Music Shows

Bands and solo musicians, promoting your music and visual image are easier than ever using the power of the Internet.

Why not find a free On-line band directory to post your On-line press material?

If you do not want to mess around with HTML, hosting or the Web support issues a nice Internet band directory may save you time and money while still getting you all the exposure you need.

Using an On-line free performer hosting directory, your .mp3, images, bios, and show schedules can receive 24-7 exposure.

1st, you will need to organize your Online materials on your computer or laptop. This will be the basis of your Online press kit.

Images

Start a folder on your PC of images of shows, cd covers and promo shots with band members.

Make sure they are in .jpg or .gif.  A lot of web sites will only guide these two formats so stay away from .png for now or make sure the free directory you upload to will guide.png.

Ensure the images look wonderful at about 400px broad. The image will again and again be compressed into a thumbnail at about 100px broad  on the display page. The thumbnail may be slightly compressed looking but you want the larger “clicked on” version to have the optimum resolution, so starting around 400px ought to ensure pretty wonderful resolution.

furthermore make sure the images are less than 1 megabyte, some free directories limit the size of the upload.

Music Files

A safe bet is .mp3.

Limit the size to less than 1 megabyte which comes out to about a 30 second sample.

Choose the portion of the song that has the the majority impact in a short period – it may get you the gig!

Bio

Write a short (300 -400) word bio about the band or yourself. Include style of music, influences, instrumentation, history of the band as well as members.

Keep this in a word doc on your PC so you might update it as needed.

Shows

Some free band directories will let you list and update your shows. Take advantage of this! For reference keep a list of all the Venues you play in a word doc. Include the Venue name, address, and phone number.

Summary

All performers and solo artists ought to take advantage of free quality On-line promotion. If you are not technical or just don’t want to mess around with HTML, hosting or building a Internet page a wonderful free On-line band directory gets you world broad  24-7 coverage.