Advice For Musicians In 140 Characters Or Less
I recently asked Hypebot's Twitter followers to contribute their best advice to musicians in twitterspeak's 140 characters or less. Below are a few of the best that that I gathered using Twitoaster, a free online utility that threads and archives twitter conversations, bringing context and adding stats to your Twitter communications.
Some of the tweets are philosophical; while others are specific suggestions. Add yours in the comments section below or reply to this Tweet if you're a Hypebot Twitter follower. Please also consider a retweet, Digg or otherwise spreading the word. I'll republish the best in a full post or two here, and if I get enough I may start a daily inspirational Tweet for musicians. What music industry advice can you share in 140 characters or less?
mattmacnaughton
@hypebot The way you communicate to your fans should be just as creative as the music you sell to them
@hypebot Don't expect people to find you. Be active and find THEM. Put a video on YouTube and link it to your site. Get your name out there.
@hypebot go direct-to-fan TODAY. use @bandcampyo to sell your music, build an email list, and see stats on where your fans are coming from.
@hypebot Make sure you label everything in your press kit with your contact info. If it gets separated for some reason, you're in luck!
@hypebot – advice? mine is to expect to learn the most out of the money you DON'T make.
“Make your own kind of music, sing your own kind of song.”
Have change handy for swag sales. Have sharpies handy for signing CDs, t-shirts etc. Thamk everyone who made the gig possible.
“The artist business is the business of building a fan base, managing and monetizing that fan base.” – Tom Silverman