How Do You Promote a Band That Does Not Have Their Own CD?

With great difficulty.

Picture this. A salesman knocks on your door. He has a wicked vacuum cleaner that practically does everything except boil an egg. His demo is brilliant and he's sold you it big time.

So you say, "Ok, I want one of those! How much?"

He says, "Er, this is the only one I've got. However we'll have lots more in a few months time when we make more."

He gives you his card which you then put somewhere that you can't remember. A day or two later you've forgotten all about this machine.

So it is with bands that gig and have nothing to offer those that come to their gigs.

No CDs and no merchandise.

What's the point? Unless the band is a hobbyist band, then they do it just for the fun and the expense of setting up and playing a gig does not matter.

So unsigned bands, make up your mind.

Are you a hobbyist or a band driven to making a living out of playing music?

There's a chasm between the two.

To listen to bands that I think MAY be on the road to being professional musicians go here.

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The Legendary Frank