Using an EPK as your website?

[troy mcclure]

I am looking at getting an EPK and using it for my cover bands website...

Any of you do this? Any downfalls? Who you using?

Thanks for any input

[bassbully]

I have although its just our myspace but it has worked well. We are going to get our own site soon thou. Allot of Festivals I book like the EPK..easy for me.

[Kbone_ATL]

I've seen (and heard from the horse's mouth) that these EPK's are just a cash-raking service to bands/musicians. I won't mention names or companies, but imagine....

"Submit your EPK for a chance to play a HUGE gig, it's only $20 to submit"

Little do you know the bands are all booked, and no one will look at your EPK twice.

150 bands submit anyway = $3000 pure profit.

I would build a site on Facebook, Myspace, and your own domain. If your domain is already taken, just do a BANDNAMEMusic.com or something like that. Hosting a site and buying a domain is very cheap, only issue is updating it yourself.

[bassbully]

I think the point is to use any website, facebook ,myspace etc as an EPK for shows. The old go out and drop off CDs etc still works and I do it but allot of the time people I book with want a website with music (EPK) so I send it. You are talking about pay sites like sonic bids etc...I wont go there.

[brndn123]

My cover band uses sonicbids (EPK) as our primary website. We have a myspace and facebook, but I can honestly say they are almost completely useless (facebook seems to be good for promoting though).

[troy mcclure]

I was looking at this:
www.epresskitz.com

Not to get gigs but use as a website..has audio, video, gig calendar... not very customizable I might go with bandzoogle...

[MNAirHead]

REverbnation widgets to another site seem to be the standard.

IT's absolutely acceptable to have a slim email attachment of a link, pdf and mp3