Love Passing Along Great Advice
Like it says, I love to pass along great advice. Here are some excellent tips on what NOT to do in email pitches you send to promote your band and music. "5 types of pitch emails all music journalists hate getting from indie bands" Source: http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2015/01/5-types-pitch-emails-music-journalists-hate-getting-indie-bands/ This post was written by Jhoni Jackson and it originally appeared on the SonicBids Blog.] Pitches from brand new bands and artists not tied to a public relations company are unarguably the ones that catch the most skepticism from journalists. Sometimes it only takes an unfamiliar name amid an avalanche of emails from recognizable PR reps for a writer to pass you over. If they’ve actually opened your message, then any sort of blunder could easily cost you. Does that sound harsh? It’s not, really. I can’t speak for everyone, but generally, journalists aren’t unnecessarily mean; it’s just that there is more music than the