Online Band Marketing & Social Networking Crash Course

This week we are going to take a brief look at the importance for you and your band to be an active member in today's social networks, as well as some basic brand marketing tips for your band.

In our current society we are constantly glued to our tech devices and continuously downloading massive amounts of data through both our personal computers and mobile devices. In fact, over 488 million people use Facebook over a one month span with numbers growing everyday. With evidence like this it is no wonder that it is so important for artists to "put themselves out there". Gone are the days of searching the Yellow Pages for a phone number, or buying a map to plot a course for vacation. These tasks and more are easily and efficiently carried out over the internet.

So what are some of these social networks, and which ones do I need?

Treating Your Band As A Business: Making Music Your Career

Treating Your Band Like a Business:

Your music is your art. This article is not going to focus on the morality of commercializing your music, but rather to guide you along the way to your goal of creating income from your music! Think of the hours upon hours you have spent refining your musical talents. You deserve compensation for the work you've put into your craft and the first step you need to take is to start treating your band like a business! With the average career span for a band hovering around about seven years, the sooner you begin to view your music from the entrepreneurial perspective the better your chances of advancement will be. Treating your band as your business is not an overly difficult concept when approached with an open mind and a willingness to learn; in fact, you could be half way there already without even knowing it!

Phosphene Productions Studio Tour Video

Greetings and Salutations!

Not too long ago now we had the idea of making a video to share with everyone that could somewhat 'show-off' our studio in which we record out of. We instantly got to work on filming, music, effects, scripts and managed to put together a really great Studio Tour Video.
Our idea was to be able to share this video with those who maybe can't make it up to the studio to have a personal tour, or maybe whom live too far away.
It's also a great way for our fans to get a closer look at where we work and how its all done.
We hope you enjoy, feel free to leave comments, and of course, give her a thumbs up!

Cheers!~

Filming and Music by: Jakob Mantei
Production, Effects and Scripts by: Carter Greeves

Why Does 'Your Band' Need an Audio Engineer and/or Producer?

So you're an artist. You've got a band, maybe a few songs written, and have started playing gigs, but what you really need is a good EP (or album). Maybe you're looking for a recording studio with an engineer to record your songs, maybe you’d like a producer to help polish your songs, or maybe you've been recording and producing your own band and wonder why anyone would even want to hire an audio engineer or producer.

Once upon a time, recording your own band in your rehearsal space was a timely and very costly matter, and was generally unsuccessful until the era of digital recording mediums. With today's technology, creating a high-quality recording at home (or any other space of your likeness) has become effective and cheap. Even you can go to your local music shop and get your hands on a brand-new digital recording device capable of competing with the big studio downtown.