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Author: Jim on June 22 2007 Viewed 2173 times. 10 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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So I've lived in Portland, OR for a little while. I've played some shows here, etc. Recently, I've felt this desire recently to try to take my music to a bigger audience. Personally, I want my music to be liked by others, it's important to me. I'm sure many of you do music just for yourselves, which is cool, but I don't think doing music for yourself and for others' enjoyment are mutually exclusive.
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06/22/07
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Roshi
Good luck. It takes a lot of energy and sacrifice to get big.
06/22/07
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monkvolcano
not neccisarily roshi.. u should try extenz.
06/22/07
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p1ay3rtw0
I think this is a situation that many of us deal with.
I like to look at it from a "writers perspective" (since I'm "writing" music :D)
A writer should "know their audience".
For my first show as playertwo I played with 3 punk rock bands. Not the most forgiving bunch towards em, right?
Knowing this I spent several weeks doing "8-bit covers" of songs I thought they'd like, including tracks by billy idol and even nofx.
After using these to break the ice the audience was much more receptive to my original compositions which I played later in my set.
I'm not saying to go out and do covers, but I knew that there was a good chance that the audience wouldn't be receptive to me, so I gave them what I thought they wanted, and it payed off.
That being said, I don't think there is anything wrong with creating art (audio, visual ect) for your own sake. you just switch the audience to be yourself. maybe there is a better way to phrase it...
anyway, imho once you start playing live, you are working for the audience. If you want people to dance or go crazy with joy, you need to do what you can to give them what they want. it's not selling out, it's selling yourself...in a way lol
06/22/07
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mulletballet
What do you consider a 'bigger' audience?
06/22/07
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Jim
I am thinking along similar lines as player2, not necessarily doing covers, but making music for the audience to enjoy.
As far as a bigger audience, I dunno, most of the shows I've played have been attended by 30 or less people (actively listening to the music)...I'd like to bump that to 50-100 for now, and then who knows. I think this also means I need to get more up on releasing stuff to the public. I've never published any music online or made a cd or anything.
06/22/07
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p1ay3rtw0
Free merch always helps too.
When I was in a band a few years ago we spent all the money from our first 5-6 gigs on stickers and buttons. We gave them away instead of selling them.
People started to see their friends wearing the buttons. those wearing them probably mentioned we give them a way for free (and hopefully that we put on a good show) soon attendance started to rise. after a few more months we ran out of the free merch, but people kept coming to the shows and bringing their friends anyhow. people love free stuff
06/22/07
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bitbare
how many people @ that band's last show?
just kidding i already know 
06/22/07
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p1ay3rtw0
hey, that show shouldn't count.
what about when we played the Southern Summer punkfest with the nercomantics? huh? where were you then?
06/22/07
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p1ay3rtw0
*nekromantix
06/22/07
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bitbare
i missed it i was @ a HORROR POPS show.
06/22/07
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soft
ppl like techno.
thats what i learnt.
06/23/07
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bitbare
more people like guitar music. cause they don't know any better
06/23/07
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madeofoak
no, it's because guitars are super cool. duh.
06/23/07
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mulletballet
So you've played shows but haven't released anything? Wow. Maybe I'm doing this backwards.
06/23/07
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mrk087
what about giving your music out for free? sure you don't make a dime but you gain a lot of exposure if you know what your doing.
at gigs, just give out a ton of CD-R's with your music on them in plastic sleeves, with a URL address to your site or something. be creative about the way you expose yourself..
if you know what i mean ;)
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