"Major Overlooked Band Promotional Ideas"

 "Successful Band Promotions Start With Your Marketing Abilities"

"Tricks To Selling More CD's At Gigs"

First make sure at every gig you are placing your CD sales table in the correct place. I can't tell you how many times I have seen bands who setup their CD sales table in the darkest corner of the venue.

BEING IN A BAND is no different than being part of a professional sports team; a group of individuals united in achieving a common goal-each person playing a unique and integral part in achieving a dream. The motto-at least in theory-being, "All for one and one for all."

IN THE CLASSIC CONCERT FILM The Song Remains The Same , there's a famous scene where Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant, a 270 pound former wrestler from East London, is backstage screaming at one of the promoters at Madison Square Garden. Needless to say, the promoter is backed in a corner and shaking in his boots! Many artists may think that an intimidating personal manager is exactly what they need. But Jeffrey Jampol, who has managed artists such as Tal Bachman says, "The days of the Peter Grants in this business are over." People in the music industry prefer to do business with nice guys. A manager must be able to nurture and maintain numerous relationships while at the same time standing firm, being sensible, and demonstrating a strong knowledge of the business. (It's a fine balance between ticking people off and not being a push-over.) If a manager walks into the record label and starts pounding desks, insisting that things get done his way, HE'S BOUND TO GET ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE!

MOST ARTISTS DREAM about getting signed to a recording agreement, yet few know anything about the record company personnel responsible for discovering new talent, what these people look for in an artist, and where and when they look to find it. You might just find that the first step to getting a record deal is to take a do it yourself approach to your career. A discussion on A & R can easily take up hundreds of pages, but here is a brief overview.

UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW , as soon as one of your original song ideas is recorded on a cassette tape or the lyrics to one of your compositions is written on a sheet of paper, a copyright is formed. A copyright grants you the exclusive "first right" to reproduce, distribute, perform, and sell your compositions to the public. But what does copyright law say about your rights when an original idea is formed between two or more people; as in the case when a joint work is created? This is an area where things get a bit more tricky. Therefore, a few principles regarding joint works must be understood between the authors. The most important principle has to do with ownership.

Over a period of time and on various different projects I have tried all manner of promotional devices for music on the Internet. By far the most consistent method I have found to bring listeners to music is blogging..