Archive | March, 2011

30 March 2011

Win tickets to MusicConnex

MusicConnex is a new event for people looking for a career in the music industry with over 100 expert speakers and 40 sessions.  Companies including Youtube, Soundcloud, Topspin, Reverbnation and INgrooves are involved and it takes place over three days at Kings Place in London starting on the 19th April.  We have 5 tickets to [...]

29 March 2011

How to get print press for your music

One thing that bands are always looking for is positive print press. Magazines, fanzines and newspapers do still have a place in building an audience and positive press gives a lot of credibility to your online activities. The conventional way of getting press is either to send off lots of press kits and hope someone [...]

24 March 2011

9 lessons DIY musicians can learn from Black Flag

Many of the techniques for promoting yourself as a DIY musician in 2011 were first pioneered by US hardcore bands in the late 70′s/early 80′s. One of the first of the hardcore bands was Black Flag, best known for launching the career of Henry Rollins. Their is much to be learned from their DIY punk [...]

22 March 2011

Hip hop marketing ideas for artists…..(Part 2)

In part 2 of this post we will look at mixtapes, sponsorship, street teams and more: Make great videos and upload them to the web with Tubemogul. Tubemogul allows you to upload to Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook etc just by clicking one button, saving you hours of time. Some people use Youtube as their main way [...]

21 March 2011

Squats with live music in Berlin – Lovelite

Next in our series on the erstwhile squat and squat venues of Berlin, Lovelite is more of a dance club than just a live venue, and is more exclusively focused on music than many of the places we’ve so far featured. A dive bar/ club housed in a former repair garage since 1999, Lovelite has [...]

18 March 2011

Elizabeth Wood – Co-founder & designer

Elizabeth has fronted 5 fine unsigned bands, this experience plus regular cravings for small gigs fuels the passion behind Live Unsigned. Partner in ibrow.com with Rob, with whom she relocated from London to Berlin in 2008. Now a new mum she gigs less but pours creative energy into Live Unsigned. Through LU she hopes to [...]

18 March 2011

Hip hop marketing ideas for artists…..(Part 1)

Hip Hop artists have long been ahead of the game in terms of personal branding and using the internet to build an audience. Whether you are a Producer, Singer or MC now is a great time to build an audience, here are a few ideas to make it happen, if you are prepared to put [...]

17 March 2011

Rob Searles – Co-founder & technical lead

Exhibiting a worrying hatred of arena type venues and the purveyors of mundanity that they invariably house, Live Unsigned’s chief geek strives to seek out cosy hovels where the atmosphere’s not dead and the music is live. When tapping away at his dweeb-box during frenzied coding sessions, he gets incredibly exasperated if forced to remove [...]

16 March 2011

Matt Stevens – Chief blogger

Matt Stevens is a musician and social media person who lives in London with his wife. His music has been featured on hundreds of podcasts and blogs and in the national press. He likes Doctor Who, Radiohead, cats,US Hardcore, King Crimson and many other equally geeky things.

15 March 2011

Oli Arditi – Band reviews & blog contributions

Oli Arditi, as you can see from his photo, enjoys looking confused while listening to music in pizzerias. He has successfully resisted the temptations of mainstream musical success, over a bass playing career spanning many years and at least several gigs, and has recently become obsessed with writing about music, and with supporting local, independent [...]