January 17th, 2010 by david | 1 Comment
One of the best things you can do for yourself as a band is to start touring as early as possible. As Mike King puts it on Artist House Music‚Äôs blog, ‚ÄúTour Early and Tour Often.‚Äù He also mentions that in order to do this effectively, ‚Äúbe sure that…
August 12th, 2009 by Matthew Wettergreen | 1 Comment
Organizational skills usually do not rank high on a bands’ strength’s list. And that’s ok because there is usually someone available to help them through that, be it a manager, organized friend, or monthly Bandcamp sessions. Join us this weekend for the next installment of Bandcamp: BANDIZE where you’ll be…
July 8th, 2009 by Matthew Wettergreen | 1 Comment
At a previous Bandcamp we heard from Gretchen Schmaltz of Western Civilization and Sara Winter of Warehouse Live talk about how to book and promote a show outside of your local market. Still, few bands have taken that knowledge and applied it to booking shows. In…
May 7th, 2009 by Matthew Wettergreen | 3 Comments
The concept of copyright is thrown around in many contexts both inside the art world and in our daily lives. Few people other than attorneys understand the true rules, regulations and rights of copyright holders or those looking to use copyrighted items. A firm base in what a copyright is,…
April 3rd, 2009 by Matthew Wettergreen | No Comments
Reprinted from Matthew Wettergreen’s Site:
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the bands who attended and the creative professionals who volunteered at Bandcamp: SXSW PREP. Because of this event bands were prepared to promote themselves and be discovered when they attended SXSW a couple…
February 27th, 2009 by Matthew Wettergreen | 6 Comments
Join us at Caroline Collective on Sunday, March 1st, 2009 for Bandcamp: SXSW PREP in conjunction with Caroline Collective’s Houston @ SXSW. Bandcamp: SXSW PREP will be a workshop pairing volunteers with musical artists working to get prepared for SXSW with the following goals:
1. Prepare press materials and basic…
January 30th, 2009 by Matthew Wettergreen | 8 Comments
Your website is one of the most important tools you have as an artist. It‚Äôs a place for people to discover and listen to your music, contact you, purchase your merchandise and more. Your website acts as a promoter, publicist and dj and it does all this 24/7 for anyone…
December 15th, 2008 by Matthew Wettergreen | 7 Comments
Due to super secret reasons and everyone’s insanely crazy schedule for December, we decided
to reschedule Bandcamp: TOURING for January 4th, the next first Sunday of the month. While
there was no official Bandcamp on December 7th, Gretchen Schmaltz of Houston’s Western Civilization was on hand…
October 23rd, 2008 by Matthew Wettergreen | 2 Comments
After the resounding success of Bandcamp on October 19th, we will continue focusing on the sustainability of the energy generated by holding regular Bandcamp education sessions. The first education session will be held on November 2nd from 1-3pm at Caroline Collective.
The topic will be OFFLINE PROMOTION and will be…
