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We've talked before about how important it can be to film all sorts of stuff - not just performances - that you can upload to the web and have your fans find and spread. YouTube for musicians is a 21st century gift in terms of promotion and marketing. If you're not using it, you're an idiot!
As these two articles point out - don'tjust film or record the covers, the demos, the rehearsals - you can go much, much further.
As the piece on DIYMusician says:
The simple idea: record everything. Practices, jam-sessions, big gigs, little gigs, band meetings, video shoots, stopping at a taco truck in a different city every single day on tour. OK. So maybe the last example is just something crazy that only I would do (and cruelly inflict upon my band), but my basic point is that you never know when you’re going to capture something dramatic, magical, memorable, joyous, horrible, or otherwise noteworthy.
Read that DIYMusician piece here.
Then, this post on WeAllMakeMusic looks at a specific band covering a specific event. Great example.
There’s a very good reason people do things like take pictures, write journals (or, these days, blogs), and collect souvenirs. We want to capture a moment in time and hold on to it, reflect on it later and possibly share it with others, make them feel like they were there.
The David Crowder*Band have just released a great example of how bands should do that, too.
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