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ElMonstroPorFavor Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 2718 New Orleans, LA	Posted on Sep 14 2016 12:32 PM I don't have a band, but I use social media as a gateway to my website. You can get their attention easily on facebook, but the website has everything I want them to see laid out how I want. Website has a higher potential viewing audience, but facebook has an astronomically higher amount of people actually seeing it. — Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio Top
shake_n_stomp Joined: Jan 09, 2014 Posts: 613 Vancouver BC	Posted on Sep 14 2016 12:53 PM If a band is just a vanity/hobby project then a website is only for self-interest. IMO, to be hired as a group these days, we are asked about both a Facebook page and a stand-alone website. One for hot-off-the-press news and photos as well as upcoming gig info and a link to the website which would have video/audio, and more detailed information about the band, setlist selections, etc. Beyond being a good group and sound great, this online presence is necessary for appearing to be a "legit/serious" band that is worthy of being paid. YMMV. — Lorne The Surf Shakers: https://www.facebook.com/TheSurfShakers Vancouver BC Canada Top
Kawentzmann Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1058 Berlin, Germany	Posted on Sep 14 2016 02:21 PM Everybody has their own idea how the web is supposed to work. If a client asks me to create a musicians site and that client is also active on social sites such as Facebook, I try to explain to them that they could use their site as a hub with ALL the news and distribute (some of) that content to any network they see fit. This way, when a newer, hotter network emerges, they can just add it to their recipients and keep going about their business. Also when they decide enough is enough they can just quit one network without any content really being lost. Yet some insist ALL news should go on Facebook and only SOME should be on the own site. — The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. Last edited: Sep 14, 2016 14:25:19 Top
oestmann Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 584 Adelaide	Posted on Oct 22 2016 07:26 AM Full time musicians I follow tend to generally have professional websites and use social media as pointers to the latest news, gigs or merchandise. In other words; the website is the real deal and social media is conversational. — Tim O oestmann guitar tunes clips Top
Kawentzmann Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 1058 Berlin, Germany	Posted on Nov 11 2016 12:13 AM Music Think Tank describes in this article what’s not so cool about Facebook, from a musician’s standpoint. — The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy. Top

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