We are lucky, as my friend is a sound engineer and producer. We get work done very cheaply. We have been together for a year now and we have not been fervently looking for gigs, but we have done about 10 so far.
If we are offered money after a gig, its a welcome surprise, but we find that most places seem to think they are doing us a favor to attract more punters into their pubs and this is disheartening for us. We have made, between us about £20 in 12 months. LOL.
We are now looking to record some new tracks and have them produced rather than the rough demos we have previously had recorded, looking to network and approach new promoters and venues.
We are in the throws of having a music video filmed, again we are lucky as I am friends with a troop of independent film makers and that is free.
We had a pro photoshoot done last week for free as I have friends in photography also.
One of us is a DJ on a local FM station, so we have been on their, promoting the band and we are on facebook. Ina year, we have managed 156 likes, which I think is fairly pathetic. But we haven't been concentrating on promotion, just having fun.
I think a dedicated website is a must and luckily, that's what I do for a living.
All in all, this makes me realize how easy we have it and yet we haven't gotten very far. When we do concentrate on promoting ourselves, hopefully we will make some waves.