7th band biography template

In order to build a successful music career, you have to do a lot more than craft music. Model musicians aren't just great at their craft, they also know how to market themselves on just about any platform. Part of this skillset is knowing how to craft an excellent musician bio.

Writing your own artist bio can feel somewhat unnatural, to say the least, but it's an essential skill to master alongside other industry professionals. Below, we'll walk you through the components of an effective musician bio and showcase a couple of exemplary musician and band bios. This way, you'll have no trouble writing your own music bio at any stage in your career. Let's dive in!

What Is A Musician Bio?

So, what is a musician biography and why is it important to your success throughout the industry? A great musician bio helps you communicate that you're professional, driven, and proven to succeed throughout the business of music. It can also help curious fans develop more of an insight into who you are as an artist, and help strengthen your artist-to-fan connection.

With that in mind, an effective musician bio is different from the short bio you share with an employer or family members. A musician bio is special because it's crafted strategically around your artist statement and achievements, helping you to grow your fanbase.

Your musician bio will be used in multiple places, essentially serving as your pitch as an artist. In some cases, potential fans and people within the industry may read your music artist bio long before getting a taste of your music. Therefore, your musician bio should help draw in future listeners, and effectively describe your sound with words alone.

Why Are Musician Bios Important?

It may not seem so at first glance, but a strong musician bio can have a real impact on your music career. Musician bios are certainly secondary to the music itself, but they can be the professional hook that draws others

Subscribers Dan and Patricia both recently asked about effective band/performer bios and promotional blurbs.

So….let’s dive in.

(Rather watch/listen to this article? Click on the video below.)

I’m going to work on an artist bio below, and we’ll end up with a bunch of key takeaways for yours as well.

(For storytellers and performing artists too…)

If you’ve spent any time on this blog, you’ve heard me say “make it about THEM, not you” more times than you’d care to recall.

And still, I see almost nobody doing this.

There’s a huge opportunity to stand out from the crowd when you begin with the audience in mind – what does your READER care about?

Even when writing something as “all about you” as your bio or publicity blurbs, start with them.

Things Your Reader DOESN’T Care About:

• the awards you’ve won (unless directly relevant)
• who you’ve “shared the stage with”
• your formal training
• the names of each CD you’ve released
• your radio airplay

Not that those things are not important – they are – and you’ll want to use many of them to your benefit in your promo materials.

But those aren’t the things that are going to inspire anyone to take action and book you, or come see you perform.

There has to be something in it for them.

Things Your Reader DOES Cares About:

• will it be fun for the audience?
• if fun doesn’t apply, will it be compelling?
• is this act professional?
• will people like it and come out to support it?
• have other people liked it in the past?
• is it a good fit for us?

With the above in mind, let’s take a look at a bio that was sent to me recently as a rough draft by one of my subscribers.

I’m going to print it verbatim, and offer my comments and suggestions for some improvements.

My general thoughts appear below the bio, and specif

Your band sounds tight, and you’re ready to start gaining exposure and working gigs. But, have you set up your website and written your bio yet? 

One of the best ways to make your band look professional is to put together a band bio page. A biography is essential for new groups so that bookers can learn about the artists before hiring them. 

An interesting, personal bio creates a positive first impression. A quality biography will help give fans and potential bookers a real sense of who you are. We have some tips and samples to help you write the perfect bio.

The first tip is to have a website that has the band’s name in the URL so people can find you. Too many new bands and artists don’t even have a website, the foundation for your music business. 

Not sure where to begin? Get a website, then write a bio using the following tips.

Make Your Own Band Bio Right Here

Stop wasting time trying to find band bio examples that you can model your own off of.

Just use this tool to generate a great bio for your band right now! Answer 23 quick questions and you'll have a great new 150-200 word band bio.

How To Write A Band Bio That's Captures Attention

Let's start off with this great video from Jen at Publicifi. She breaks down 3 key elements you can use to write a band bio that is memorable and that doesn't put people to sleep!

How Long Should A Music Bio Be?

Some agencies suggest writing three different bios, short, medium, and long. A quick rule of thumb is:

• Short – 50 words
• Medium – 100 words
• Long – 5 to 6 paragraphs

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