So, you’ve got your hit songs, you’ve sorted your image and you’re ready to tell the world about what an amazing musician you are – but where do you start?

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Recently, my band You and What Army supported the band Hadouken - a band that’s huge over here in England and is on Major Record Label Atlantic records – Check it out:

While I was there I learned quite a lot…

Before the show

Prepare Yourself

Do some excercise to prepare your body for running around (If you’re not going to perform to the people then they’re not going to remember you.   At a live show it is NOT all about the music, that’s the CD.)   Eat healthily so you’re in even better shape.   Organise extra practices and in general just keep on top of things.   Make sure you leave NOTHING until the last minute.   There will always be things that crop up that will take up your time – if you’ve dealt with everything you can deal with, then you can’t say you didn’t do your best to prepare.

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Myspace is usually the first port of call for telling the world about your band – but there are so many other places to get the word out that it’d be a shame to keep your music restricted to one website!

Here are a few alternatives that I’ve tried with my band, You and What Army, to get you started:

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Having recently re-done my band You and What Army’s Myspace page, I have come up with a bunch of snazzy (Awesome word) ideas to make your band’s myspace more interesting!

Here they are…

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Okay, so you’ve got a myspace and you’ve got some fans on your friends list – time to make the most of them!

These are things that I have learned to do for my band You and What Army that have proven results!

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