Members Gremson Posted June 2, 2014 Members Share Posted June 2, 2014 Does anybody take it seriously? Do you think Reverbnation helps at all for getting your band in the ears of listeners, or is it just a waste of time?I've always set one up for my bands, and it's no different with a new band I'm starting up, but I'm wondering if time spent maintaining and updating is worth it. It seems like with enough finagling you can get your band in the top 5 local charts without even playing a show...What do you guys think are the most useful media sites to get an original indie/alt/rock/ish band in the ears of listeners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted June 2, 2014 Members Share Posted June 2, 2014 It helps as an app add-on for FB for hosting sample clips and posting your show schedule. That's what I use it for and it has been very helpful in that respect. For everything else, I've found it to be bunk. The top whatever local charts is nonsense. And I doubt anyone has listened to our clips on there other than (a) people we directed there to hear samples of the band for booking, or (b) people who just want to spam the page with their own links to their page (which I never click). I think the only people that go to Reverbnation are other musicians (or booking people listening to samples). Your target audience, likely the non-musician, is very likely NOT spending time on Reverbnation. That's been my experience. Perhaps some far savvier than I use it to greater effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted June 2, 2014 Members Share Posted June 2, 2014 These sites all work pretty well as cheap/easy webpages to point people to. Don't really see where they do much to generate fans/business in and of themselves, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outkaster Posted June 2, 2014 Members Share Posted June 2, 2014 Reverbnation doesn’t do {censored} in my opinion. It’s another thing I have to update, it’s slow, and you don’t have good editing capabilities in your events. It’s a musicians site really. You know who had one of the better interfaces for Musicians was Myspace believe it or not but it was slow as a hog also. Facebook now will not allow a reoccurring event to happen. I was researching it today because I have a gig every Sunday at a restaurant and I didn’t want to create at new event for every new Sunday that comes up. The most you can do is copy an event and that’s about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gremson Posted June 4, 2014 Author Members Share Posted June 4, 2014 So, just for {censored}s and gigs, if you were to choose to advertise your band on one site, or to give one media site the most focus. Which one would you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outkaster Posted June 4, 2014 Members Share Posted June 4, 2014 Facebook. Most people are our in that demographic we use it before. We are a on a couple sites but Facebook is free and you are able to see statistics there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted June 4, 2014 Members Share Posted June 4, 2014 So' date=' just for ****************s and gigs, if you were to choose to advertise your band on one site, or to give one media site the most focus. Which one would you use?[/quote'] If I was dead set on spending money on advertising online I suppose I would choose Facebook only because that's where I have the most certainty that my target audience will see it. For you, maybe that would be Twitter or some other site. It depends on where you think your fans likely spend their time and point their eyeballs. That said, I wouldn't, and haven't, because I don't think Facebook advertising is going to have a whole lot of return for cover bands and new original bands. I think I'd try to think of a way to generate buzz around a gig. Maybe a radio spot? Maybe the venue would go in halvsies? I dunno, just brainstorming because you asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted June 6, 2014 Members Share Posted June 6, 2014 Facebook paid placements are among the biggest flops in online marketing history. Big companies have left them in droves. So I wouldn't waste a dime on FaceBook ad placements; nobody clicks those side bars anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted June 6, 2014 Members Share Posted June 6, 2014 I'll ask my nephew what is working for his indie band and post back if I hear from him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opus Antics Posted June 6, 2014 Members Share Posted June 6, 2014 Facebook paid placements are among the biggest flops in online marketing history. Big companies have left them in droves. Not the least bit surprised. And I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members race81 Posted June 6, 2014 Members Share Posted June 6, 2014 Grem......id say if your promoting an original group use them all! Some people dont use facebook, some dont use bandsintown......the more outlets the more chance of gaining fans. Reletive of mine had a christian rock band years ago..the only outlet they had was you tube at the time. They actually scored a gig overseas from it. They lived the paid touring rockstar life for a week........I would use every free site I could, build a free site, and try to link them together if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators BATCAT Posted June 6, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 6, 2014 Here’s my thoughts/experience- I don’t think Reverbnation is really of any significant use as a promotional tool to connect with fans. I’ve never heard of an actual non-musician fan using Reverbnation to seek out music. It’s fine for something to host music for booking purposes, but other sites work just fine for that so I don’t really see the point. It’s always seemed like kind of a cluttered site that’s a lot of work to maintain. So my take-away is basically “don’t bother”… though I’d certainly be interested to hear success stories. I’m a big fan of Bandcamp, myself. Not in-and-of- itself to promote music, but rather as my go-to link for booking, to sell/give music to fans, include as an email signature, and so on. It’s free, clean and professional-looking, lets you set prices from free to pay-what-you-want to a dollar amount, gives you the option of download codes, and doesn’t take much from your sales. Plus there’s “pro” upgrade you can do for stuff like private streaming.But as far as connecting with people, I’d concentrate on Facebook and YouTube. Also try to connect with online music stations. I do miss MySpace. For a couple years there it was a really great thing for bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members backtoblue Posted June 10, 2014 Members Share Posted June 10, 2014 Reverbnation is the new MySpace. It's only useful as a free virtual press kit for booking purposes (actually their RPK's cost $5 a month but they are nice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mstreck Posted June 10, 2014 Members Share Posted June 10, 2014 I do miss MySpace. For a couple years there it was a really great thing for bands. Yes, it was! For awhile, facebook was great for our band. Now it's becoming a big PITA to use, especially since they actually PREVENT fans from seeing our posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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