Your biography is one of the most important pieces of your press kit and website.
Venues, promoters, booking agents, and even journalists rely on a bands biography to help them spread the word about music and write about performers. When you consider how important a great biography is, writing one for your band can seem like a daunting task.
Here are a few ways you can take your biography to the next level.
This month we’re shining the spotlight on Gretchen Peters, a 2x Grammy nominee and 2014 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee. Gretchen is considered one of Nashville’s greatest talents.
Gretchen took some time out of her busy UK touring schedule to chat with us about her music, upcoming projects, and what she likes most about AudioTheme and her Promenade theme.
Listen as business coach, public speaker, author, and sing/songwriter Matthew Moran discusses the importance of running your music career like a business as part of an entrepreneurial artist.
In this short interview, Matthew and Anna discuss some of the myths and most commonly made mistakes that prevent musicians from developing their careers. Matthew also shares his top actionable steps for getting started on your marketing efforts today.
To learn more about Matthew Moran, visit his website.
Finding and listening to your music is one of the main reasons someone will visit your website. Your music should be easy for people to find, navigate, and enjoy.
Here’s a rundown on some of the best options for streaming music on WordPress sites.
We recently had the opportunity to chat with Virginia-bred and Rhode Island-based singer/songwriter Pat McGee. Pat’s latest album is his 10th effort, and includes tracks with studio legends Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, and Jeff Pevar.
In addition to the studio details, Pat also discussed how he crowdfunded the album, his yearly self-hosted music festival, what he likes most about his AudioTheme website, and his best advice for musicians trying to make a name for themselves.
This month we’re shining the spotlight on Eight Dollar Mountain, a Southern Oregon Bluegrass quintet with high energy instrumentation, hard-driving rhythms, and sweet harmonies.
We caught up with Phil Johnson to learn more about Eight Dollar Mountains’ music, upcoming projects, and what they like most about AudioTheme and the Nowell WordPress Theme.
Let’s be honest. The music industry is not easy to break into. Forget the odds of becoming a national or worldwide sensation… It can be difficult to make a comfortable living as a musician.
Bookings, promotions, signings, recordings, and funding can sometimes seem to be totally out of your control. Is there a better way? What if you could “hack” the music industry?
We recently asked a group of musicians of all genres and levels to share the best piece of advice they had ever gotten for their career. Here are some of our favorite responses.
We’re music fans. And we’re interested in the artists who use our products. So we’ve made it easy to track AudioTheme artists by beginning to assemble the AudioTheme Artist Twitter List.
This is just one of the ways we’re looking to provide support and resources to the musicians who use our products.
Want to be on the list? Shoot us an email with your Twitter @handle and other social media links or send us a tweet.
It’s 2015 and you’re ready to get serious about your music. You might have a multitude of goals you’d like to accomplish: maybe you’re ready to make the jump from hobby to career, maybe you’re ready to produce your album, or maybe you’re ready to play your first show.
So how do you do it? How can you accelerate your music career? How can you turn your dreams into reality and create a plan with actionable steps?