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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

[EDiT] I forgot to say, the one tag you absolutely should use on Bandcamp is “hammered dulcimer”. I wouldn’t worry too much about genre tags, unless you can find one that is unusual. Most people, including myself, who use Bandcamp tags don’t search by genre tags (unless as a secondary/additional tag, if a filter seems necessary).


Just saw your edit - yes, we should, thanks LOL 

The genres are more so that we can pitch the music to reviewers and those organising gigs to accurately describe it before they hear it. I don't really like that genre so important, but it has become clear to me that a lot of people want it. When my answer is "um, well, we're a mix of...." it often doesn't go down that well.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I’m guessing you’re the hammered dulcimer player? I’m liking this, too. Do you play live at all? Because if you’re in Cambridge, you’re just down the road from me (well, about a half hour drive, I guess?).


Yes, that's me! Yes we play live, we just did the Cambridge Folk Festival with a reduced line-up (so that it sounded more plausibly folky) and we hope to get a few dates in next year when the album is planned to be released. Recommendations for promoters and venues would be really great if you know any as well
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Thanks so much! Really glad you like it!
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I’m guessing you’re the hammered dulcimer player? I’m liking this, too. Do you play live at all? Because if you’re in Cambridge, you’re just down the road from me (well, about a half hour drive, I guess?).

[EDiT] I forgot to say, the one tag you absolutely should use on Bandcamp is “hammered dulcimer”. I wouldn’t worry too much about genre tags, unless you can find one that is unusual. Most people, including myself, who use Bandcamp tags don’t search by genre tags (unless as a secondary/additional tag, if a filter seems necessary).



Edited by nick_h_nz - August 25 2022 at 13:02
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^ I really like this one heck of a lot! Awesome. I'll return to it and offer some buzzwords, but I love this.
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Hi all! I'm in a band and we're planning a new album release next year. I'm trying to prepare to promote it, but I'm finding that genre buzzwords would be really handy...and yet, I think that my band's sound is a bit tricky to pin down. We have used some tags in the past but I won't write them here so as not to bias opinion.

We're called Tape Runs Out and you can hear our existing material on Spotify and on BandCamp.

Thanks so much!


Edited by popeyethecat - September 14 2023 at 02:42
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