There is more music being released than ever before and there are more music marketing “services”, tools and techniques as well. Can a DIY artist with no team and no budget compete and be heard? This participatory workshop will discuss the opportunities and obstacles to getting your latest release heard, with examples and a suggested timeline for promotional activity. We will discuss the music industry landscape for DIY artists including media coverage, social media, streaming, web3, AI and community building highlighting the myths, the scams and what works. This is a workshop and not a lecture, meaning participants will be asked to join the conversation and discuss their situation in promoting their releases.
DIY Promotions – getting your music heard and hitting your goals, with no team and no budget
ABOUT JAMES THORNHILL
James Thornhill is a journalist, music marketer, manager, DJ, promoter and curator working out of the Midlands, UK. Proxy Music offers mentoring, marketing and management support to artists and labels working with Bethan Lloyd, Marvin’s Revenge, Bear Stone Festival, iamYank, Our Silent Canvas, Wendy Rae Fowler, Julia-Sophie, No Type records, Subexotic records, Seas of Mirth, Yarni, Cowgirl, Pet Crow, Yammerer and Castles In Space and others.
As a journalist, he is a regular contributor to Electronic Sound and has bylines in Notion, DrownedinSound, Line of Best Fit, Louder, Under The Radar and GodisinTheTV and had a monthly new music slot on BBC Radio Derby. In 2019, he wrote and edited the 40th Anniversary fanzine for Casio Instruments. He has delivered workshops on music marketing at Sharpe, Nouvelle Prague, and Muna music festivals, and has taken part on panels at various other music industry events. He recently launched a new electronic music festival, WFR Central, in Derby, UK. Headlined by Altern 8 and with a lineup of top electronic acts from the UK, it takes place on one day across two venues in the city (Dubrek Studios and Deda).
WHEN: 24. 4. 2023 at 16:00 CET
WHERE: Nekázanka 16, 110 00 Praha 1
REGISTRACE
(workshop is for free)
