4 Ways to Promote Your Music

If you are looking for platforms or opportunities to be heard, this blog post will help you to understand a few ways and shortcuts to promote yourself or your band. Whether it is your own music or a cover, to play shows you have to send snippets of your performances to ensure that your organisers believe that you and your band are capable of playing live shows. In order to promote yourself correctly and to reach your audience, we recommend the using the following ways to keep your fans updated:

1. Social Media Promotion

Keep an active Social Media presence. Post a video once a week if you can. Let your fans or people following you be engaged and let them get familiar with your profile. Once you keep posting, they will get an idea that you are someone who is regularly working on something and that keeps them excited. However, we recommend not to post everyday as some people might find it irritating or you might end up being too monotonous for their liking. Put up something exciting and try to do different things every week to change it up and keep it interesting. 

2. Professional Recording

Quality always matter in this industry. The better your recording, the more chances you will have to attract people. In the modern world, everyone has a very short span of attention. So whatever they hear, it has to be good and exciting for their ears. So to get the quality, make sure to record in a professional studio preferably one with a professional sound engineer. The studio can also help you with some aspects of music and elevate the product which will help you showcase your skill. Look at professional recording as an investment and save up to get your music produced professionally. In addition, working with a professional recording studio will give you access to professionals in the music industry. So, be professional, be punctual, make contacts and build your network. If the studio likes your music and working with you, ask them to talk about you, showcase a part of your music and share your contacts information with other musicians, music directors and producers.

3. Play Gigs

The best way to put yourself and your music out there is, to perform. Try to do small shows or any show that you can get in the beginning. It will help you with understanding how to prepare for a show, stage dynamics and also how to showcase yourself in front of crowd. The more you perform, the more the audience knows about you and your music. You will have admirers and critics. Embrace them both. Always look to improve, listen to their feedback and see how you can improve yourself. Also, make sure you spend time with your admirers and gain knowledge on what they liked about your performance and what they want to hear next. Remember, your fan base begins with a single admirer.

4. Release Music or Music Videos

These days, there are a lot of platforms that allows you to upload music for free. Take the benefits of that and upload your song in as many platforms you can. This will build your profile and will help you get connected with artists and event organisers. It is important that people have some idea about you and the music you play. Also, if you can afford it, try to make videos for your song, as the visual aspect of entertainment has grown massively and this will help you attract the masses. Videos help connect with the crowd and if you make that connection, you have successfully put yourself out there.

There are many more ways in which you can promote your music, we have just shared a few. Keep working at it until you achieve what you want. There are also several professionals who can help you with the same including large record labels. Be smart and be careful how you invest your money to get the best bang for your buck.

BlueTimbre is a unique Music Company that provides Music Education and  Recording Studio services. BlueTimbre also works with schools to provide end-to-end Music Education solutions for schools. 

The BlueTimbre team comes with decades of cumulative experience in running Structured Businesses, Music Curriculum Development, Music Education and Performance.

4 songs You can Play as a Beginner Guitar student

Learning songs are an important part of your Music Education. It builds your knowledge on music and the practical skill of all the techniques and theory you have been learning. As a beginner student it can give you a sense of achievement and encourage your interest towards the instrument. It can be as simple as chord playing or a melody of a certain song, everything helps in your progress. In this article, we would like to suggest some songs that, may sound difficult to learn, but actually with little commitment and practice, can do wonders in your playing.

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Although the original song is in G# minor/B major scale, you can turn the song into simple A minor/C Major scale and attempt the plucking of the song. The melody of it is really sweet and you will see a whole new perspective of using chords in a different manner. If you have a friend who can play the guitar as well, then a duo performance of the song with one playing the chord and the other plucking the melody will just boost your credential as an amateur musician and take up your performing skills up a notch.

Pani Da by Ayushman Khurana  (Vicky Donor)

This song has a very interesting strumming pattern, although you might find it hard to cope up with the speed in the beginning. But with everyday practice and a little commitment, you can get up to speed. Start practising it in a slow tempo and slowly increase it to the actual tempo. This song will not disappoint you in terms of sing-along or just showing off your skills. The strumming pattern sounds itself sounds complex but if you break it down and start from a slow speed building up the right technique, you can get this song within 2-3 weeks.

