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How to Set up a Basic WordPress Website
A well-designed website is your best way to organize and present your professional self to the world. Let's look at the steps necessary to set up a basic website using Wordpress, either as a premium (paid) site or free. First, familiarize yourself with some basic...
Graphic Designing for Music
Musicians are deeply dependent upon the talents of graphic designers to create posters, logos, websites, and more. However, graphic designers all too often fall into common traps that render their designs nonsensical or unintentionally amateurish or comic in...
How to Write a Bio
At some point in your career, you're going to need to provide a short biography (or "bio"). Here are some tips on constructing a suitable bio. Style Third Person: Write your bio in the third person. (Use he/she, for instance, rather than "I") Formal...
Resources
- The Backstage Guide to Headshot Advice
- Elegant Themes (paid WordPress Theme and Visual Page Building)
- NameCheap (paid domains and hosting plans)
- Nielsen Insights
- Professional Music Association, Job Sites, and Resources from Lone Star College
- SoundCloud
- WordPress
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Articles
- 3 Tips for Mastering the Art of Self-Promotion by Linda Descano
- 7 Tips for a Better Headshot by Matt Newton (Backstage)
- Elements and Content for an Artist Web Site by Tom Hutchison
- Some Thoughts on Self Promotion by David Smooke