Music Banter - View Single Post - How in God's Name do you Market Yourself?

music_phantom13 · 08-26-2009, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dothetrikey

My fave bands: Stereolab, Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, Patti Smith, XTC, Supertramp, the Knife, Depeche Mode, the Cure, Lush, the Smiths, Morissey, Public Enemy, NWA, Run DMC, Beck, They Might Be Giants, Hole, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, pixies, Sigur Ros, Talking Heads, Siouxi Sioux and the Banshees, Blur, the Guerillas, Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, the Kinks, MiA, the Buzz****s, David Byrne, Mogwai, Tupac, Outkast, Flaming Lips, Dead Kennedys, New Pornographers, Animal Collective, Brian Eno, REM, Elvis Costello, the Doors, Magnetic Fields, Kraftwerk, the Zombies, Low, Pinback, Velvet Underground, Jesus and Mary Chain, Swervedriver, CCR, Blondie, Public Image Limited, Sex Pistols, The The, Orbital, Lou Reed, Ride, Stone Roses, Postal Service

Wow quite the nice diverse music taste. Those are some of my favorites from your list. You're really going to like it here if you stick around.

As far as marketing yourself, a lot of it comes from getting hyped... major labels help those bands a lot. Especially from your description other artists in your genre, who probably claim to be indie bands and have an "independent" label that is actually just an extension of a major label. If you could get in Pitchfork or some big music magazine somehow you'd probably get a lot of listeners... lots of people like to be told what to listen to. Not saying I think this is what you should do, but if you're looking to get popular that's gonna help a lot. Don't know how you would go around accomplishing that though... Other than that, just be really amazing and set yourself apart from other bands by developing a unique sound. Good luck!