Indie Music Electronic Press Kits For Garage Bands

Sonicbids created an electronic press kit solution that allows garage bands and home recording studio musicians to submit with a click to some of the world’s biggest music conferences, festivals, songwriting contests and live music competitions. The list includes CMJ, Midem, and The USA Songwriting Competition. Sonicbids offers the service at three price levels: monthly ($5.95), 6-months ($29.95), or yearly ($49.95). In addition, some “dropboxes” require an additional fee. The tool sounds useful, and involves zero incremental cost for sending out multiple “EPKs”, as opposed to the cost of printing and mailing physical presskits. At the same time, an electronic press kit is easier to ‘delete’ than a hardcopy press kit. And most garage bands will still need physical press kits for other submission channels. As long as “EPKs” don’t begin to be viewed as spam by promoters, they are certainly a worth considering. If interested, be sure to check out the new joint deal offered by Discmakers and Sonicbids. ]]>