This post demonstrates why many musicians are horrible business people.
Of course it feels like marketing....that's exactly what it is. And your band won't be a commercial success without it.
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Not everyone is on FaceBook......
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This post demonstrates why many musicians are horrible business people.
Of course it feels like marketing....that's exactly what it is. And your band won't be a commercial success without it.
I like FB to announce upcoming events since it pushes to all the people on your friends list, but as a whole, I could do without FB. Im a web designer for a living so Im forced work with it all the time, but if someone went back in time and killed a butterfly and that altered the time space continuum so there was no FB, Id be all like...meh.
Social media is one of the BEST ways to advertise an unknown band. You reach more people faster than with any other sort of advertising campaign. Even big business haves figured this out...
This. Everyone is in sales. Period.
Preachers, lawyers, policemen, doctors, you name it. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is in sales. The sooner you realize this the more successful you will be.
To bar owners, we are booooooze salesmen, and nothing else. Why else would they need us if they could sell tons of boooooze without us?
I agree with this...I think a business these days is almost setting itself up for failure if they don't have a Facebook page. And then there are businesses that have both a website AND a Facebook page, and they both suck: In the case of the website, really outdated-looking with poor content, and in the case of their Facebook, very little in the way of content/regular updates. There is a local brick n' mortar music store that fits this bill exactly; in the case of their Facebook page, I think the most recent update is from 2010 or 2011
(to their credit they are still in business...) - My point being, if a business IS going to have a web presence, they should embrace it fully and keep it current.
Yeah, not too many successful bands have existed without major marketing starting from the ground up.
Never used FB .. don't need it unless it will be necessary for work reasons in the future..
Dunno if my reason to avoid Facebook and Twitter (and all the rest) is the same as Morrighan's--but it might be similar.
For very personal reasons which I won't describe here, it's extremely important to me to feel like an independent and autonomous human agent. And the big social media channels would make me feel like I had been conscripted into some kind of huge hive mind. I don't want to feel like that. And I don't need to have a presence there for business purposes.
I love hanging on TB because it's more like shooting the breeze with some buddies--a nice combination of info seeking/giving and camaraderie.
YMMV, of course. And that's a good thing, by my lights.
I use e mail for this.....
I've never had a FB, or any other social media account....(Unless TB counts as one)...
If "Bashup Basses" are only available through social media, then I guess I'll never own a Bashup Bass....If info on "The Fargle Sisters Band" is only available through social media, then I'll miss out on them too....
No biggie....(Where's the "Shrugs" emoticon when you need it?).....
you dont have to be registered on facebook to see pages that are like pages, which most bands have. friend pages are different though. if you feel its that much harder to add the word facebook to a google search for a band i dont know what to tell you.
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A witty retort.
Where else can you create an ad, complete with a link to your bands social media page, then buy advertising that can target on age, location and other targeting demographics, pay for it, then distribute it all from your home computer in a matter of minutes?
TB definitely counts as one, it's barely different from Facebook. Especially if you're a common visitor. Alerts, likes, ads, a store, etc.
Not to mention you're able to keep redistributing with absolutely no further work if they "like" your page. And if they comment occasionally, every single person they know sees it.
Oh, a speed key. I haven't seen one since the early 60s. That is not that old, but you don't see a lot of speed keys. Our flight crew radio operator was really fast and used one.Oddly enough, I can communicate with ships off the coast of South Africa using a 1W radio and a modern version of one of those.Google CW paddles.
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That's why I have a drummer who lives in Facebook and is shameless with the promoting. I personally hate doing it but I understand the need for it.
My Band has a Facebook page, but I do not have an account myself, when would have have time to go in it anyway I am always on here 
