The “This Band You Don’t Like Is Doing Something Crazy On Tour Nowhere Near You” email
***** RETURN TO MEXICO THIS SUMMER
Band To Unveil Brand New Stage Featuring Iconic Elements Spanning Its 30-Year Career
LOS ANGELES, CA - March 15, 2012 - ***** today announced they would return to Mexico one month after the ***** weekend and will unveil a mind-blowing new stage that needs to be seen to be believed. This 140x50-foot stage will feature colossal components and striking visual elements spanning *****’s entire 30-year career.
Wow. This *stage* needs to be seen to be believed? I’ll just wait for a photo, thankyouverymuch. In the mean time, neither me nor my readers give a shit about this.
The “There’s No Way You’re Into This Genre But I Didn’t Do My Homework” Email
I am not a DJ. I don’t care about DJs or the club scene or the European dance charts. (I also don’t care for your inability to hit the space bar, but that’s another matter.) So why are you telling me about this? Have you even read my blog? You’d realize there’s nothing danceable about it! And I mean that in a good way! Please keep your shitty house music to yourself. It’ll save you the trouble of constructing a poorly-written, boringly laudatory email, and it’ll save me the trouble of having to think about how this shitty music exists.
CANNONBALL WINK
The “This Text Is Too Crazily Formatted To Be Able To Read It Without Causing A Headache” email
hello people hello people hello people hello people hello people hello people hello people hello people hello people hello people WE JUST FINISHED OUR FIRST 7”.
LISTEN TO IT AT OUR BANDCAMPPPPPPPP
The press loves this band!
In August 2011 they defeated ***** and ***** for the number video of the week on *****.com with “*********************”!….no small feat for an unsigned band!
BRIGHT COLORS …… RANDOM HIGHLIGHTING …….. CAN’T FOCUS …. ON …. WORDSSSSSS ………
Also … what is a “number video”?
Rawktumblr: We're Here, We Talk To Our Cats, And We're Proud Of It
Recommendation:
Read your promo email out loud to your cat. If he/she can’t sit still long enough to listen, YOU FUCKED UP.
In Wednesday’s New York Times, the paper of record looks askance at people who live alone, defying social norms and taking on such reckless activities as talking to their cats. The quote in question:
Like many, Ms. Bennett also talks to herself — or, rather, to…
ifc:
Earlier today I fake retweeted @KimKardashian saying she got tickets to see Kraftwerk at the MoMA. People were not pleased.
Jake - we’re going to be friends one day.
PROMOTE YOUR BAND WITH SPOONING
I just don’t understand how nobody has jumped on this particular award for my band’s Kickstarter campaign. It’s such a deal!
Seriously, guys.
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All I got out of this article was: “Too much time spent on self-promotion”
Why is this music news?
In 2009, Claire Boucher— aka Grimes— tried to sail down the Mississippi River in a DIY houseboat dubbed the Velvet Glove Cast in Iron. Apparently.
biancasauceda asked: I actually have to write a press release today for a film that I am working on. I'm an undergrad so I don't have much experience with this kind of stuff. Since you get so many ridiculous emails on a daily basis, do you have any tips on what I should/should not do?
Thanks for asking! I’ve actually never had to work on this side of things, so I’m not sure of the best way to write press releases; I’m just good at pointing out the bad ones.
Overall, I think it’s about tone. You want to be engaging and interesting, but don’t pretend like the person reading is your friend. At the end of the day, you’re trying to convey information, so make sure all of the important details are there (date & time & cost of an event, or title & availability & production members & screening dates for a film, or whatever) and easy to find. Also, you don’t need to point out that you’re doing promo, nor should you be apologetic. Just do what you gotta do, say what you gotta say, and get out of there.
If you can, have a standard message to send, and leave space for a personal introduction to whoever’s reading it. Some bands send me emails and say, “I just read your post about BLAH and we kinda sound like them so you might like this.” This might make me a little more inclined to follow through on it, as long as it seems like they actually “did their homework” and didn’t just pick the first post they could find on our main page.
Short sentences are better, but don’t be too dry and boring. A little humor is ok, but not necessary, and can be easily overdone.
Try writing your message and then find a friend who knows nothing about it who is willing to read it. See if it piques their curiosity. If they didn’t roll their eyes about it and would consider following up on it, you’ve done just about as well as you could.
Hope this helps!
