Promoting Your Playing And Your Music And You!, Tips and Tricks on Getting the word out about you! |
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Promoting Your Playing And Your Music And You!, Tips and Tricks on Getting the word out about you! |
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Aug 26 2010, 02:36 AM |
One thing to remember, and it saddens me how much this happens, is not to neglect your youtube account. Most folks here do have them, along with myspace, facebook, twitter, etc, but they end up just uploading a video and ignoring it.
I can't stress enough how much more activity you'll get if you interact (even just a little) with your fans. Look at the folks out there who have become "internet famous" and you'll see they all maintain the perception --real or not-- that their fans matter to them. After that, go look at shreddy guitarists. There's maybe one or two out there who will even bother to respond to their fans. Your fans will do half of your marketing for you if they think that you might recognize them or speak to them in return. -------------------- ::jafomatic
http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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Aug 27 2010, 04:56 PM |
Never thought about it that way...I usually deactivate the comment and rating option on my videos...maybe I shouldn't do that. Do you think the choice of how to name a video is important, too? Hey Todd, I am amongst those german viewers! Seems like my countrymen spend most of their internet time surfing youtube...plus your style of music is kinda popular in Germany! If you want people to see it, naming and tagging are VERY important. The question is whether or not you want to entertain the trolls at your own expense. If you don't want the trolls (or the views) then using the "unlisted" option will allow you to link/embed it freely for REC and MTP entries without the video showing up on any of youtube's searches. I used to simply not tag my "learning to play" videos and that kept trolls and viewers away. The only people that ever saw them were GMC members and ... mom If you really do want people to see your stuff: - tag liberally, anything that might relate to the video! Gear used, song style, techniques used, etc. - spell the name of the famous song that you're covering correctly. - do not use a "backing track" for the copyrighted song you're covering. Play it yourself or risk its removal. - answer questions in the comments. if no questions are asked, just thank people for the kind remarks. The "internet famous" folks are mostly successful by promoting themselves as a brand, they interact with their viewers and with each other. -------------------- ::jafomatic
http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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Aug 27 2010, 05:11 PM |
Just having a YouTube account isn't going to help. I hardly get 100 views on mine. I noticed it goes beyond that if I post to GMC.. Think how many more you'd get if you tune your guitar first! <3 So, what other ways are there to increase views and get noticed? I think I need to start doing covers of famous songs. That seem increase views to 1000s as I have seen on some of the channels. Famous songs work wonders, look at pomplamoose. They completely remake a popsong every few months and get millions of views. Toyota licensed their cover of "mister sandman" for a national commercial in the US. If you hate popsongs, and I totally understand that, then take the song and totally remake it in your favorite style. It's a pain in the butt, it's great practice, and you don't need to do it that often. Also of import is the VIDEO RESPONSE BUTTON. Submitting REC for a GMC lesson? Post that sucker as a video response to the instructor's original, most of the guys have them on their youtube accounts. I think you (maharzhan) did Muris' Lukather lesson, right? Note the views right now, and see if you can repost it as video response to Muris' original --Don't forget to tag it properly!-- and check the views again around the end of 2010. This post has been edited by jafomatic: Aug 27 2010, 05:15 PM -------------------- ::jafomatic
http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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Aug 27 2010, 05:25 PM |
haha.. jafo.. I am on to it.. for sure.. Yep, I am transcribing cry for you by andy timmons... that might do wonders for me, (hoping)... That's going to be a start, but it's deceptive. Remember... that name is known only to other guitarists. That's not going to get the same results, I think. The song title will help a bit more, but those are not hugely famous songs. -------------------- ::jafomatic
http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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Aug 27 2010, 05:52 PM |
One thing that has worked for me is to play something not very common from a well-known player (In my case, Serrana by Jason Becker). And then, all the rest of my videos are from my projects or stuff of mine. It's like a presentation letter
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My Band: Thabu Myspace New Thabu Official Site!! My Websites: http://www.santiagodiazgarces.com.ar Myspace |
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Aug 27 2010, 09:59 PM |
1.2 MILLION VIEWS! 3,000 SUBSCRIBERS! HERE'S HOW
Getting your videos watched is of course crucuial. I"ve made it to 1.2 million views and 3,000 subscribers so far using some pretty simple rules. ANBODY can do this. Just look at our main man Kristopher Dahl's youtube page! HUGE views, STELLAR responses. Lead video he is playing behind his head. https://www.youtube.com/user/KristoferDahl Simple Rules #1 - Post videos that encourage repeat views such as good lesson videos with tablature if possible. #2 - Tag every video using tags that will help people find your vids. Borrow tags from vids that have HUGE views but don't "tag Spam" #3 - Respond to every question, comment and friend request no matter how long it takes, WARNING: It seems to take forever but it's fun and it's worth it to meet all those great players and students on youtube. #4 - Find students who you could help and suggest your vids to them. Pretty simple stuff. I'm a "Youtube partner" now and get to share revenue with the ads that are on my channel. It's also led to several endorsement deals (EMG, Minarik, Fretlight). It's a great way to get yourself heard and seen. Not to mention it's a great way to share your skills with aspiring students and pimp GMC! Go for it! Todd |
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Aug 28 2010, 02:54 AM |
Thanks for sharing Todd. I will followsuit. It would be cool to get endorsement deals...
