Comments on: Social Media for Bands and Songwriters http://servethesong.net/social-media-bands-songwriters/ Songwriting Tips for DIY Musicians Tue, 15 May 2012 23:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sarah.L http://servethesong.net/social-media-bands-songwriters/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Sarah.L Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=528#comment-110 I usually blog lyric's i wrote. I do this on Mocospace.com. Had only positive feedback, for now. I usually blog lyric’s i wrote. I do this on Mocospace.com. Had only positive feedback, for now.

]]> By: 10 år bakåt & 100 år framåt « Nett er fett http://servethesong.net/social-media-bands-songwriters/comment-page-1/#comment-109 10 år bakåt & 100 år framåt « Nett er fett Sun, 03 May 2009 21:58:27 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=528#comment-109 [...] Brian Casel skriver i sin blogg “Serve the song” om hvordan band og musikere kan bruke sosiale medier (anbefales for alle musikere). Det er ingen tvil om at Internett har gitt musikerne unike [...] [...] Brian Casel skriver i sin blogg “Serve the song” om hvordan band og musikere kan bruke sosiale medier (anbefales for alle musikere). Det er ingen tvil om at Internett har gitt musikerne unike [...]

]]> By: Mr. Kraft Singles http://servethesong.net/social-media-bands-songwriters/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Mr. Kraft Singles Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:50:03 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=528#comment-108 Myspace for musicians is so 2006 and regrettably ineffective these days. Though I still have my account because I've had it for quite some time, I wouldn't suggest anyone to start a new Myspace account. The fad is just dying as evidenced by Myspace constantly upgrading their music player and offering "Ads for Sale" for everyday artists to continue using their service. Your best bet is not to start your OWN blog but rather get hosted on as many other blogs as you can. Get your latest hit on as many blogs as you can, make relative videos, articles, etc. It's much harder for you to break ground on your own personal blog than it is to be showcased by an established blog already and have more people looking (even if they're not interested in you, they'll still stumble on the article and that way your name is more recognized.) It just makes more sense that way... I'm still waiting on the next big thing to crash the web music industry. I haven't found anything that super-b yet but Twitter is neat. Not sure if it's effective though. Myspace for musicians is so 2006 and regrettably ineffective these days.

Though I still have my account because I’ve had it for quite some time, I wouldn’t suggest anyone to start a new Myspace account.

The fad is just dying as evidenced by Myspace constantly upgrading their music player and offering “Ads for Sale” for everyday artists to continue using their service.

Your best bet is not to start your OWN blog but rather get hosted on as many other blogs as you can.

Get your latest hit on as many blogs as you can, make relative videos, articles, etc.

It’s much harder for you to break ground on your own personal blog than it is to be showcased by an established blog already and have more people looking (even if they’re not interested in you, they’ll still stumble on the article and that way your name is more recognized.) It just makes more sense that way…

I’m still waiting on the next big thing to crash the web music industry. I haven’t found anything that super-b yet but Twitter is neat. Not sure if it’s effective though.

]]> By: Brian Casel http://servethesong.net/social-media-bands-songwriters/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Brian Casel Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:35:10 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=528#comment-107 Although I still think Myspace is relevant, I do think it's in decline. I just found this article about Myspace upgrades forcing Mac users to upgrade their OS. Not cool: http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/myspace-forces-mac-users-to-uprade-os.html Although I still think Myspace is relevant, I do think it’s in decline. I just found this article about Myspace upgrades forcing Mac users to upgrade their OS. Not cool:

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/myspace-forces-mac-users-to-uprade-os.html

]]> By: brian http://servethesong.net/social-media-bands-songwriters/comment-page-1/#comment-106 brian Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:48:25 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=528#comment-106 You left ReverbNation off the list, and I've found that they offer more valuable features to bands than any of the sites you have mentioned -- by a long shot. They handle our bands mailing list and provide us with pre-made customizable widgets for everything from music/video players to tour calendars and maps to mailing list subscription widgets. They also share half of the ad revenue our site makes with us each month and tracks online statistics for everything from page views to banner click-through rates. If that isn't enough to get you interested their gig finder lets you search for venues by everything from location to similar artists. And those are all free services! For a small range of fees they will also work to put together your electronic press kits and will act as your digital distributor to get your music ok iTunes and Amazon, among other sites. I haven't been able to find another site that comes remotely close to ReverbNation when it comes to providing as many crucial free services to bands, they should definitely make your list over flickr since pretty much every social network, including RN , will host your pictures for you. I've linked my name in the post to my bands page on ReverbNation if you want to take a look. We also wrote a more in-depth review on our blog: <a href="http://divergencemusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-we-love-reverbnation-part-1.html" rel="nofollow">Why We Love ReverbNation (part 1)</a> if you like it the link to part 2 is at the bottom. You left ReverbNation off the list, and I’ve found that they offer more valuable features to bands than any of the sites you have mentioned — by a long shot. They handle our bands mailing list and provide us with pre-made customizable widgets for everything from music/video players to tour calendars and maps to mailing list subscription widgets. They also share half of the ad revenue our site makes with us each month and tracks online statistics for everything from page views to banner click-through rates. If that isn’t enough to get you interested their gig finder lets you search for venues by everything from location to similar artists. And those are all free services! For a small range of fees they will also work to put together your electronic press kits and will act as your digital distributor to get your music ok iTunes and Amazon, among other sites.

I haven’t been able to find another site that comes remotely close to ReverbNation when it comes to providing as many crucial free services to bands, they should definitely make your list over flickr since pretty much every social network, including RN , will host your pictures for you.

I’ve linked my name in the post to my bands page on ReverbNation if you want to take a look. We also wrote a more in-depth review on our blog: Why We Love ReverbNation (part 1) if you like it the link to part 2 is at the bottom.

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