How to Support the Music Scene
Holly Royle
Director and Founder at Deviate PR, Head Publicist at C Squared Music, Musician, Music Journalist, Writer
I'm sure many of you are aware that the music and events industries have been seriously affected by recent events.
Preventing the spread by reducing contact with others in large groups is of course, necessary. However, musicians, venues, promoters, sound engineers, marketing companies are all losing out because of this. Here are 5 free and low cost ways that you can help.
Free Ways to Help:
1) Stream your music, from both your favourite artists, and why not discover some new music too? This costs you nothing by accessing the free version of sites, including Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, just to name a few. It helps to boost their music in the algorithms and gain some money from every play.
2) Like and share the social media pages and music of bands and artists. This helps to build up their reach and only takes you a couple of clicks!
3) Write a review - post reviews of music you love on all sites.
Low Cost Ways to Help:
4) Spend the money that would have gone on an event ticket on that artists' album or merchandise. Not only does this support the artist but can help to support the teams around them who have also been affected.
5) Buy their music as a gift. Music is an incredible thing - why not introduce someone you love to a brand new artist?
Check out the small (but steadily growing!) Deviate PR Spotify playlist and discover something new? Find it here!
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Thanks for sharing this, Holly Royle! Great and very creative ideas, especially in the times that we live in ??
Assistant Professor in Media and Communications; Professor (Emeritus) and Visiting Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries. National Teaching Fellow. Author, researcher, documentary maker, journalist, musician.
5 年You can also 'like' and 'follow' artists' pages in streaming platforms and include their songs in your own playlists. This increasing reach and traction... here's a playlist of some great Southampton artists. Take a listen. Who knows, Deviate PR might be interested in representing one of them :) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5eSLATsjIaeRghyoMvLXT6?si=y23xJkShQjaJ8F5uIwjWrQ
Music Producer, Multi-instrumentalist, Sound Designer, Songsmith, Music Video Parody Creator and sit-down comedian - Tastemaker
5 年Good post. I will share as it is a great help for those of us create and a reminder for music lovers. :)