June 6, 2024

What to Know Before Hiring Music PR with Franz Hilberath | Elevated Frequencies #52

What to Know Before Hiring Music PR with Franz Hilberath | Elevated Frequencies #52

What can a strong PR strategy do for your music career? When is the right time to add a PR expert to your artist team? How can PR help refine your artist brand identity?

Listen to this episode to learn how PR maven Franz Hilberath recommends you build your brand. His tips aim to not only grow your career but maintain your integrity and connection to your audience at the same time. Franz is a panelist at the upcoming Chicago Music Nexus, where artists can talk directly to him. Presale tickets go live on June 21, 2024! Sign up for early bird access here.

In our exclusive Patreon clip, Franz explains top 40 artists' recent PR strategies. We discussed Billie Eilish's new album promotion, Kendrick Lamar's smart and subtle marketing for his diss tracks, and other artists who have dipped their toes in EDM (Beyonce, Drake). Join my Patreon  for business and branding tips to take your DJ career to the next level. Tiers start as low as $5 a month for a limited time. 

In this episode, we cover: 

  • How a PR strategy can support your music career 
  • How to build a PR story that audiences relate to 
  • The value of a niche, engaged audience over viral numbers 

Franz Hilberath is a writer, publicist, artist manager, and editor/founder of MP3 MAG. His byline spans live event coverage, music reviews, and interviews with innovators such as ODESZA, Marc Rebillet, RUFUS DU SOL, Lee “Scratch” Perry, GRiZ, & SOFI TUKKER. Franz works as an independent publicist (Franz.mp3), representing true creatives and esteemed labels such as Zeds Dead (Deadbeats), Shaq (Diesel), Gravitas Recordings, Mersiv (MorFlo Records), Night Tales (Ultra Records), and more. Follow Franz.

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro to Franz Hilberath

03:03 - PR in dance music

07:20 - How is PR different from social media promotion?

10:15 - Knowing your music brand

13:15 - Crafting a brand story

19:00 - When should you add PR to your team?

21:20 - Investment in PR

24:09 - The importance of organic PR placements

28:32 - The underrated value of a small social audience

31:28 - Comparing your success to others

34:00 - The future of music PR

38:04 - Must-read books for artists

42:15 - Refining your brand