Comments on: Write an effective band bio or press release. http://musicshrink.com/2010/01/19/music-shrink-7/ Helping your music succeed where art and commerce meet. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:46:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: brian http://musicshrink.com/2010/01/19/music-shrink-7/comment-page-1/#comment-16 brian Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:31:05 +0000 http://musicshrink.com/?p=109#comment-16 I couldn't agree more with this post. As a publicist and music writer, I know how hard it is to pique someone's interest and get them to actually put the CD in the player. I equate it to HR reading resumes or a script reader um... reading scripts. An HR person will spend on average 10 seconds on a resume and a script reader will dump a script in the first couple pages if it doesn't grab them immediately. If you have the cash, I would recommend hiring a professional publicist or local newspaper writer (or music blogger) to write your bios and press releases. Many writers will do it for around $100 a page for a bio. Your job is to make awesome music - no one expects you to be an excellent scribe. I couldn’t agree more with this post. As a publicist and music writer, I know how hard it is to pique someone’s interest and get them to actually put the CD in the player.

I equate it to HR reading resumes or a script reader um… reading scripts. An HR person will spend on average 10 seconds on a resume and a script reader will dump a script in the first couple pages if it doesn’t grab them immediately.

If you have the cash, I would recommend hiring a professional publicist or local newspaper writer (or music blogger) to write your bios and press releases. Many writers will do it for around $100 a page for a bio. Your job is to make awesome music – no one expects you to be an excellent scribe.

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