Top Ten Music Public Relations Tips

Publicity is a very large driving force when you’re looking at success in the music industry. Although it’s definitely beneficial to retain a publicist once you’ve your music career in gear, you may still manage to establish a little buzz on your own in the meantime. Following are the top ten suggestions for generating your own publicity as a music artist.

1. Ensure you have a press kit that includes a well-written bio, an 8X10 photo, CD  and contact info.

2. Go Regional. Regional press is by far the easiest press to get. Let them know your story and send in a CD. Shoot for the music editor or columnist and If they don’t have one assigned specifically, contact the entertainment editor.

3. Social networking websites are all about music these days. For instance, Myspace’s reach is incredible for gaining new fans. Where else can you find individuals to listen to your music in the convenience of their personal home? Ensure you’re updating your music, adding friends, keeping them all posted, and updating the tour dates. There are magazines on MySpace looking for music to feature all the time.

4. Radio is a wonderful way to share your music with the masses. You don’t have to approach the extensive ones-you can see success with air play on smaller stations as well. Send in your CD  to Local/Regional disc jockeys and look up college radio shows nationally and see If the y’ll spin your music. Online radio is select ing up these days too… USA4Real.com is a wonderful option… it doesn’t cost much and it gets your music heard.

5. Music licensing is a wonderful way to make money and get publicity. Try contacting some music supervisors on TV shows for a start. Send them an inquiry with your information and a link to your music. If you get placed, you could use it for press-and it becomes a story!

6. Music websites and e-zines are always looking for music to review. Look up their websites and send emails to their editors. Tell them why you are a fit for their magazine and ask if you may send in a compact disc. Remember, try to make contact 1st… sending in a random package may be useless.

7. Youtube.com and Stickam.com are excellent outlets to share your music. When done right, you can really start gaining a fan base. Try to do something charismatic and original. Reaching out to individuals On-line can do wonders. Establish a music video, a video blog, sing an acoustic  set, take a stab at some comedy– anything… Just recall, 1st impressions are everything.

8. Be philanthropic. Charity does wonders for publicity outreach. Locate something you believe in and offer to performance at their get together or give proceeds to their cause. Not only does it get you out there and give you a story angle… but it feels good to endorse out.

9. Send your compact discs to appropriate magazines for your music’s type of. Ensure you call ahead and find out the right contact, unsolicited packages get lost in the shuffle. A nice rule of thumb is to look up specific writers you feel would enjoy your music and find out how to reach them.

10. Try to book shows in disparate towns, that way you could readily label the cluster of shows as a tour and contact Local newspapers and radio stations and provide them merch in ex vary for promotions/articles.

Note that Public Relations is about being smart and creative. It’s about finding a reason for individuals to care about you and your music. Sure, exceptional music and a nice look are help ful, but you furthermore need to reach out to the public and come up with stories. Think outside of the box and you’ll really value from the results in no time. Good luck!