Music Festival News

A lot has been said about over the last couple of years regarding Myspace and the impact it can have on making a career or future for a band or artist. The second medium would be YouTube. If i was going to give examples (which i am) then Lilly Allen got massive exposure on Myspace when her career first took of, I wouldn’t go as far as to say myspace made her because she does have talent as well as a famous father (who has been involved with having a chart hit! Remember Vindaloo?), but it helped, aslo YouTube has made people famous. Again it may not be completely down to YouTube but do a search for BeardyMan. he is a human beat-box that now does the festival circuit. But what if you want to make it like these people? Well you would have to have a remarkable talent to be picked up on any of these websites now. They have been completely saturated with people selling themselves through the net and lets face it if you sit and wait for a chance to come to you then its never going to happen for 99% of people.

That means its back to the old school (ish) for everyone wanting to make a break. With the situation of the music industry and people downloading music illegally and legally the emphasis on tours and live acts. Its not just about how you sound its also about how you perform, do you have a style that can catch an eye? Ive spoken to a few people recently at gigs and festivals and it seems the latest trend is not to record a cd and send it out but to record a DVD and send it out. One guy i spoke to on a campsite was really into this in a big way, He had already filmed his gig with the help from his universities media department and he was sourcing a website for DVD Duplication so he could send out all these dvds on mass, he seemed really energetic that this could be the way forward which might not have been looked at by people in the past. Id say good luck to him and i hope it works, To get seen you constantly need to be thinking outside the box and the more professional you look with a first impression in turn may give you a better chance!