How to start making new music
Songeist.com is a new music website that encourages new bands to get started and sell music online. Fans can download music, listen to audio samples and contribute to the music community. New artists can learn how to promote a band. It's a whole new world in music distribution! At the moment they have a temporary site but in a few months time they will launch the full site with many exciting features that will set it above other music websites.
It is important to know how to promote a band but without music there is nothing to promote. So how do you go about starting new bands? It is important to listen to advice from others in the music community in order to maximize ones music distribution capability.
In the article "Starting a Band 101", grasshoppertakeover.com talks about how to start a new band. "There are no right or wrong answers, no magic formula, and certainly, no easy way to the top. The greatest asset you can have as a new band is to believe in yourself. Trust in your heart. Do what it tells you and you can never be steered wrong. This is especially true in the arts because no one will believe in you, your new music, your voice or your lyrics unless you believe in them first."
"New bands have to make great sacrifices, stand up for themselves in the face of adversity, have passion and talent, push their creative limits constantly, appreciate the highs and the lows, have patience, tolerance and acceptance, be diligent and skillful, and, woven through all of this, they must have faith and perseverance, knowing that nothing is going to come overnight, that you'll reap what you sow, and that if you put one foot in front of the other for long enough you'll eventually get to where you want to be. "
You've made the decision to make new music and now you need a new band. You need to find musicians who are talented and rich with spirit. Keep looking! You'll find them in time. It is important to find people who are like-minded because you will be working very closely together on your new music.
You don't have to be classically trained musicians or experts in music theory to be a great new band. New bands have to keep working together to make exciting new music. When you hear it you'll know it's right. Many of the most timeless songs were written with three or four chords and an unforgettable melody.
When writing your new music try not to just copy your favourite band or whoever is popular at the time. Try and be yourselves. Do your own thing! Otherwise by the time you start to be popular that style of ‘new music' will already be on its way out. The ones that will remain are the originals of that style.
Now you need a name. New bands should have a name that sticks in peoples' heads. It should be unique.
But you can't have a band with no new music material! You have to start writing songs. Start writing together with your bandmates. Most new bands start like this. Then they put a lot of effort into practicing. Don't be too much of a perfectionist or you will never produce new music! Brainstorm and listen to music.
Now you are ready for your first live show. New bands! Play anywhere and do it for free. Play anywhere you can get an audience for your new music.
Then graduate to some bars and clubs. Take any money that they offer and show them you are one of the great new bands in your area and you will attract people to their venue. Use this chance to network. Be persistent! Open for other less new bands that already have a following.
Make sure you have a press pack that includes audio samples. You can also do this on the internet. You can upload images, bios, and recommendations all onto the internet and even sell music online.
That is where Songeist.com will come in handy. It's a new music distribution platform designed just for you artists that will help you sell music online and link to audio samples and your website. They also help you with how to promote a band- eg. Digital flyers, automated releases of audio samples and other ways of promoting yourself like joining in the music community vibe with blogs, comment walls and Q & As. Look out for Songeist.com, launching next year. There is already a promotional website up online and they are doing FREE PROMOTION as a way of mutually benefitting everyone. So give it a go!
It is important to know how to promote a band but without music there is nothing to promote. So how do you go about starting new bands? It is important to listen to advice from others in the music community in order to maximize ones music distribution capability.
In the article "Starting a Band 101", grasshoppertakeover.com talks about how to start a new band. "There are no right or wrong answers, no magic formula, and certainly, no easy way to the top. The greatest asset you can have as a new band is to believe in yourself. Trust in your heart. Do what it tells you and you can never be steered wrong. This is especially true in the arts because no one will believe in you, your new music, your voice or your lyrics unless you believe in them first."
"New bands have to make great sacrifices, stand up for themselves in the face of adversity, have passion and talent, push their creative limits constantly, appreciate the highs and the lows, have patience, tolerance and acceptance, be diligent and skillful, and, woven through all of this, they must have faith and perseverance, knowing that nothing is going to come overnight, that you'll reap what you sow, and that if you put one foot in front of the other for long enough you'll eventually get to where you want to be. "
You've made the decision to make new music and now you need a new band. You need to find musicians who are talented and rich with spirit. Keep looking! You'll find them in time. It is important to find people who are like-minded because you will be working very closely together on your new music.
You don't have to be classically trained musicians or experts in music theory to be a great new band. New bands have to keep working together to make exciting new music. When you hear it you'll know it's right. Many of the most timeless songs were written with three or four chords and an unforgettable melody.
When writing your new music try not to just copy your favourite band or whoever is popular at the time. Try and be yourselves. Do your own thing! Otherwise by the time you start to be popular that style of ‘new music' will already be on its way out. The ones that will remain are the originals of that style.
Now you need a name. New bands should have a name that sticks in peoples' heads. It should be unique.
But you can't have a band with no new music material! You have to start writing songs. Start writing together with your bandmates. Most new bands start like this. Then they put a lot of effort into practicing. Don't be too much of a perfectionist or you will never produce new music! Brainstorm and listen to music.
Now you are ready for your first live show. New bands! Play anywhere and do it for free. Play anywhere you can get an audience for your new music.
Then graduate to some bars and clubs. Take any money that they offer and show them you are one of the great new bands in your area and you will attract people to their venue. Use this chance to network. Be persistent! Open for other less new bands that already have a following.
Make sure you have a press pack that includes audio samples. You can also do this on the internet. You can upload images, bios, and recommendations all onto the internet and even sell music online.
That is where Songeist.com will come in handy. It's a new music distribution platform designed just for you artists that will help you sell music online and link to audio samples and your website. They also help you with how to promote a band- eg. Digital flyers, automated releases of audio samples and other ways of promoting yourself like joining in the music community vibe with blogs, comment walls and Q & As. Look out for Songeist.com, launching next year. There is already a promotional website up online and they are doing FREE PROMOTION as a way of mutually benefitting everyone. So give it a go!
