How to Start a Band

I have been asked several times, because of my experience in music and bands and performing live, about teaching people how to do what I have done. My experience about bands is now even double fold as I have entered into an agreement to play in a second band now.

I have to admit that I DO NOT know everything, but I have made enough mistakes that I can tell you how to avoid them. And I also have accumulated enough brilliance in my friends that I can confidently say now, that I can tell you how to succeed at starting a band.

I will be going in depth here over the next few episodes about many different aspects of creating a band, or joining a band that already has some circuit experience.

Much of what I will be drawing from is research I have conducted and have already started writing about over at squidoo.com. My latest installment is an ever-changing lens on how to use twitter for your band, which of course is located here.

Of course the Twitter installment is just the tip of the iceburg. I am currently working on a master lens that will be the hub showing you a current 35 links to places that are for PR, distro, advertising, merch, even helping to fund your band.

For now jump into the links above and follow along with me here at the blog as I go even further in depth. Don’t forget my RSS feed!

-aric

Specular Update

I’ve been promoted to assistant manager of Locke Supply HVAC #161. It will be official of course when my papers go through, but I’m there. Just wondering how lucky I am to be caught that close to the Razorback Stadium during game time though…

My squidoo pages are coming along, but my goal hasn’t been reached. I have roughly a week before I can’t do anything with them. You know the whole NaNoWriMo.com thing I’m going to be doing next month…

I have a lot of drawing to do as well. I have alot of graphics to do for squidoo lenses. I need to do my cover art for my Stage project. Anyone with any ideas is welcome. But please read it first. I would like some commentary on the four chapters I have so far, well three but the fourth should be posted tonight, as it’s almost finished.

The other blogs and my dA pages are dying I know. But hopefully my web stuff will pick up to where I have my Wacom going again. I really need some ‘puter upgrades!

Welp, that’s it for today. Keep in touch. And I should be back more often, real soon.