I've started a new project. 52 Weeks of Music DIY Advice. Read the beginnings of my first week here... then follow at my blog (listed at the end of the post. Thanks. - Sean Claes 

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Posters and Handbills ARE Important

(This is Week 1 of my Fifty-Two Weeks of Music Do-It-Yourself advice)

By Sean Claes

The Set Up: Let’s assume you have booked a show… since you are a band. So… next step is promoting said show. We’re going to call this one “Old School” promotion.

Poster – Get one done

Even if it’s a 8.5” x 11” pencil drawn flier on college-ruled notebook paper ripped carelessly out of the wire binder that says who you are and where you’re playing… that’s more than 80% of the bands out there are doing.

Now… I don’t recommend doing your promotional poster that way.

There are many poster designers.....
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