[Dixielandjazz] The Jazz Musician's Biography

[Steve Barbone]

If you are the typical jazz musician/band leader, the "biography" portion of
your promotional kit, as it creates an IMPRESSION is woefully substandard.
Consider the below:

"The artist bio is one of the most important things for an artist to have in
his/her catalog aside from his/her music. It is a brief but detailed and
informative piece that outlines the artist's career to date. It should
summarize everything the artist is about, has done, and hopes to
accomplish." 
 
"The trick to this bio thing though is that it should only encompass about a
page in length (about 500 words) because the people that you want to read it
are short on time and attention span."
 
"And it's importance cannot be stressed enough simply because of the fact
that oftentimes, the artist's bio is the first (and sometimes last)
impression..." 

If interested in the complete article, go to:
http://www.isound.com/artist_blog/artist_biography

Cheers,
Steve Barbone