Wednesday 8 August 2012

how to become a good music publicist

pic: adapted from
www.we love music pr.com
Have you ever seen a musician having an interview and saying all the right things in that certain interview .Or news story articles in a newspaper or magazine about the musician just know is all the hard work of the music publicist.
A music publicist is a person that works for a record labels, musicians and producers and. Their work is to bring attention and generate publicity to the record label and musicians..read more
Here are some of the tips to make you the best
v  Good writing: it is very important to know how to write a good media release and a feature article because these two things are the ones that will get attention.
v  Education: it is also important to have a foundation of the theory and practices of public relations because you will have to know pr strategies, ethics and the mass communication.
v  Networking: as a music publicist you need to be social able and networking is important because that is where you make working relationships and create media contacts.
v  Know your environment: know the industry and the environment in which you are working in so that you can know your relevant and latest trends.
So the next time you have you get struck read this blog and it will show you where you went wrong.

38 comments:

  1. Pity that some of the musician do not realise the importancy of having a music publicist they just think they will manage everything but they fail

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    1. that is why we have so many wasted talent not be succeesful in thier music career

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  2. Well i guess its true when they say never underestimate the job of others, because to be honest i really didnt think musicians really must have such a person by their side but now i know.

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    1. it is good to know that this blog was educational

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  3. It takes many parties to produce the best artist as you mantioned one(the publicist). Not so many record labels see the importance and ned for publicist or PRP's.

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    1. and the reason for that is because they regard pr activites as a child plays

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  4. So ive heard that pr is falls under the list of most frustrating jobs in the whole world...#sigh

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    1. laugh out loud all i know is that pr is regaded as cost saving marketing plan

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  5. Sometimes PRP's are seen as nothing in this world and they really do a good job when they have one because they know what the media and the public needs.

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    1. we are seen as mothing but we are the ones that bring change in our organisation

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  6. PR is a good job and it does wonders for the music industry and musicians so it must not be taken lightly

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    1. yes i couldnot agree with you more on that one

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  7. PR is as important as other jobs,the industry must learn to appriciate PRP's.

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    1. i think is our duty to educate people about pr and hoen is it important

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  8. as we notice in the media how some celebrities project themselves better than other it is because they have had training in this sort of thing. those without would benefit from reading this blog

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    1. spread the word out there and i knoe it could teach people a thing or two

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  9. it takes the hard works of the leader and the artist to make the most success of the music.

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    1. but we should kown that success dosenot come easy

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  10. i really publicist help because you can see the difference between does who have a publicist and does who do not have a publicist they behave in a bad manner

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    1. that is why we always say that media train for oue organisation is important

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  11. it is sad how people are not aware of the importance of publicist and PRP because they think they can do the job or marketing can handle all that work. its time that PRP we make our mark in the markert so that they could see the value that we bring to the industry

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  12. Yep what you are saying is a good point, its very rare to find a musician saying bad things and we tend to think these people know their story and are on point.

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    1. all thanks to us the pr people to build they good image

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  13. true that mr media guru because without guys like them artists are more or less jobless.

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  14. Yes without publicists or PRPs a musician or brand cannot deal with a crisis or handle an interview in a certain way because publicists are well-trained for these kind of situations.

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    1. so they should stop understimating the tools of pr

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  15. yes pr is the future for our musicians and brands

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  16. Without PR our artists will not survival in the media world I hope that they realise how they need us after reading you blog.

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    1. and i once say that the media can break you and they can also destory you

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  17. I get the fact that you are talking about being a good publicist and all, but the underlying truth is that publicists just enhance the communication between an organization and its public. But big up for the informative tips.

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  18. Top management in Organisation usually critise and undermine work of Publicists, if only they could read this blog, to see the hard work and responsibilities that PRp's are faced with.

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    1. but i would really like to ask you how do we make your organisation notice our value

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  19. Thanks for informing us about about as clearly a lot of people do not know the importance of PR.They do not know anything even about simple things as a brand's image.

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