Write short, medium and long bios for your press kit
Promoters, blogs and playlist curators all want a different length of bio. Writing them once saves hours. Writing all three from one list of checked facts, with every press quote credited, keeps each version accurate.
Steps
- List real facts: where you're from, line-up, influences, releases with dates, notable gigs, and press quotes with the publication and date.
- Decide which current figures you will use, if any (streams, followers), and note the date you checked them.
- Example (made up, for illustration only): a three-piece folk band from Leeds lists two EPs, a festival slot and one review quote from a local magazine. The 50-word bio names the town, the sound and the latest release; the 300-word bio adds the festival and the quote, credited to the magazine with its date.
- Run the prompt below.
- Rewrite any line that doesn't sound like you, and check every quote against the original article.
- Save all three in your press kit with the date, and update them when you release something new.
The exact prompt
Write three bios for [artist name], a [genre] [artist/band] from [place]. Facts (use only these): [list releases, gigs, press quotes with source, influences]. 1. 50 words. 2. 150 words. 3. 300 words. Third person, specific, no clichés such as genre-defying or taking the world by storm. Credit every press quote to its publication. Don't invent achievements, quotes or numbers.
✓ Check before you send
- Every fact and quote is real and sourced.
- It sounds like you.
- Numbers (streams, followers) are current.
- Every press quote is credited and matches the original.
UK notes extra
- UK: the CAP Code is the rule book for non-broadcast advertising and marketing; claims you use to promote gigs and releases should be true. ASA: the CAP Code (UK non-broadcast advertising).
- UK: if you quote reviews or endorsements in promotion, see the ASA’s advice on testimonials and endorsements. ASA: testimonials and endorsements.