show.
At the end of the day everyone has an opinion and who’s to say what is right or
wrong. Different areas have different scenes and what works there. Some bands have
been in their area for years so yes, they have a decent following but they also have a
decent following of bands looking to capitalize on them. If a band is good play with
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