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Aug 28 2010, 07:47 AM |
Thanks for sharing! I think I'm gonna tweak my youtube channel today...
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Aug 30 2010, 01:55 AM |
PROMOTING YOURSELF / YOUR BAND / YOUR MUSIC!
Social Media - They key to it all. Another great place on the web to promote yourself and your music is FLICKR.Com. This is the original pioneer of photo sharing sites. Start taking pix of your band, your studio, whatever, and keep posting and sharing! Just another way to share yourmusic and yourselff. CODE <object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprimalscene%2Fsets%2F72157624299528072%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprimalscene%2Fsets%2F72157624299528072%2F&set_id=72157624299528072&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprimalscene%2Fsets%2F72157624299528072%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprimalscene%2Fsets%2F72157624299528072%2F&set_id=72157624299528072&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object> PROMOTING YOURSELF / YOUR BAND / YOUR MUSIC! Social Media - They key to it all. Another great place on the web to promote yourself and your music is FLICKR.Com. This is the original pioneer of photo sharing sites. Start taking pix of your band, your studio, whatever, and keep posting and sharing! Just another way to share yourmusic and yourself. http://www.flickr.com/photos/primalscene/s...299528072/show/ PROMOTING YOURSELF / YOUR BAND / YOUR MUSIC! Social Media - They key to it all. Another great place on the web to promote yourself and your music is FLICKR.Com. This is the original pioneer of photo sharing sites. Start taking pix of your band, your studio, whatever, and keep posting and sharing! Just another way to share yourmusic and yourself. FLICKR Embrace Social Media Flickr, Myspace, Facebook, etc. |
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Nov 16 2010, 02:22 AM |
GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR AND YOUR MUSIC! (Efficiently)
Hopefully by now you guys have all created a facebook page, twitter account, etc. and Try to post things regularly to start building base of listeners so that as you create music, join bands, etc. there will be people who want to hear it. It always starts small, so even if it feels like you are writing to three people, keep going. Crowds come after the effort, not before it. However, posting to all the various social media sites is a PAIN! So I've found a great, free, site that lets you create a post once and distribute it to all of your social media at once! You can even schedule when the post will go live. For example, you've recorded a new track, or demo, or your first CD. You make a post about it that night and want it to go out in the late morning so that folks will have it at the top of their news/twitter/facebook feed. So you create the post, with links to the music and tell hootsuite.com to post it the next day at about 10:30. The best news is that hootsuite.com is free! They should give me a mug/tshirt/calender for pimping them though. Here is a link to them and a picture of the hootsuite interface. http://www.hootsuite.com/ Todd |
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Jan 17 2011, 10:46 PM |
Here is a great article from TUBEMOGUL.COM and BRIGHTCOVE.COM (both big players in streaming/analytics) about the current state of affairs and future trends in online video viewing. Clearly, streaming is the future and knowing how people consume media can give you a big advantage when trying to promote yourself and your music.
http://www.tubemogul.com/marketing/Q3_2010.pdf Todd |
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Feb 21 2011, 12:13 PM |
Just added these articles to our knowledge base Todd
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