When emailing a band’s management for the first time, you only have a few chances to get our attention. Mess that up, and your email is lost.
Below is a list of common mistakes and pet peeves from years of receiving emails, along with suggestions for ways to improve your… Read More
By Dave Poe
Booking Agent for: The Green, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Seeed, The Cat Empire, Trevor Hall, etc.
Ah, the question that every band or manager has heard before while in negotiations (or begging pleas for that matter) to book a show at a music venue… big or… Read More
In December 2010 Creative Allies hosted a logo design competition for Rootfire. Over 70 designs were submitted (see them) during the 3 week campaign. To spark ideas we sent designers a few pencil drawings, a New Orleans Cook Book, Sankofa bird, and a playlist of music. …… Read More
Pitching + Social Media Week DC Highlights
By Curtis Bergesen
Last Thursday I attended a Social Media Week event in Washington DC named “Social Media and the Local Music Scene: Engaging local audiences and re-envisioning social networks.” The event took place at VeraCruz Gallery and was hosted by Listen… Read More
For the last few years we have worked to build momentum for The Green in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Ranging from album distribution, to hiring radio pluggers and publicists, to sending promotional t-shirts, we have tried to spread The Green’s music and good energy around the country.… Read… Read More
Hot Water Music
January 22, 2013
9:30 Club, Washington DC
By Curtis Bergesen
.@HotWaterMusic could rip @930Club in half with their emotion alone!
I tweeted this last night, while seeing Hot Water Music at the 9:30 Club, in Washington DC.… Read More
∆ (alt-J)’s sound contains expressive psychedelic elements with vocals suspended by distorted guitar strings, dancing like puppets on psychedelics inside of a serious Bollywood movie. The band forms intelligent arrangements by bringing together melodic guitar and piano accompanied by irregular drum rhythms.… Read More
Selah Sue was recently in the US for 3 weeks including stops in DC, NY, and Boston as well as UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival- where she was billed with Rebelution. The dates focused around promoting her self titled album which comes out in N.… Read More
