Learn the many ways that you can publicize and promote an album project or a live show. Our experts will explain how to approach media people without becoming a pest, and how to maximize your music in the press.

Paul Natkin, Moderator – Photographer and band manager
Thomas Conner Music Critic, Chicago Sun Times
DJ Niena Drake – Musician and publicist
Casey Meehan -Chicago Mixtape
Heather West- Western Publicity

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Get Publicity for Your Band originally appeared on Chicago Music Commission on October 10, 2011.

Learn from the pros:

• Replacing band members
• Keeping a band together
• Dealing with band-related start up business issues
• Establishing a business structure
• Navigating creative differences
• Splitting credits and sales among band members
• Figuring out band or individual ownership of equipment

Learn about the best way to form your band as an artistic and business entity from what kind of legal entity to choose, to finding collaborators, and how to go about replacing band members, what are some ways to help to keep your band together, how to best deal with band-related start up business issues, establishing a business structure for your band, dealing with changes in your band, learn how to set things up within your band so that changes in personnel or an unplanned incident or personal crisis doesn’t end your band, rehearsing and building your show together as a band, navigating creative differences successfully, how a solo artist can best approach building a backing or touring band, how to split credits and sales among band members, figuring out band or individual ownership of equipment, dividing up and delegating the work without burning out the leader who takes on the, defining all the different jobs within a band and assigning responsibility without encountering burnout from the leadership.

Moderator: Steve Frisbie (of Frisbie)

Panelists:
Doug Lefrak – Feisty Management
Lisa Malina – Certified Public Accountant
Jonny Basofin – The Changes
Dylan Rice – Dylan Rice Band

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Building Your Band originally appeared on Chicago Music Commission on February 5, 2008.