Pre-sale tickets available HERE :)
Help the Media Justice League send a delegation of rough and ready local media advocates to Boston for the National Conference for Media Reform!
We’re raising funds to cover our lodging expenses in Boston.
Join us for a yummy homemade spaghetti…
(Source: mediajusticeleague)
2nite there is an LPFM meeting @ C4 (108 King William) at 6pm geared to musicians as a discussion about radio!!
The San Antonio Current has released their 2011 edition of the annual City Guide. The link above takes you directly to an article spotlighting local record stores. Today, in the office, we’ve been talking about National Record Store Day (April 21st) so it seemed fitting. Either way, back track into the website and don’t forget to pick up your copy of the Current this week before it’s gone.
This is great! A streaming local music radio station. Apparently still in the early stages, Indie River Radio is a promising endeavor of Even I Have Seisures REcords and Boneshakers Bicycle Pub. The submission process is easy and you can upload your music directly to the database by emailing MP3s to indieriver@gmail.com. Let’s just try and make sure your song info is included the way they ask. There’s already a couple tracks with incorrect info, and that’s tough if you’re a listener wanting to know more. REMEMBER: save MP3s as “band name”-“song name”.MP3
Happy listening!!!
From Mari Barrera
Every second Sunday of the month throughout 2011, Nightrocker Live will host Punk Rock Pulga, a flea market open to local musicians and other artists providing a space to sell goods and artwork.
_________FROM THE OFFICIAL FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE_________
Punk Rock Pulga 2011
+LIVE MUSIC+BBQ
with music: HOST DJ ESPER
Bands:TBA
it’s a flea Market by sub-cultural hip folk for sub-cultural hip folk,
The goods run the gauntlet from silk screened everything, jewelry, bicycles,
laptops, furniture, power tools,books, videos, posters,
home made clothing, used clothing, art to records, records! and more records.
EVERY 2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH in the Parking lot
February 13,
March 13,
April 10,
May 8,
June 12,
July 10,
August 14,
September 11,
October 9,
November 13,
December 11
-VENDORS WANTED-
Space is limited. drop us a line at booking@nightrockerlive.net
So you are releasing a new c.d. in a couple of months and you want people to know about your new music, right? There are a few things that should happen simultaneously about a month or more leading up to your c.d. release party. There are actually quite a few things a band or solo artist can do to create a buzz around their new release. I’m going to share some ideas that my band Ledaswan did to promote our new album NUM83R5’s c.d. release party, assuming you are in a local band. My band wanted to have a strong lineup for our c.d. release party. You want this for your c.d. release party too because the more bands that have a strong draw, the more reason for people to come to your release party. Also, try to make the bill with genres that coincide but work together. For instance, we had a really energetic rock band, a goth, and semi-acoustic act on our bill. There was something for everyone, but it also made sense. You don’t want to have all the bands on the bill sound too much alike, for example, an all indie-rock lineup. This can narrow your audience and make it less interesting.
You also want to invite bands that are good at promoting their own shows and are fans of your music community. This way you’re not the only band promoting your c.d. release. You want to ask acts that are not afraid to go out, shake a few hands and meet a few people, and hand them a flyer. Yes, an actual physical flyer. And of course your band will be doing a lot of this flyering as well (you should be doing this for a majority of your shows). Once you have the lineup situated we can move on to the next level, the street team. A street team can be an invaluable asset to promoting your c.d. release party. This is something that Ledaswan did to help get our 2,000 color flyers distributed. We put out a posting on our facebook page for a Ledaswan street team and a couple fans volunteered. You want to make sure you ask them what their strengths are, for example, Joe might be a people person and won’t mind going to a crowded college campus, chatting people up and handing them a flyer. While Mary on the other hand is more comfortable handing out a few flyers at her evening job to customers or whatever. We were actually a little surprised at how eager our fans were to help us. But the thing is if they are fans, they want you to succeed and are more than willing to help promote your band. So gathering a street team is quite an effective way to market your music and show. We offered our street team special perks like a free copy of the c.d. and t-shirt.
Word of mouth also helps a lot, this just means people are talking about your new c.d. and c.d. release party. We told everyone that we were releasing our c.d., all our family and friends, to the guy at the corner store. You want to go out to shows and flyer, meet new people, have a few drinks and some fun! Furthermore, thinking back in the past year or more, my band was constantly posting videos online showing people our new material we were working on. So this created a sort of “awareness” that you are working on new material and it keeps the anticipation level up.
So now let’s review. You want to really consider 1. Strong and diverse lineup 2. Street Team 3. Printing at least a couple thousand flyers 4. Tell everyone “word of mouth.” This will end part 1 of “How to Promote Your CD Release Party.” The next two posts will be on how to let the media know about your c.d. release party and online presence and promotion. Keep in mind all these things need to happen simultaneously.
by: Erica Monzon -Local782
resources: http://www.suite101.com/content/creating-and-running-a-street-team-a26140
This link was taken from a tweet by @musformation promoting an article about methods for pushing your email list. It leads to some good reads and examples. In the end it’s pretty basic, the idea of trading a song for an addy on your email list (something we advocate having). Check it out and see what method works for you.
BTW, we also suggest following @musformation. They run some pretty groovy articles about getting around in the new music industry DIY style.
RT @musformation musformation.com 10 Different Methods To Trade A Download For An Email Address: We all know that trading tracks… http://bit.ly/fSABIN #music#musicians
