I know this might have been touched on before, but I couldn’t find anything from the search - but I’m really struggling to write a bio for myself for myspace etc.
I wrote my band’s one ages ago, but that didn’t really include me, and it was alot easier to map out a band’s history - but I’m finding it difficult to write one about myself, which comes across as both creative, impressive - but not bigging myself up too much! (it’s hard man )
The other problem is that the actual DJing experience I have is fairly extensive for someone my age, but it’s all from organised events, school discos and parties - which sounds really naff on a bio…
I’m sure you’ve all written yours, and if anyone could give me an insight into how I might go about it - then I’d be really grateful
no man, i don’t mean autobiography! lol i’m talking about the little bio section on myspace! I know its stupid, but I think that’s a pretty important part of the page…
Write it in the third person, as if you yourself were the promoter trying to get you out there. include the relevant details, but you also want to put a bit of your personality into it.
Include stuff like:
What or who got you into music in the first place.
How you got started DJ’ing
Party and Gig experience
Some details about the genre you play and musical taste.
Oooooooooh the myspace bio! I hate reading so I’m gonna write a short and sweet bio that people will remember. A girl I know started her CV with writing “I want to be the next prime minister”. She didn’t, but all the execs who read her letter remembered her and she got plenty of interviews
less is more. people are only going to want to know the basic details to give them a rough idea of the who,where,whats. Save the sprawling manuscripts for when your career has gotten to the point that you can pay people to write them for you.
heres an example. avoid listing the names of every gig you’ve played at. instead list the types of gigs you’ve played at. It’s shorter and people can identify with that more than random names of parties they’ve never heard of.
Yeh.. i mean i know what people are looking for - cos I promoted and managed my band, and wrote all the shizzle for that. It’s just filling that gap, without sounding like a bender - and writing about myself! lol (spesh when I have no real commercial club experience under my belt…)
Although I have played with Joshua Roberts (Resident, MOS Ibiza).. i guess that’s something to knock down! hmm…
word, i hear ya. i’ve completely avoided writing a bio for my myspace because it’s tough to do without it seeming wanker-ish. I’m going to have to give it another stab as soon as i get a chance.
you should add that Joshua Robets thing, work with what you got.
do it man, its my job to edit this sort of stuff, and i’m sure people on this forum are more than willing to help a fellow forumite as much as I am. so feel free to to PM me. I;m drunk so grammar and spelling may not be that great at the mo, but i can kill it when im sober.
Whatever you do dont make your Myspace look like this guys.
Hes trading in everything !!!
The funniest thing is he offers a Press Release Service at $100 for 500 words yet his own Press Release is full of mistakes.
If nothing else this is the funniest/maddest Myspace ever.
Yeah man hes got a whole shopping list of services.
Seems like he will do anything for $25.
Anyone who needs to whore themselves that much and put the damn prices up for all to see must be in need of money..!
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