I was thinking about what I would do to get more bands to write and promote for. I came up with a stupendous idea, at least in my mind. This idea's a little old school and different, and will work if you apply it and grind it out.
Lets say you want to start a recording bands and book them to make more cash. We'll go with both here because they can work together. This is actually an idea I want to do. I'm not going to run a record label because that's a pain in the ass with so many indie labels and bands vying for our entertainment dollar.
Booking bands is where the real cash is. Live music. Even if the economy took a nose dive people still want to see good live bands. Currently, I write press kit material for musicians to create value for bands so they have a promo kit the can hand to agents, club bookers, labels or media.
Actually, booking bands is an idea you can run with and make some nice extra cash on the side. Especially if you love music and are willing to learn and grind it out marketing bands.
Okay, here's my silly idea in it's entirety. Start recording bands for free using strictly analog equipment. Do 3 or 4 track EP tape recordings. Use old equipment like a Tascam 4 track tape deck, mixing board, Shure mics and cheap practice amps. Use Shure Mic's because they're perfect for recording both instruments and vocals. Shure 57's and 58's. Learn how to set up all your equipment
Don't use digital based equipment at all. Be creative making these Analog tapes for bands. Doing band recordings this way forces bands and you to be more creative when setting up your equipment for recording and final recording mixes. Rough versions of songs makes a band work that much harder to do good recordings. Digital recording technology seems to make you lazy.
Do this all for free, recording bands that is. This can get you a roster of bands to book. Think about what you're doing for these bands--and possibly being an agent for them. You'll make 10% of what they make. You could also create more value for them and write articles for them and interview them. Get them some local media coverage from the local college who know the music scene.
Believe me you're creating all kinds of great value recording and writing Mini-Press Packs for them. Just think, if you recorded 5 bands for free and wrote articles on them and got them free publicity, and one band said yes to you booking them, and you procured them 4 gigs a month at 350 a night. That's 35 bucks in your pocket a night and 140 a month.
Doesn't seem like much, but you weren't making anything before so this is a good start. What if you kept on recording bands, writing for them and you added two more bands to your little agency. That's approximately 420 bucks a month. You can make even more. It will be tough at first, but if you have a thick skin the no's you get from bands will be nothing once you start making over a thousand a month in addition to having a regular job.
You're doing something you love and being paid for it. You could ask for money for recording bands, but you're creating great free value they can't get anywhere else. You're being capitalistic and making a few bucks to help musicians. You could turn your music venture into something big and just do that full time.
Just be willing to do the free value creating work I've described for musicians, and the booking bands will make you cash like crazy!
Much success with this idea musicians.
Mark Grove
Lets say you want to start a recording bands and book them to make more cash. We'll go with both here because they can work together. This is actually an idea I want to do. I'm not going to run a record label because that's a pain in the ass with so many indie labels and bands vying for our entertainment dollar.
Booking bands is where the real cash is. Live music. Even if the economy took a nose dive people still want to see good live bands. Currently, I write press kit material for musicians to create value for bands so they have a promo kit the can hand to agents, club bookers, labels or media.
Actually, booking bands is an idea you can run with and make some nice extra cash on the side. Especially if you love music and are willing to learn and grind it out marketing bands.
Okay, here's my silly idea in it's entirety. Start recording bands for free using strictly analog equipment. Do 3 or 4 track EP tape recordings. Use old equipment like a Tascam 4 track tape deck, mixing board, Shure mics and cheap practice amps. Use Shure Mic's because they're perfect for recording both instruments and vocals. Shure 57's and 58's. Learn how to set up all your equipment
Don't use digital based equipment at all. Be creative making these Analog tapes for bands. Doing band recordings this way forces bands and you to be more creative when setting up your equipment for recording and final recording mixes. Rough versions of songs makes a band work that much harder to do good recordings. Digital recording technology seems to make you lazy.
Do this all for free, recording bands that is. This can get you a roster of bands to book. Think about what you're doing for these bands--and possibly being an agent for them. You'll make 10% of what they make. You could also create more value for them and write articles for them and interview them. Get them some local media coverage from the local college who know the music scene.
Believe me you're creating all kinds of great value recording and writing Mini-Press Packs for them. Just think, if you recorded 5 bands for free and wrote articles on them and got them free publicity, and one band said yes to you booking them, and you procured them 4 gigs a month at 350 a night. That's 35 bucks in your pocket a night and 140 a month.
Doesn't seem like much, but you weren't making anything before so this is a good start. What if you kept on recording bands, writing for them and you added two more bands to your little agency. That's approximately 420 bucks a month. You can make even more. It will be tough at first, but if you have a thick skin the no's you get from bands will be nothing once you start making over a thousand a month in addition to having a regular job.
You're doing something you love and being paid for it. You could ask for money for recording bands, but you're creating great free value they can't get anywhere else. You're being capitalistic and making a few bucks to help musicians. You could turn your music venture into something big and just do that full time.
Just be willing to do the free value creating work I've described for musicians, and the booking bands will make you cash like crazy!
Much success with this idea musicians.
Mark Grove
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