Friday 8 October 2010

How to write a great artist bio

We have written about how important a bio is to your music promotion on our blog before.

It's an essential part of what you need to do. So many, however, are horribly boring and you need to make yours stand out.

This is an older article but it gives some great ideas.

A bio can be a tough nut to crack for independent artists. So how do you write a good bio?

First of all, proper spelling and punctuation are imperative. Don’t have errors in your bio!  Have other people proofread your bio, especially if this isn’t one of your strengths. (I’ve been guilty of spelling and grammatical errors plenty of times myself – just make sure you don’t let yourself off the hook too easily. Proofread. Care. It matters)

Structure your paragraphs in a way that’s easy to read. Be digestible. Giant paragraphs and run-on sentences are amateur and make your bio difficult to read – not what you want!

As for the content, there are many ways to approach it. Here’s one of them.

Read the whole article here.

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