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PROFITABLE MUSICIAN WEEKDAY NEWSLETTER

October 9, 2024

📇Recipe for a winning EPK

Yesterday we talked about why you need a music website.

And one of the most important pages you must have on your site is your EPK - Electronic Press Kit.

A good EPK can give someone who is looking for more info about your music (press, venues, potential collaborators, etc.) a quick, comprehensive snapshot of what you and your music are about.

An EPK can be especially advantageous when working with press, who are always under a deadline, because it's a one-stop-shop for all the assets they need.

So here's what you should have on your EPK:

• Quotes about your music (from press or reviews, from venues about your live performances, or from fans)
• Bio (I suggest including a single paragraph short bio and linking to your full bio)
• Music: Choose a few of your most representative songs (including your newest release) and make it easy to stream right on your page.
• Photos: Head shots, performance shots, album/single art. Make a few visible and link out to High Res photos that press and venues can easily download.
• Video: Sizzle Reel if you have one, Music videos or live performance footage. Only include your best or most recent on the EPK. You can also link to your YouTube channel in case they want to see more.
• Past/Future gigs: keep this up to date
• Social media links: I'd only put the ones you are actually active on.
• Contact info: Put an email contact form and be sure you monitor it regularly in case there is a quick turnaround for an interview, story or gig.
• Links to additional info if needed: press releases, one sheets, tech riders, stage plots, etc.

To make your life easy, Bandzoogle has templates for your EPK so you don't have to build all these sections from scratch.

And you've got the tools at your fingertips to make music available for streaming and videos for watching right on your site.

I've seen artists try to build an EPK on other site platforms and, to be honest, it looked super wonky. Not the professional first impression you're looking for.

So I recommend you get a free trial on Bandzoogle and build your EPK today. With a template it will only take you a few minutes.

Please send me links! I want to see what you build.

And please reply and let me know if you're struggling to gather any of the above assets so I can write about them in future newsletters.

Always in your corner,
​Bree Noble

What Is The Best Timeline For A Release?

Check out this clip from the Fan Attraction Summit where I talk with Diane Foy about the best timeline for releasing music.

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