Selling music vs selling yourself
I’ve said many times on this site that I don’t listen to a lot of electronic music.
This isn’t helping.
See, we get a lot of emails from artists, labels, and promoters. A surprising amount, more than I ever would’ve expected. Every week they come in and I like to think our discerning tastes are up to the challenge. But while I’ve said I’ll listen to anything once that’s not always the case.
I won’t listen to your album if the most prominently-placed note in your bio is that you’re a Suicide Girl pin-up. This site focuses on independent music, not independent pornography. Promo photos like the ones above may help Britney Spears move units but they aren’t going to have an effect on me. Weak performers rely on showmanship to overcome their weaknesses. One thousand emo bands have learned that lesson already.
I won’t listen to your album if you send me nothing more than a link to your myspace page. Myspace is the goddamn devil and if you can’t spare the time or energy to at least attach an mp3 to your email then I can’t be bothered to seek it out myself. I may spend an unhealthy amount of time on-line, but I haven’t got enough time for that.
I may not listen to your album if every email I get from you is about shows that aren’t happening on my continent. I love how much attention we’ve gotten from the UK, but I don’t need to hear about every tour or festival date your band is playing at this summer. I’ll let you know if I’m heading across the pond.
I hope we understand each other. I don’t mean this to be overly dickish, but I’ve had a pretty rough 10 days or so and the site going down was sort of the cherry on top of my shit sundae. I’m a little aggro.
Thanks for stopping by. Regular updates will resume as early as later today.
The same woman in a blog post just below yours on The Hype Machine. They must have sent out a lot of e-mails to blogs.