Why You Should Consider Throwing An Album Party
- What Is An Album Party?
- What Are The Benefits?
- Promotion
If you’ve ever considered releasing some songs, you may be thinking of how to gain listeners.
Although there are many ways to gain listeners, an album party is a safe and secure way to have friends/ family come to listen to your music or new album.
There are many benefits to doing an album party vs an open mic. When you finish your party try to have an itinerary for when you will have the next one. This will help you promote you and your type of music.
What Is An Album Party?
Think of renting out a venue, or using your backyard. You can really get creative and base your decorations off of what your album means to you.
You can sell your own merchandise, food, or drinks. Plan to invite a comfortable amount of people and give them a flyer or itinerary for the songs you want to sing to them.
Taking it a step further, musicians can craft their own business cards, making it easy to network.
Mingle and talk with your guests, this will help you get comfortable with everyone before performing.
Hire a photographer, this will be a memorable party and posting photos will be good to attract
What Are The Benefits?
One of the best things about throwing an album party is that you are in charge. You can invite whoever you want.
Having an album party allows you to create your own vibe for an ideal performance. You can ask people to follow you on social media and provide links to platforms where your music is located.
Although you may have to spend some money to throw the party, you can sell merchandise to help make up the costs.
In the end, you’ve been able to provide your guests with the necessities for you to grow and reach new listeners.
Promotion
When you post a single or an EP, if you want people to listen to it, try to post it to multiple platforms.
Instagram, Personal Website, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud, Tik Tok, etc.
An album party simply expands your outreach to friends, friends of friends, family, and friends of family. Your performance will feel better live, showing people that you’ve really got what it takes.
If they take videos and tag you in them, that’s a free promotion. If you have merchandise themed off of your album you can use that opportunity to make some money.
Think of selling your merchandise online. People who wear your stuff will attract more listeners.
Lastly, promote your next performance so people can write down the date. Creating a rapport with your listeners is important to keep them listening.