writing your own bio!

varunkapahi · #1 05-16-2010, 01:04 PM

am thinking about setting up a webpage for myself. you know have a write up about myself along with pics, recordings and other material to look for gigs! but am pretty clueless about what to write about myself... any pointers?
do you have a bio? please give me a link or something

the thing is i dont have a lot of experience behind me to write about so i could use some help! thanks

varunkapahi · #2 05-16-2010, 11:11 PM

Hellbastard · #3 05-16-2010, 11:35 PM

What if you don't write a biography but instead you write about what you could offer as a bass player. Show the people who might be interested what is that make you stand from any other bass player they might consider.

One Bad Monkey · #4 05-17-2010, 04:28 AM

You can find my bio here.

I had some help from my former coworker (who was in marketing), but the bulk of it I did myself. Simply put, make it as concise as you can but also interesting. Also, look at making two versions; a long one and a shorter one.

the yeti · #5 05-17-2010, 09:22 AM

here's one of mine:
"Often called a “diamond in the rough”, Al is a Greenville, NC boy whose enthusiasm is so infectious the CDC once issued a bulletin on the subject. An avid adventurer who has hiked the Himalayas, Al’s other hobbies include bull fighting, motor racing, and making paper mache masks.Al has performed with a laundry list of great area bands, playing original music and covers, and definitely adds what the French call “a certain I don’t know what” to the band. "

i'm big on "truth" in advertising.

jive1 · #6 05-17-2010, 09:25 AM

I hate doing bios. Here's mine

MatticusMania · #7 05-17-2010, 09:53 AM

Pay some chick $5 to write about you, theyre good at that stuff.

pasta4lnch · #8 05-17-2010, 09:57 AM

mine

I hate writing bio's too. Mine sucked and a friend re-wrote it for me. can't be afraid to sell yourself. . . I felt like, w/ ever sentence, someone would call me out on everything (even though it's ALL true and in context)

the yeti · #9 05-17-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by pasta4lnch

mine
(even though it's ALL true and in context)

not so fast my friend... mila kunis is the star of moving macallister.

Meatbass · #10 05-17-2010, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Pay some chick $5 to write about you, theyre good at that stuff.

+1! I find writing about myself difficult. Having a chick (that you know well) would probably be the best bet.

MatticusMania · #11 05-17-2010, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Meatbass

+1! I find writing about myself difficult. Having a chick (that you know well) would probably be the best bet.

Indeed. And having a chick that wants to sleep with you write it means she won't stop short of embellishing where need be.

Tampabass · #12 05-17-2010, 10:30 AM

You can find music bios by visiting practically any well-known musician's home page. Start there.

A few tips: Keep it to two-three graphs. Include hyperlinks. Share some high points, but don't worry about giving a top-to-bottom rundown of everything you've done in music. Lead with the most recent notable info -- "Garage Smell," Joe Bassplayer's latest CD, has the Tahitian musician creating a combustible mix of funk, rap, bebop and Slavic gospel" -- and then back into the pure-bio stuff.

EdHunter · #13 05-17-2010, 10:35 AM

Bill Thompson was born into a poor working class family in Poole. At a young age he became enamoured with the politics of John Major, vowing to succeed him in office. After exile in Florida and Zurich following a failed coup against Tony Blair's New Labour, he saw his oppurtunity to grab power following the disarray left after the World Cup Riots of 2010. Moving the capital from London to Shrewsbury and assuming full "Ultimate Overlord With Strangely Sexy Hair For Life" his reign of terror and corruption began. The following years saw the changing of the national anthem to "Heavy Metal Thunder", the conversion of the Church of England into the Church of Steve Harris, and senior government posts being filled entirely by Alan Shearer.

varunkapahi · #14 05-19-2010, 02:23 PM

thanks guys!

jive1 · #15 05-19-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pasta4lnch

mine

I hate writing bio's too. Mine sucked and a friend re-wrote it for me. can't be afraid to sell yourself. . . I felt like, w/ ever sentence, someone would call me out on everything (even though it's ALL true and in context)

My bio is mostly made up and fictional, but it's truer than alot of bios I've seen. As long as you're telling the truth, it's OK to brag in the service of selling yourself.

pasta4lnch · #16 05-19-2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jive1

My bio is mostly made up and fictional, but it's truer than alot of bios I've seen. As long as you're telling the truth, it's OK to brag in the service of selling yourself.

I know it's ok . . .I still hate doing it!