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Make the Most of Your All About Jazz Musician Profile
Musicians have a lot to manage online: biographies, recordings, performance schedules, photographs, press coverage, and links to the many places where listeners can discover their music.
Keeping everything current takes time. And when information is scattered across multiple websites, it can be difficult for listeners, journalists, presenters, and other music professionals to find what they're looking for.
That's where your All About Jazz musician profile can help.
Your profile brings together important information about your music and connects it with the larger All About Jazz and Jazz Near You platform. With a little attention, it can become a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about you and your work.
Here are four ways to make the most of it.
1. Keep Your Biography Clear and Current
Your biography is often one of the first things visitors read. It should give them a good sense of who you are, what you play, and what you've been doing recently.
A few suggestions:
- Use short, readable paragraphs rather than one long block of text.
- Include your musical background, notable recordings, collaborations, and other relevant accomplishments.
- Make sure the information reflects your current activities.
- Write for someone who may be discovering your music for the first time.
You don't need to include every achievement. A clear, engaging biography will often serve you better than an exhaustive list of credits.
2. Make Your Music Easy to Discover
Your recordings tell an important part of your story.
All About Jazz maintains an extensive database of albums and musicians, allowing visitors to explore your discography and discover the people you've recorded with.
Review your album listings to make sure your recordings are represented accurately. Where available, add music and video so visitors can hear and see your work.
The easier it is for someone to explore your music, the more useful your profile becomes.
3. Connect Your Profile to Your Work
One of the advantages of All About Jazz is that musician profiles are connected to other information throughout the website.
Album reviews, interviews, articles, recordings, photographs, and related musicians can all help visitors develop a fuller understanding of your music.
Make sure your profile information is accurate and complete so those connections can work as intended.
You can also include links to your official website and other relevant online resources, giving visitors additional ways to follow your activities.
Your musician page isn't simply a biography. It's a starting point for exploring your music and the people and projects associated with it.
4. Keep Your Performance Schedule Up to Date
For performing musicians, an accurate concert schedule is especially important.
When you submit a performance to Jazz Near You, the event automatically appears on the associated musician and venue pages, as well as in the Jazz Near You concert calendar and other event-discovery channels.
That means you can enter your performance information once and make it available to audiences across both platforms.
Whether you're playing a local club, appearing at a festival, or heading out on tour, keeping your events current helps listeners find opportunities to hear you live.
Try This Today: Your 15-Minute Profile Checkup
You don't need to overhaul your entire profile in one sitting. Set aside 15 minutes and start with three things:
- Review your biography. Is it current, readable, and representative of the music you're making today?
- Check your recordings. Are your recent albums listed, and can visitors easily find music or video?
- Add your upcoming performances. Make sure your next concerts are listed on Jazz Near You.
Once you've completed those steps, explore the rest of your profile and look for other information you can improve.
All About Jazz was built to help people discover jazz, and musician participation has always been an important part of that effort.
The more complete and current your profile, the more useful it becomes to listeners, presenters, journalists, and others interested in your music.
Take a few minutes to update your All About Jazz musician profile.
