Once You Form Your Band

When you have finally decided on your band members and have formed your band, it's time to produce your music and market yourself.  If you already have songs written, then you have a head start.  It's time to refer back to what I mentioned earlier about getting discovered.  Not every band can go on tour... for the most part, many of us are limited to performing in our hometowns and a few neighboring areas, which unless you are in a major city, probably won't get you discovered anytime soon.  

The times are different and so are the chances of getting discovered.  There are so many different ways to market your music, and most of them don't require a dime of your money!  There is no way for me to tell you what is best for you because it's all going to depend on your genre, your talent, time, and budget.  I would highly recommend that you get a decent sounding E.P. out, and get a video posted on -  

Youtube has become so popular that pretty much everyone knows what it is, and has seen some videos on it.  The great thing about Youtube is if you've got a creative great video (in your case a music video), it won't take long for it to go viral.  The only con to posting a video on Youtube is you have to sink about as much creativity or more into the visual aspect of your video as you do the songs that you are trying to promote.  Whether you have the talents to foster that kind of creation is debatable.  Just because you don't know anything about making a video, doesn't mean you can't learn!