CreepBeat
Joined: Feb 25, 2016
Posts: 240
Seattle, WA
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Posted on Aug 12 2019 01:32 PM
Well, Messer Chups is proving that if you can provide the right thing and have it hitting on all cylinders - the music, the marketing, the willingness to work your ass completely off by constantly writing and putting out new material and being on tour most of the year and promoting your band like your life depends on it - you CAN take instrumental music pretty far in this day and age. But as the mighty Bon Scott once sang, "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll".
— Skins for The Delstroyers
Last edited: Aug 12, 2019 13:39:29
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OnedinGiraldo
Joined: Jul 17, 2016
Posts: 98
Sacramento
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Posted on Aug 13 2019 08:27 AM
I believe less is more. After years with multiple social media sites, we narrowed it down to Facebook and Bandcamp. Are we possibly leaving people excluded? Possibly, but being that we have to maintain the content and information we can provide more relevant and less redundant data about our band. Music is consumed in snippets nowadays and choose how you want that snippet to be heard/seen.
— The Me Gustas
https://themegustas.com
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Surfing_Sam_61
Joined: Jan 15, 2019
Posts: 1515
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Posted on Aug 13 2019 02:51 PM
Yeah The Messer Chups are pretty good. But to me Zombierella or whatever her name is a big attraction I'm sure for that band, could be why their doing so good. That goes a long way in music.
I saw where many Facebook pages leave out where the bands are from as far as countries or even towns their from, to me that's crazy, to me that might make it hard for club owners searching for bands in their area if they are looking.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2674
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Aug 13 2019 03:31 PM
Also time counts for a lot, and Messer Chups have 20 years of it. They were also on Mike Patton's label at one point, which bounces you into a higher level of exposure. Being around for a while helps financially too: they have over 15 albums, which means some fans have likely spent over $300 on them, and I bet they sometimes have people that casually buy $80 worth of merch at a show. Meanwhile you can buy the entire Delstroyers catalog for less than $50.
— Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio
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da-ron
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 1299
The original Plymouth, UK.
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Posted on Aug 14 2019 03:46 AM
OnedinGiraldo wrote:
I believe less is more. After years with multiple social media sites, we narrowed it down to Facebook and Bandcamp. Are we possibly leaving people excluded? Possibly, but being that we have to maintain the content and information we can provide more relevant and less redundant data about our band. Music is consumed in snippets nowadays and choose how you want that snippet to be heard/seen.
The Waterboarders have done a similar thing. Facebook and Bandcamp only. We have a domain name, but that just points to the Bandcamp page, it has everything on it. I used to spend ages designing a website, but it started to get expensive and I got really tired of moving it around as the cheap/free hosting packages kept changing. In the end I figured that it's rare anyone looks at a website these days, and they don't browse through a multi page website like they used to.
— http://thewaterboarders.bandcamp.com/
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OnedinGiraldo
Joined: Jul 17, 2016
Posts: 98
Sacramento
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Posted on Sep 26 2019 11:55 AM
Not to beat this topic to death, but the last show we played, I asked the promoter if he could supply me with a one sheet master handbill. I printed copies at home and took them with me everywhere: work, bars, clubs, etc. Anywhere I went they were with me and there is always a time to bring up you are performing. The result (not an exact count or science): More people came out because of our handbills and word of mouth that the folks who stated "interested" or "going" on Facebook. We are regressing a bit and peoples reactions were great when they held the handbill in their hand. 
— The Me Gustas
https://themegustas.com
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matt
Joined: Oct 18, 2010
Posts: 633
Boston, MA
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Posted on Sep 27 2019 08:59 AM
I think that for social media, if you actually enjoy a platform it is way easier to use it. Like I kind of hate facebook, and thus my facebook band page doesn't do that well. I used to like twitter but burned out after the last presidential election. but I've found I really enjoy instagram, so I use that a lot. hasn't exactly translated to millions of followers, but it doesn't feel like as much drudgery. (I'm @theelectricheaters if you want to trade follows!)
— Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters
"Dick Dale meets Dennis Lehane"
http://www.heatonsurf.com
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