Want to send out my cd to be reviewed

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Is your press kit electronic?

Have you heard of sonicbids.com? They are a company that sends out your EPK (Electronic Press Kit) to anyone you want on their database. Within their database, they have all sorts of opportunities such as, magazines that will review your work if you send them your EPK and pay a submission fee. Sonicbids charges, I think, a yearly subscription and, like I said, each opportunity has a submission fee. On the surface, it sounds like you're paying a lot of money but when you consider the costs of CDs, photos, postage, envelopes, and copies of your PK it's really a bargain in the long run. Not to mention that it saves you the hassle of running all over town making photos, copies, the Post Office etc.

Also, some of these magazines are more interested in what you sound like rather than what you look like. So it's kind of a waste to send them your photo when they'll just throw it away. With sonicbids, you can upload your best MP3's so that they can listen to them and decide if your music, look, style, etc fits their readership.

I didn't read your PK but do you have any credentials? In my experience, which, mind you, isn't a lot, I find that some of the more reputible magazines won't give you the time of day unless you have some kind of credential to make you stand out. For example, you've won a song writing contest, or your music recieves a lot of airplay, or you sell out at your live venues etc. These are other opportunities that are available at sonicbids or Musicsubmit.com.

Incidently, I am not a representative of the sonicbids company. I'm just a member who has had some success with them. I recieved a free subscription with sonicbids when I had my CD's manufactured as part of the order package. There are other companies you can find on the web, such as musicsubmit.com (or submitmusic.com something like that) that provide similar services for subscription fees.

Hope this helps.
 
First, I REALLY like you're album art.

Second, some notes on the one-sheet. The basic format and look seems fine to me, but I'd recommend these changes to the details.

-I would say "home studio" rather than "living room and bedroom" - it sounds more professional.
-I'd remove the "artwork by..." line - musicians have reputations as egomaniacs, and this just reads like you patting yourself on the back.
-For the same reason, I'd change "learning all there was to know" to "learning all I could" - the way you have it implies that you have now learned everything.
-I'd also remove "(about 500 hours)" - it's a technical detail that distracts the reader from the main story.
-change "Trying to communicate what music means to me in less than a few pages..." to "Trying to communicate what music means to me in a single page..." - you're trying to say that music means a lot to you, and it would take a long time to explain, right? Saying that you can't do it on one page, but maybe on a few, doesn't really communicate that.
-Who's "Tuna in the Brine" by? I've never heard of it, but if you also mentioned the artsist's name, I might recognize them, which would help set you apart in my mind.
-I don't know if I'd mention "over 100 hours recording and mixing" at all - maybe "countless hours", but the people who you're sending this one-sheet to are familiar with music and musicians - they know it takes a lot of time to make an album, and aren't likely to be impressed by any particular number.

Finally, I'd have someone with good editorial skills go over this - an English teacher would be perfect, if you're on good terms with one. There are some slightly odd phrasings and word usage throughout, but I'm not qualified to correct them.
 
it looks good man.

Reads a little more like a resume than a press kit. Might use a little more focus on the music. A good rule of thumb for this is "show, don't tell". i am incredibly impressed with your accomplishments at 18, if you just say what you are doing and who you are, people will get it without being hit over the head with it.

THe writing could use some cleaning up too, some grammar stuff with commas and flow of writing.

Overall, it looks great, but i would try to approach it as an artist, loosen up abit and think about what people will find intersesting in the music.

Fantastic job on you album project, you've done great stuff.
daav

PS: thanks for the guitar you sold me, it is a bunch of fun to play :)
 
Thanks sonicpsyops, I'll look into companies that do it for you, that sounds like it could be a great idea. Don't really have any credentials yet, just released my album 6 days ago......but my ablum release show was a huge success. The room was jam packed, maybe 50 people there which I thought was good for my very 1st show, in a very small town.

LfO..wow. Thanks so much, I love how you gave me so many specific examples of what I could clean up, all your suggestions are great and I will definitely be doing some editing with your remarks as a guide.

And thanks for all the kind words and advice daav....and I'm glad you like the guitar!
 
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