Sweet Child of Mine by Guns ‘N’ Roses

This song might sound really beyond your reach but just hear this out. The intro is a very clever use of pattern playing where most of the notes are the same, only the first note changes after every second round of one set of pattern. You can start off with just the chords itself and sing this famous number just for yourself. After you have sung the song, try picking the intro melody. This will surely improve your finger independence and give you a real look into the techniques of making a melody. Start with a slow tempo and gradually increase your speed, and in no time, you are set to become the next Slash amongst your peers.

Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

If you are someone who wants to start playing solos, there is no better song than ‘Wonderful Tonight’ to start soloing. The intro or the melody line uses a very simple use of bend and easy to access notes on the guitar. The melody itself is used in the song in very selective parts and will incorporate the idea of soloing and playing chords together in a song. Besides, it is a beautiful song with such simple but romantic lyrics, it can just attract any crowd. 

We hope you enjoy these songs and try them out on your guitar. Write to us for more such tips and fun songs to play. Keep watching this space for more suggestions and music learning information.

BlueTimbre is a unique Music Company that provides Music Education and  Recording Studio services. BlueTimbre also works with schools to provide end-to-end Music Education solutions for schools. 

The BlueTimbre team comes with decades of cumulative experience in running Structured Businesses, Music Curriculum Development, Music Education and Performance.

5 Things you Learn from Performing Music

Everyone wants to play music to perform. Performance plays an important part in learning your instrument and can teach you a lot of things that you need to do to become a better musician. Here are a few things you can expect to learn from your performances.

1. Band dynamics

The best part about performance is that you play with your peers or fellow musicians. Performing is a team sport and everyone has to be on the same wavelength to be able to put up a solid performance. Everyone should understand each other’s roles and what they bring to the performance. That is why practice is such an important part of performance. Song dynamics, sound level and tightness are the things that you work on during the jam sessions. Understand your role in each of your performances and executing them along with your bandmates will lead to a satisfying performance.

2. Use of techniques

You have been practicing your technique and now it is time to showcase them. It is during these performances that you understand how it actually sounds with everyone and adjust it according to what the song needs. It should not be too overpowering and neither should it be lost in all the noise. Finding the right settings, tone and volume beforehand is important to get the best of your instrument or voice. The techniques used should be able to enhance and complement the song and other instrument that is being played and not the other way around.

3. Stage Presence

Performance is not just about showing your skills. It is also about engaging the crowd. If you are too focused on playing/singing, the audience will never be able to connect with your performance. Learn few tricks to engage the crowd. Make eye contact. If you can engage them you feel their energy and it gives a different dynamic to your performance. It is important that you make your presence felt, not just with your playing but with communication and showmanship.

4. Feedback

Learn to take honest feedback from your bandmates or the audience. After the show, listen to how they felt about your performance. In fact, make sure you record your show and play it back. Be an honest critique of yourself and see where do you need to improve and what could you have done better. Learn from each performance and strive to do a better performance next time. Performance is all about getting your audience back again and if you can work on what they have to say, they will surely return to hear your improvements.

5. Confidence

Everyone gets nervous when they get on stage, especially the first few times. So, by figuring out the things that made you nervous and correcting your mistakes, you will become more confident each time. Everyone has a few tricks that calms them down and everyone deals with it differently. So, you have to find your mantra and exercise them before you get on the stage. Being confident is a key factor to showcase your skills efficiently. Nervousness can kill your performance and the audience can feel it. Always show your skills with authority, even if your performance is not entirely perfect.

BlueTimbre is a unique Music Company that provides Music Education and  Recording Studio services. BlueTimbre also works with schools to provide end-to-end Music Education solutions for schools. 

The BlueTimbre team comes with decades of cumulative experience in running Structured Businesses, Music Curriculum Development, Music Education and Performance.