Getting your band on tour with major bands…..
Getting noticed is extremely tough as a musician especially since their is SO MUCH music out there…. instead of calling booking agents and calling venues your head should be elsewhere! Looking for investors people that will financially support you. Today all music is politics whether you like it or not. Your band could be the best band and not be signed or the worst band and have a record deal. The best way to get noticed is doing a buy on. If you don’t know what a buy on is, it means you pay a big band for them to let you tour along side of them ….it can be anywhere from $5,000 -$90,000 depending on the band. This will ensure people being at the shows, you won’t make much money but you will definatley get your name out there! Play every show like its your last…give 100% because you never know who will be watching!
Fall Out Boy And 50 Cent On Tour
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This is pretty amazing, reminds of of the good ole Aerosmith / Run DMC days. The best part about 50 Cent and Fall Out Boy playing shows is going to be the diverse crowd. So often we go to shows and we look around and see the same people, this will be a chance for More >
Coldplay touring US starting in May
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Kicking off their tour on May 17th in Atlanta, GA, Coldplay will be playing 16 US dates. Will they be playing in your town? The British formed band will than head for Canada for a few dates. On April Fools Coldplay came out with a statement on their site saying that they plan to record More >
Vans Warped Tour 2009 Pre-Sale Tickets
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It’s that time of year again, time to get sweaty and tossed around in a big crowd while watching the bands you love. Yep, Warped Tour 2009 Pre-Sale tickets are available now. With the pre-sale ticket, you will get to skip everyone in line and get in the show first. Who’s playing this year? A More >
Meaning of the song “Gives You Hell” by The All American Rejects
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In the song “Gives You Hell” by The All American Rejects, lead singer, Tyson Ritter is talking about the drastically different lifestyles that he and one of his ex-girlfriends are now living. He’s not afraid to be bitter about the whole situation. In verse one he draws contrast between his lifestyle and hers by the More >
Radiohead helps sellout Reading and Leeds Festival
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This years Reading and Leeds sold out within 24 hours of the tickets going live. Headliners Radiohead, Kings of Leon and the Arctic Monkeys are largly responsible for this. So, if you wearn’t one of the lucky ones who got a ticket, than stay tuned for a lot of video footage. The festivals are held More >
Lil Wayne and Rock Music – Rolling Stone
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“The rock shit just comes from what my life is now,” Lil Wayne, 26, says. “I’ve grown into this person.” Wayne says he got tired of living the rap life-“I just got — I’m not going to say ’so good’ at what I was doing, but it became such a regularity for me that I More >
New Keith Urban Album Out Now! – Defying Gravity
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For country fans that have been dying to hear any bit of news about the new Keith Urban album, this is a huge relief. Defying Gravity is finally out and you won’t be disappointed. Preview you it below.
Early Reviews:
“The album shines when the country star lifts his mask and lets life’s ups and downs peek More >
Twitter – An Amazing Music Marketing Tool
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Both big and small bands/individuals are taking advantage of twitter, which is an amazing status by status update client. It’s simple – all you do is tell twitter what you are doing at the moment and in turn it broadcasts it to all your followers. Now you can follow band members inside of your favorite More >
U2 – No Line On The Horizon is #1 on Billboard
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For anyone who doubted U2 when hearing their first single “Get On Your Boots” , you were wrong. Their new album, No Line On The Horizon , has been #1 on billboard the past few weeks, and doesn’t seem to be budging. On June 30th U2 will be embarking on their worldwide 360 tour. We More >
T.I. Last Interview with CNN before Jail
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As we told you a few days ago, T.I. was sentenced to one year in jail. The above interview with CNN is likely to be his last inteview before he hits the can. During the short interview his leg monitor goes off and they tell him he needs to change his battery. My only question More >
about 2 years ago
This is why the music industry is dying. Buy-on deals and payola.
about 2 years ago
I don’t think this is why the music industry is dying at all. First off to do a buy on you have to be talented, you cant just be a rich little kid. So step one is be talented and have something original to offer to your fans, step two would be get merch and work as hard as you can to sell it and save money, step 3 would be to socialize and talk to everyone at every show you go to because you never know who someone is going to know. Doing a buy on is extremely beneficial in getting your bands name out to the right people.
about 2 years ago
those might have been important points to include in the actual article.
about 2 years ago
Well, you must do all those things for investors or people to financially support you. It’s much like someone investing in a small start up company, if they don’t see potential, they will likely not invest in you. HOWEVER, the difference is, it is possible to do everything yourself and not do a buy on, it will just be much harder to get the kind of exposure that you will get with a buy on.
By the way Jordan, We are def. hitting up a GLV show before we move out of state!