If you’re reading this, I probably @replied you and your band because you followed me (@sethw) on Twitter.
What you’re doing is the cyber-equivalent of handing me a CDR at a show and walking away.
A bit about me:
I played in all sorts of bands from 1991 to 2001.
I booked shows. I built websites for bands. I published zines.
I founded Buzzgrinder.com back in 2001.
I was the founding editor of Noisecreep.com for AOL Music.
In those 20 years I have never discovered or fallen in love with a band because someone handed me a CDR and walked away.
But during those 20 years I’ve made a lot of friends, and those friends were in bands, or ran labels or distros or booked shows. I discovered and fell in love with a lot of great bands because of that.
So if you think randomly following me on Twitter is going to help you, you’re wasting your time. And it’s a shame, because I know a lot of great people in the music industry, like publicists, engineers, A&R people, writers, editors, label owners, managers, bloggers, promoters, and tour managers.
Use this advice if you want. @reply me on Twitter, or shoot me an email.
Let’s be friends.
Then maybe I’ll listen to your music.