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What You Can Do To Help Radio Stations & Request Lines
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Be a Part of Wooster SangBooking
Wooster Sang is looking for volunteers to help manage a number of aspects that face the band from bookings to the actual production of a show. 1999 is a critical year for the band as it plans to up the ante with the number of live performances it puts on this year.Areas you can actively help are...
The band will provide a list of clubs and colleges in your area with contact information. Once you get through to a key person which is no easy task, get the OK to send in a sampler cassette w/press kit or CD if the club requires. Then forward the information to the band and we'll send out the press kit. You'll need to follow-up with the club and confirm a date. Of course if you know of any club or college not on the list, feel free to send the info to us.
College Radio Promoters
Same concept as above but the list will consist of Music and Program directors. Once you get through and get the OK we'll forward the CD's to the stations. Once the station has the CD, we need to maintain the relationship by faxing/emailing news releases, gig date information on a weekly basis. In addition, we will need to inform our mailing list/fan base of the stations we need people to call to request our songs. UP
Press
Same concept but the list will consist of publications and on-line sites that review bands and/or websites. One of the things we are trying to do this year is push our website, it's a great way to standout and the number of visitors we have had (over 3000) has added new fans!
Promoters
We'll forward/mail you posters, flyers, passes to shows, sampler cassettes and webcards. Webcards look like business cards but contain our web address only. These need to be handed out or placed in venues, stores, cafes, phone booths, cabs, etc... wherever you think make sense.
Email Fan Base Promoters
We need people to actively try and get new names for our email and mailing lists. Talk to all your friends and give them the website address - http://www.woostersang.com - and if they like what they see and hear they can be added to the mailing list by sending us an email. You can also ask them if they know of anyone else who might want to come down and see the band perform. UP
Consignment Sales
Go to your favorite music/record store and speak with the manager and see if they are interested in doing a consignment deal with our CD. Typically they'll start you off small, but if sales go well they'll ask for more. We are prepared to put free sampler cassettes on store counters in the hopes that if customers listen and enjoy the two songs, they will come back and purchase a full length CD.
Show Promoters
Once the band has a performance date, we need people to help spread the word and rally as many folks as they can to come down to see the band live.
You Can Make The Difference
We need your help, there is no way that WS can compete with signed artists who are backed with record company staff and $$. But the group stands a chance if they get enough of you out there to jump on the bandwagon and lend a hand in spreading the word. Ever see an email joke and later talk to a friend about it on the other side of the country who happened, by chance, to get it from a completely different source....that's what we're talking about here....the buzz, the word of mouth. 3 record companies recently came down to see the band play...somehow WS made their list, they had heard of the group without being approached by band representatives. It's called buzz.....and the group needs you to help.