How to Promote Your Show

...but it may get it posted to a blog so it can be made an example of...

Now, Steven Jaye & Crossman should've just sent me the image of them cut out from whatever background they had before (really? Could it have been that bad?) and we could've used it.

Instead they discovered a digital photo manipulator and came up with this wacky creation. It breaks several of my rules for allowable photos to be reprinted in the Eugene Weekly. The rule most brazenly offended in the above image is not so much the photoshopped keyboard (I mean, really...) but is the band's name pasted on top of the picture, leaving no way to crop out the title without cropping out part of the band.

For this and many more correct ways to submit stuff to the Weekly's arts & entertainment divisions, go HERE.

By the way:
Steven Jaye and Crossman play Jo Federigo's at 9pm Saturday, July 19. 21+. $5.

In case you missed out on the "How to Promote Your Show to the Media" panel discussion last Friday night (which included me and Molly), I've pasted below the info that went on our helpful handout.

Deadlines & Details

MUSIC STORIES
Deadline is at LEAST two weeks before the issue that would cover your show. Please send a copy of your CD and a short bio (or link to short bio online) to MOLLY TEMPLETON (molly@eugeneweekly.com), the music editor. First priority is given to local bands with upcoming CD releases, provided they meet the deadline.

CALENDAR LISTINGS
Send a copy of the basic details pertaining to your show (name of band(s), time show starts, location, specify 21+ or all ages, cost of admission, style of music) to CHUCK ADAMS (cal@eugeneweekly.com), the calendar editor, no later than the Thursday before the Thursday issue you want to appear in. For example, if your show is on Dec. 26, the deadline would be Dec. 13 at noon. We can’t guarantee we’ll print late submissions.

• If you’re hoping to be considered for a story AND to get your show in the Calendar and Nightlife sections, please send info to both of us! The best way? Email music@eugeneweekly.com, and we both get a copy! [UPDATE: Suzi, our classical music/performing arts editor, also gets a copy, so make that three birds, one stone!]
• If you want to get a photo in either Calendar or Nightlife, please send it to Chuck.

Some things to keep in mind when sending images:

1. DO NOT just send a link to your MySpace page. Please?
2. DO have more than one promotional image; we don’t like to run the same picture repeatedly.
3. DO NOT send a photo of four dudes standing against a wall.
   (This also goes for four dudes sitting on a couch.)
4. DO make sure that your image is high-resolution (300 dpi) so it will look nice in print.
5. DO NOT print your band’s name anywhere on the image
   (other than in the bottom corner, in tiny print, if you must).