Dictatorship vs. The Collective

One thing I find fascinating about the band dynamic is that essentially a band is a collection of "wills" all willing themselves into an end result. This leads to a big soup of chaos and often times complete destruction of an otherwise friendly and enriching journey as musicians.

Over the years I have experienced several different variations of the "Collapse". That place where the band hits a certain plateau and then falls flat on it's face, often times right before an ascension in some form of progress or direction. One thing I will cover in a different post is what sadly can be seen as the fear of success, and it seems to be a very strong trait amongst musicians.

From the outset I have a very strong opinion that a band must decide whether it falls under the "will" of a dictatorship, or if it can flurish in the realm of the collective. The dictatorship is an understanding that the creative force in the band drives the decisions and asks, but is not guranteed, complete band participation. The collective is an agreement amongst all members (to the point of a written agreement) that every member shares equal share, and ever member participates in every process, with equal energy.

Over the next two days I will dissect each in it's own entirity, with a rant on the good side and the pains of both sides of the fence. I have my preference, but before adding any influence either way, I will try my best to share my objective obersavations of each.

For Your Submission : musicSUBMIT

More internet marketing and radio exposure, the more you get out there the better chance you have of getting heard. Hate to pound it into ones skull...but eventually that logic will sink in.

According to their text "Music SUBMIT submits your music to genre-specific radio stations, online music magazines, online music directories, blogs, podcasts, indie record labels, and other electronic music media."

Empowering a team to get behind you is always a groovy thing...I will have some feedback once I have seen some results from this site.

Link
musicSUBMIT.com

Good luck and happy trails!

Resource fo the Day - bandmix.com

Looking for some musicians, bandmix.com is a site dedicated to helping you do just that, as well as help you find a gig if you are looking for one.

Worked for us when we needs some horns for the next release.

Website
bandmix.com

Resource of the Day: Twitter.com

Now this is a very interesting concept and was drawn to it because Henry Rollins uses it and found my self rather entertained by his entries. Basically twitter is a site that lets you send a message out to everybody that is viewing you, whether by your phone or through the website.

Just another way to stay in contact with your fan base

twitter.com

Now get twittering!

For Your Submission : Internet Radio Index

Ok so here is a resource that will take a bit of research and hard effort on your part but the more exposure the better. It is a Internet Radio Index

Check it out

Internet Radio Index

Now get out there and get it done!

Happy New Year!

Well the new year has come and gone, hope all is well with everybody...I look forward to providing many more resources for the band with little resources! I am gathering and researching right now and have much to blog on shortly!

Marketing 101: The Brand

Here is a nice blog about branding a band. Branding is so crucial, and many of these points I am full on board with. The effects of good branding can be felt when someone sends me an email and says they saw our logo at the airport or driving down the street, this is what branding should do for you, instantly connecting the viewer or fan with something identifiable, logo or band name is the first step.

Check out this article by Robert Kingston

Also he has a blog related to branding in general that would be very beneficial as well to check out, especially if you treat your music as your art and your product as a business.