Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Get started

One simple way to maintain an online presence is to build a website. 

Suitable for both individual performers and ensembles, websites can serve as a centralized repository of information. Performers can post head shots and other pictures, and they are good places for resumes and sample recordings. For ensembles, websites present great opportunities to explain the ensemble's focus, such as specializing in music of living composers or unusual instrumentation.

A website does not have to be expensive or complicated. There are a number of free tools that can be used to construct basic websites, including:

1 comment:

  1. Nice blog topic. From the presenters perspective, this is imperative. I'm so surprised to find well-known artists who don't have websites. And when they don't, they simply get skipped over in being featured in our posters, emails, website, etc. It's not that we don't want to showcase everyone, it's just that "house marketers" don't have time to follow up and request the materials; instead we simply go with what we have, with what's made available right at our fingertips.

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