What to put in an EPK
A promoter opening your press kit wants three answers fast: what you sound like, whether people come to see you, and who to reply to. These are the parts that answer them, in the order they get looked at.
1. Your name, spelt the way you want it billed
It goes on posters, listings and ticket sites exactly as you write it. Add your genre and home town under it: a booker filling a bill sorts by both. Start a kit with your name.
2. A press photo
One landscape shot that works small, with your faces in the upper third, so it survives being cropped into a listing or a poster. Say who took it. Higher-resolution files can be a link to a folder. Add a photo.
3. A bio a promoter can paste
Two short paragraphs. The first says who you are, where you are from and what you sound like; comparisons help. The second is evidence: who you have supported, what you have released, where you have played. A promoter often pastes your first lines straight into a listing, so make those the ones you would want printed. Write your bio.
4. A way to book you
One booking email that somebody answers, and a phone number if you want calls. Put it where it is easy to find; a kit with no contact is a kit nobody can act on. Add your booking contact.
5. A link to your music
Where a booker can hear you in one click: Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, Apple Music or a video. One player at the top beats a list of ten links. Add your music.
6. The shows you have played
The rooms, the towns and who you shared the bill with: it tells a promoter what size of show you can fill. Upcoming dates matter even more, and stay current when they come from the listings. Add your shows.
7. A line from a review
One quote, with who said it and a link. A single strong line does more than a page of them. Add a quote.
When you have them
Highlights (a tour, a festival slot, a radio session), press coverage, a line-up, the bands you sound like, and a tech spec for the engineer: set length, changeover and an input list. The tech rider template is a page to fill in for that.
Sending it
Send a link, not an attachment: it stays right when a date changes. A tracked link for each promoter tells you when they opened it, and a printed copy carries a QR code back to the live kit.
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Questions
What is an EPK?
An electronic press kit: the one link you send a promoter, venue or journalist instead of an email full of attachments. Bio, photos, music, upcoming dates and contacts, laid out so somebody can skim it in thirty seconds and act on it.
Is the Moshradar EPK builder free?
Yes, with no subscription and no account needed. Most EPK hosting charges monthly. Moshradar is a gig guide, not an EPK company: a band with a working press kit is a band whose listings stay accurate, and that is worth more to us than a subscription.
Do I need an account?
No. Give your kit a name and you are in the editor. A free account keeps it safe when your browser forgets, lets you edit it from any device, adds more photos and sends you a note on the Mondays it was opened.
More for your press kit
- The free EPK builder: one link to send promoters, venues and press.
- Tech rider and input list template: a page to print and fill in for the engineer.
- EPK templates: five looks and six presets, each one click from a kit of your own.
- One-sheet maker: a single page or a post, made from your press kit.
- EPK examples: real press kits made here, and what each one does well.
- How to write a band bio: two paragraphs a promoter can paste, with a template.
- How to email a promoter or a venue: what to write, with emails to copy.
- DJ press kit: what a club or festival booker wants from a DJ.