[NewMusic] Fwd: Free Public Relations and Marketing Strategies Workshops

[Alicia Byer]

re: low turnouts....

What are the PR things that happen for most shows? I know that somebody 
has figured this out more than me, but I'm just curious. Does the 
Transbay Calendar drop calendars off in many different places? I can 
think of a lot of bookstores and music places and bars/hangouts off the 
top of my head that could use some. Maybe the Transbay could have a more 
"flyer-type ad thing" instead of just the calendar, which you pretty 
much have to be hip to already to know what it is.

 I know that shows are listed in the papers but I think a lot of people 
that aren't musicians don't get into this music because they're just not 
exposed, not because they already hate experimental/new music. It's 
like.. most people just get into what their friends are into, which 
inevitably links back to pop music somehow, unless you have a friend 
that plays the freaky saxophone or went to Mills, so.. I think that's 
why all the audience members are already freaky musicians.

What about a PR compilation CD-R!!! haha just kidding.

alicia

weasel walter wrote:
> yeah, lets do that.
>
> ww
>  
> On Wed, 21 May 2008 17:28:52 -0700 Sarah - 21 Grand <21grand at 21grand.org>
> writes:
>   
>> - Well then, let's work to get 70 people at the shows you have coming 
>> up at
>> 21 Grand in June!
>>
>> sl
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