Eons: How do new bands get noticed? Annoying promotion?

Divaman 03.24.20	Yep.
Dewinged 03.24.20	I think about this often. Times have changed though. Internet transformed the industry deeply. in the past all bands did was tour, tour and tour. Then MTV happened, charts, radio airplay. Then the internet and home recordings opened a whole new age. Noawadays literally ANYONE can make a record and sell it in the span of one or two days.
Dewinged 03.24.20	lol and I just realized you were maybe talking about classical music, well i guess those who were hired by kings and queens were lucky and the rest died in misery.
budgie 03.24.20	think a lot of it is being in the right place at the right time. how many famous bands all started from X dive bar in LA or Y dive bar in NYC
Eons 03.24.20	I wonder how very mysterious bands ever got noticed/attention. Think of Black Metal bands like Deathspell Omega, for example, who are mostly anonymous. And they never do concerts and never did any ever before even in the beginning apparently.
budgie 03.24.20	eons, pacts with the devil, i imagine
parksungjoon 03.24.20	they dopnt
garas 03.24.20	"I wonder how very mysterious bands ever got noticed/attention" - sending demos and a few emails to certain labels or promoters should do the job. Let's just assume there is a new metal band out there, they can get some attention in a lots of ways: sending demos to labels, sharing their stuff in certain facebook groups or forums, a few local live shows, an entry in the Metallum, own social media account/page, a few emails to music promotion channels on YouTube etc.
Sinternet 03.24.20	there are lots of ways for new artists to get signed and its very dependent on genre and region. it very much helps to be in an area where your style or genre is popular - it's easier to book gigs and get on support slots mainly, but also you get a chance to network with other people in the scene. get enough consistent support and shows and generally smaller regional labels will notice. make friends with and/or play local support for bigger artists and you have something worth promoting to that artists fanbase. it's a lot harder when you haven't got that scene around you but if you want to take the risk you can find like-minded people in your area to connect with and establish your own scene. if you want to get signed elsewhere, just make sure to aim to your right level. if you're a fresh new band recording your first ever budget demo, the biggest labels aren't likely to notice. aim for niche first and then bigger unless you've got really good contacts
twlight 03.24.20	it's a good question, and i think it has most to do with time and technology. Think about the 50's, 60's, 70's... these artists had to be the absolute best of the best, they were giging all the time and had a community. Record labels eventually took notice and recorded, pressed the records and distributed, which at the time was an incredibly technical and innovative process. modernly, every average joe has access to the internet and sputnik, it's a quality v quantity curve. Social media only exacerbates the process and puts all the cringe lords that just got ableton in plain sight
twlight 03.24.20	"Think of Black Metal bands like Deathspell Omega" because their music is absolutely amazing and timeless, they transcend the logical notion of the music industry. i think there are a lot of bands in various genres that do this. the music is just so pure that it will spread and reach peoples ears