So I've written all of these way ahead of time, but just haven't released them. Getting blasted with 6 posts in a single day is just kinda crazy, though. If you've missed the first few posts - check it out:
(LAUNCH: Intro)
(LAUNCH: Panel - Licensing Your Music)
(LAUNCH: Panel - Getting Sponsorships For Your Band)
(LAUNCH: Panel - Marketing Your Band)
Also, note that this is "201". 101 was around 11am and I was coming from Philly in the rain and fog, so I missed the first half.
Panel:
Billy O'Brien (Anchor & Hope Music)
Todd Erickson (MasterKey Management/More Music Group)
Nick Storch (International Creative Management)
Mike Mowery (Outerloop Management)
David Silbaugh (Grammy Chapter Board Advisor/Summerfest)
Jason Malhoyt (Outerloop Presents)
Discussion: Booking and Touring 201
- How would you appeal to larger opportunities (colleges, festivals, etc.)
- BO: An agent
- Develop live shows
- you shouldn't pay to play anything
- BO: Have an online presence
- NS: Depends on the vision of the band
- be great
- JM: Be extremely aggressive, but be polite
- look up emails and phone numbers and use them to make contacts
- BO: Take any and every opportunity as a young band
- MM: Being on a festival lineup validates you as a band
- BO: Promote your set creatively
- DS: Love what you do
- play that way no matter who/how many are there
- remember that people are spending time to see you
Yeah, this is a shorter one. However, it'll be followed up by some of my own insight in a day or so. It's always nice to have a backlog of blogposts to keep a steady stream with.
