Band management for unsigned bands is no small challenge. The big name bands simply hire a professional firm to promote and manage their band. But if you’re on a tight budget you might not even know where to start.

Before you begin to panic you need to know that there really is a great deal of band management that you can do yourself and without spending a ton of money. In fact, if you don’t take care of these basic band promotional steps you might never sign that coveted record deal.

The first of these vital areas is creating a solid fan base. Unsigned bands cannot neglect band promotion and remain unknown entities. There is too much money at stake for record labels to take a chance on a band that is not being avidly followed by significant number of people.

Fortunately building a fan base has become much easier with the evolution of online music promotion. Social networking sites such as facebook, Myspace, and YouTube are being used to bring success and record deals to many unsigned bands.

Using social networking is very effective if done properly. Don’t just go and set up a web site, forget about it, and expect a crowd to be at your next concert. You have to take the time to set this up correctly. A small example of this is that at Myspace you don’t want to set up a standard page. You need to create a special music page. This greatly enhances your ability to connect with more people and gain a significant following all around the world.

Find a band management resource with specific tutorials on these three social networking sites. Follow it closely as you set up your site. Make sure you don’t go overboard with graphics so that the page is slow to load. Typically people won’t wait longer than twenty seconds for a page to load. Heavy bandwidth graphics may look good but they can cost you valuable visitors who click away from your site too early.

You also need to make sure your social networking site is user friendly. Visitors like a site that is easy to navigate. Don’t frustrate potential fans who simply can’t make their way around your site long enough to learn about you and your music.

The single most important aspect of your online music promotion is vitally connecting to people and converting them into raving fans. That means you have to treat them like friends. How do you do that? Keep in touch with them by posting often to your site. If it always looks like nobody is home you won’t turn visitors into friends.

You’ll also connect more productively if you will periodically update the music on your site. Don’t let the same music just sit their month after month. It grows stale and so will your relationship with your fans.

Speaking of your music, please make sure you post only your highest quality music on your site. It is incredible how many artists post poor quality work on their site. That’s bad band management.

O.K. so that’s your first step in productive band management that will catapult your music career. But there’s so much more. You will need to so some branding, raise financial backing, develop press packs, and much more.

So you will need to find an affordable resource that covers all these areas and then get started with your successful band promotion strategy.

Author Bio: Steven R. Thomas blogs for bands. He has a review of a very successful band management resource. It includes more than four hours of video covering fan base creation, how to get paid for your music, how to gain financial backing, the 12 questions you ask for developing super branding, and much more. You can read about at Band Management .

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