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how can i connect with music agencies?

 

Many artists want to know if they will be able to connect with music agencies if they don’t live in a traditional “music” town.

 

At first, there were the major music cities and if you wanted to meet people, you’d have to be from New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, Memphis, Miami, Nashville, London etc..

 

Then, cities evolved that began to produce incredible music and were subsequently lauded much importance:

 

Glasgow, Austin, Iceland, Nebraska, Paris, Seattle, Toronto, Berlin, Cologne etc….

 

Living far away from any of the cities above, it’s definitely harder to reach out to music agencies, and it makes the network much harder to tap into in general.

 

An incredible advantage that we now have is that the internet is so available to us all.

 

Even without the internet, the good news is that it’s not as bad as it used to be.

 

Imagine being in a tiny town, far from anywhere.

if you dont want to travel far and play towns and cities far away from you and you can just setup profiles on sites like Facebook Myspace Bebo etc. You can get people come to see you, and talk about you.

the creation of online profiles allows you to associate and publicize what you have to offer to those people who will be interested in what you do.

 

If there’s a local fan base for you to tap into – go for it.

you need to get your music out into the world and get as many people as you can to listen to it.

 

Once you have this local scene locked down, you are then in a position to reach out to your nearest larger town – this doesn’t guarantee you will get on the radar of a music agency, but may help to get you closer because if you build a fan-base, they will eventually hear about you.

 

But wait!  You don’t even have to develop a following or play shows.it wasnt long before music agencies wanted to work with some of the bands i have worked with once they had a small following and could play live.

 

They were making songs at home in their bedroom and sent one to their favorite blog.the track was given exposure by the blog and ended up being signed by a label who first heard it on the blog.in the end they were courted by music agents and record companies and ended up choosing the ones they liked the best.

 

There are so many examples where bands that were far from the music epicenters were able to do really well.

 

As far as I can tell, Las Vegas is not a “music town”, and Brandon Flowers from The Killers even left his original band because they wanted to move to Los Angeles (a “music town”).

 

Leaving his former band,Flowers was then able to focus on a new act with Dave Keuning resulting in The Killers – all while based in Las Vegas.

 

Some people assume that music agencies will only work with larger established acts, and thats simply not true.

 

Starting off, many agents work very closely with the band.

you predetermine how you will get there.

 

When they believe in what you are doing, they will stick their neck out for you and pull favors etc in the hope for your loyalty when you blow up.

 

Giving upcoming bands the platform to start from, and

putting on the initial smaller shows, the music agencies dont make any money, but they get the profile and satisfaction of having found an artist and nurtured it.

 

Dont be afraid to begin dialogue with music agencies, they want you to be just as successful as you want to be.

Some people run around trying to impress them but it is usually not the best way to go about it as they like to discover things for themselves.

 

 

Momentum Worldwide NYC Summer 2010 Intern’s Music Video

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