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Do you belong to a street team. . or 2? or more?

Posted 13th April 2007, terribly early in the morning

I am curious if anyone is on a street team, or even if anyone knows what they are (I do)?


Street Teams are used by bands so that their fans can help them promote themselves and their music. Reposting bulletins, telling their friends, making and putting up./passing out flyers, etc.


Are there ones out there you like, don't like or anything you don't understand about them?

I'm just wondering.

Thanks!
Lee

6 Comments

Posted by PoofyPig, 17 hours, 47 minutes after the fact (Report user)

I don't really know anyone on a street team. And I've never been around people that annoy me like that. The only thing that has ever gotten to me are those friend requests on Myspace from bands that I've never heard of. So I disabled them from asking me. Ha. That's the only thing that has ever bothered me.

Posted by sammx32, 1 day, 5 hours after the fact (Report user)

I guess its good for the people benefiting from the publicity ... but yes... it annoys me when thats all you see and hear from a person ... and I get those requests too on MySpace ... disable them huh? ... never thought to do that ... thanks! ... O' and I do take pictures for a local band and have used my MySpace sometimes as a message center to let my friends know where they'll be next and let them look at pictures from shows ... but I never sent things out to other people ... they found that to be annoying as well .. I guess not all people want to know ...

Posted by BlazinBands, 1 day, 10 hours after the fact (Report user)

Street teams are different from bands.

A street team has members who help promote the band by telling their friends about them by reposting bulletins, or they put up flyers for future shows. Anything and everything you can think of to get the word out about the band.

Some members just repost bulletins from time to time, others just put the band's banner on their page.

Some people help make show flyers to hang up at their school, work, or around their neighborhood.

It is completely voluntary to be a part of one, obviously. Members are the bands true fans, who want more than anything to see the up-and-coming band succeed.

Posted by GatheringGrounds, 1 day, 10 hours after the fact (Report user)

Every band should have a street team. The street team is the grassroots promotional energy that lights fans up...starts the grassfire.
The problem is, MANY people want to be on a street team bit FEW people want to do the work. LEADING a street team is hard work. Being A MEMBER of a street team isn't all that tough if everyone does their part.
Most people just want to be on a street team for the bragging rights that come with it.
If you want to promote your favorite band at the grassroots level where the grassfires start, join a street team and then DO SOMETHING. Take my word for it, your band doesn't need another pretty groupie. They're a dime a dozen...cheap.
God bless!
Cindy
Gathering Grounds Booking

Posted by Wes, 1 day, 21 hours after the fact (Report user)

"your band doesn't need another pretty groupie. They're a dime a dozen...cheap.
God bless!"

Wow... this part actually made me laugh. Let's say something insulting and then say something to let people know I'm a Christian so nobody will be offended.

As far as doing something, I also happen to find it very annoying when people are obsessed with a band and can't comprehend the fact that I don't want to go see them. If I get a flyer, that's fine. I can't say I've ever gone to see a band based on someone handing me a flyer, but whatever. I guess some people do. The point is people get very annoyed when they have people they don't know telling them all about some random band they've never heard of and have no interest in seeing.

I'd say telling your friends about shows is probably going to bring in more people than telling random people that know nothing about you and have no motivation for coming to the show. I know I'd be more inclined to listen to someone I know that knows what kind of music I like as opposed to someone I've never met before.

Trust me, I don't need another "band promotion team member" (aka, groupie) telling me how I have to go check out their favorite band.

Posted by TIMHOLLIN, 1 week, 6 days after the fact (Report user)

THIS ONE TIME AT BANDCAMP I ??????????????

LOADS Of Free Stuff Friday Nite @ Gathering Grounds!

Posted 17th May 2007, mid-afternoon

Each band is giving away free stuff. Triangle Pancakes is giving away a free CD. Greenstick Fracture is giving away something so secret, i am not sure THEY know what it is, lol. GSF's Stree...

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