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Re: myspace strategies

Post by abZ » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:23 pm

setspeed wrote:my favourite blogs -

http://www.blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com
http://generationbass.com/
http://chromekids.blogspot.com/
http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/
http://hush-house.blogspot.com/
http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/
http://www.theheatwave.co.uk/blog/
http://electriczoo.blogspot.com/

...and of course my own, http://www.bassmusicblog.com

that's just a few, there are bloody millions out there! I'd say have a look on the blogroll or links page of any of those and you'll see loads more.

and to the dude who was asking about how to get more hits to your blog, it seems to me there are various stages -

firstly, post every day. it's a ballache but it's the only way you'll get people checking back regularly. but also it's kind of handy because it forces you to stay up to date with new and cool music!

once you're posting every day, get twittering and facebooking and myspace statusing and all the rest of it - low level spamming, basically! my blog gets about 15% of its hits from twitter and facebook links

then the next level is to start generating exclusive content - interviews, getting people to do exclusive mixes and what have you. this is a lot harder though and takes up a lot of your time...
My problem is that I don't do much actual writing. Just not good with the word really. What kind of stuff do you cover? I have a couple releases coming out tomorrow and next week, I need some coverage :D

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Re: myspace strategies

Post by 86. » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:54 am

just noticed this 'myspace email account' shit. :lol:

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Re: myspace strategies

Post by grooki » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:05 am

thanks for these, I'll check em out.

Definitely more interesting if there is some sort of writing\content on there.

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Re: myspace strategies

Post by vazt » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:41 am

oooh oooh +1 on the waves invite! hahah had to come out of lurking for that 1

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Re: myspace strategies

Post by setspeed » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:47 am

abZ wrote:
setspeed wrote:my favourite blogs -

http://www.blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com
http://generationbass.com/
http://chromekids.blogspot.com/
http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/
http://hush-house.blogspot.com/
http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/
http://www.theheatwave.co.uk/blog/
http://electriczoo.blogspot.com/

...and of course my own, http://www.bassmusicblog.com

that's just a few, there are bloody millions out there! I'd say have a look on the blogroll or links page of any of those and you'll see loads more.

and to the dude who was asking about how to get more hits to your blog, it seems to me there are various stages -

firstly, post every day. it's a ballache but it's the only way you'll get people checking back regularly. but also it's kind of handy because it forces you to stay up to date with new and cool music!

once you're posting every day, get twittering and facebooking and myspace statusing and all the rest of it - low level spamming, basically! my blog gets about 15% of its hits from twitter and facebook links

then the next level is to start generating exclusive content - interviews, getting people to do exclusive mixes and what have you. this is a lot harder though and takes up a lot of your time...
My problem is that I don't do much actual writing. Just not good with the word really. What kind of stuff do you cover? I have a couple releases coming out tomorrow and next week, I need some coverage :D
in general, 'bass music' - ie dubstep, garage, DnB, some house/breaks/etc...

and in particular, anything that we really like. i tend to turn down most 'requests for coverage' because i don't want it to turn into a world of press releases, although some interesting tidbit will often get people to look more fondly on it. if you've got a couple of things to come out, try sending them to a dozen or so blogs and maybe offer them something like a free 128k file of one of the tracks to give out. You'll likely get some coverage and it might change the way you look at PR for future stuff :)

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Re: myspace strategies

Post by miig » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:42 pm

not sure if setspeed is Ed but pretty sure it is. big up yourself.

with regards to submitting tracks to blogs... I've been meaning to write my own version of this as the number of emails a day is pushing up and most of it's trash. here's what the noiseporn boys had to say...

1. Don’t just submit a link with no description. At least include a Myspace or link to your website. At best, provide a short bio and description of the track.

2. Try and include a picture. That way we don’t have to track one down of you DJing at your mates house party or just post a generic one that doesn’t really fit the tune. The best way to submit the pic is with a direct http:// link. Don’t attach files, upload them to a photosharing website first. Both Wordpress and Blogger support linking to pics like this and it’s much easier than us downloading a pic from your email, uploading it to Flickr/Slide/Photobucket ourselves and then linking to it. If you want your tune on a blog, make our life easier!

3. If you’re going to submit loads of tunes at once, highlight one or two which you think we should definitely listen to. If we get five tunes and don’t happen to like the first one, we probably won’t download the rest. So pick the best and tell us about it!

4. Personally, I prefer not to download zip files or rar’s. They take a while to unpack, can easily be forgotten about, and mess up my directories. If you want to submit a picture, provide a link to it, and if you want a lengthy bio, then just write it in your email.

5. When you’re writing your bio, don’t say something like “DJ Noise Porn started DJ’ing at the tender age of thirteen when he bought his first pair of decks for £10.” Nobody cares, and everyone says the same thing. Stick to future projects, or whatever label you’re signed to. If you aren’t signed, tell us which nights you play at. If you’re a bedroom DJ, just say that and provide an email for people to book you.

6. If it’s an English blog, write your email in English! Not Spanish, and definitely not Chinese! And for our Japanese hopefuls, a group of people playing musical instruments is called a “band” not a “unit!” (although that is pretty funny so we don’t mind really!).

7. Youtube (or Vimeo) videos are AWESOME! They’re quick to post, combine sound with visuals (so no uploading mp3s for us), and the reader can quickly get a flavour of what the artist is about in an engaging way.

8. Make sure your tunes are labelled correctly. When we open them up in iTunes, they shouldn’t be called “Song 1 – Final Mix” or have nothing in the Artist column. Take the time to do it. It can also be confusing if we don’t know the tune you’ve remixed and we don’t know who’s the original artist and who’s the remixer. So label them people!

9. If you’re sending out tunes to loads of blogs, then put the addresses in the “bcc” bar not the “cc”. This hides how many people you’ve sent it to. Nobody wants to post tunes that they know every blog in the world just received. The worst examples of these are where the artist has clearly sent it to 150 music blogs and said something like “We love reading your blog and think it’s one of the best out there.” Really??!! (And beware because our spam filters tend to be set pretty high so cc’ing loads of people in can flag your email up as spam, never to be seen again!) So where possible submit tracks individually to each blog.

10. Be courteous, and we’ll be nice back!
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Re: myspace strategies

Post by bokatordubstep » Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:48 am

86. wrote: ....but basically my new game is to see how far I can go by NOT spamming and adding people :lol: lemme see how far that goes.

do this. i had an account for my electro tracks, which was where i first started production. i added any and everybody i could think of, spammed the shit out of EVERYTHING for the first few weeks of having the account.
i got a few plays a day, few friend requests now and then. as of now the page is at 15 thousand views.


THEN....
i got into dubstep production and started a page for that.
i added hardly anybody, just the big guys that i am a fan of to put on my top friends an such.
i let everyone else come and add me.

it still surprises me how i can get on my dubstep page (now at almost 10 thousand views) and post a status update, and get 3 comments on it 8 out of 10 times, but i upload a new track to the electro page, and it barely gets 30 plays in a week.

i know the logic sounds reverse, but you'll get WAY more love if you let ppl add you instead of spamming for adds. this is because the ppl that ADD YOU, actually like your stuff, they liked what they heard, so THEY made the effort, THEY ARE REAL FANS, not just some person that wants as many friends as they can have, so they just accepted some random, obviously spammed, friend request.


anyways, just try it, you'll see what i mean. :t:
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