How to Become a Member
Becomming a member of The Guitar Circle is easy.
The following information explains what you need to do if you
are a composer, performer or tutor.
For Guitar Performers and Composers
Before you can have your details published
on the site we will need your bio, some photos, excerpts of your
music and excerpts from your score if you are a composer. Your
bio and information will be used to build your own unique pages
on The Guitar Circle website and like other members you can use
these pages as your own promotional site. Send your details together
with a cheque for £50 made payable to: The Guitar Circle to 12
Lambridge, Bath BA1 6BJ. Within two weeks of your submission
and subject to the clearing of your cheque your bio will be published.
The bio will be published to a temporary location and you will
be asked to review and approve it via email. When you have approved
the copy, it will be moved to the correct location. Before submitting
your bio and cheque, please read the legal
and privacy statement.
Writing your bio
Your bio should be between 500 and 1,000 words. We will put
this into a web page of your own. You can then refer to this
page explicitly should you wish. The URL will be theguitarcircle.com/FirstinitialLastname.asp. To
keep with a consistent theme, the bio is split into four sections.
Always remember to write in the third person and please tell
us whether you are a composer, performer or both.
Introduction
Provide a brief introduction for yourself. This is almost like
a personal statement. This can sometimes be a little tricky but
do not be embarrassed.
History
Provide a potted history of your background. As pointers you
may want to consider:
- When you first started playing.
- Your influences.
- Tutor names (if they are well known).
- Groups you have played with.
- Recordings.
- Concerts.
If your work has been reviewed by any part of the media put
extracts in and name the source. You will have the opportunity
to list your work later in the bio too.
Now
Tell us what you are doing now. As before some possible pointers
are:
- Current and future works.
- Upcoming major events. You do not need to name all of your
events here as they will be covered in the news section of
the site. However, should you be working on a recording it
would look good here too.
Once again, if your work has been reviewed by any part of the
media put extracts in and name the source.
Note Please also bear in mind that some
of the information will become out-of-date over time and you
will need to make amendments as and when necessary.
Works
Here is your opportunity to list any pieces you have written
or recorded and you can also provide excerpts of your work.
Recorded music
If you wish to provide excerpts of your work you can do this
on CD or in MP3 or WMA format. If you are providing the piece
electronically, MP3 files should be created at 128Kbps and WMA
files at 96Kbps. We will not publish the entire piece and will
need to know what part of the piece you would like played. Provide
us with the starting point (in seconds) and we will do the rest.
If you want to create the excerpt yourself that is OK with us
too. However, to keep the size down, please ensure it runs for
no longer than 30 seconds. Please take into account any copyright
issues will be your responsibility and not The Guitar Circle's.
Score
If you are a composer and wish to have extracts of your score
published we will need a couple of sheets from each piece in
either the original or scanned copy. No messy photocopies please!
If you are providing the score electronically, the score should
have been scanned at a minimum of 300dpi and saved in either
TIFF or JPEG file formats. As score is pretty much black and
white the TIFF file should not be too large but if it is over
2MB in size, please use the JPEG format.
Photographs
We want to keep the photographs on the site reasonably consistent
but at the same time we recognise that arranging photo sessions
is not practical. While you do not have to provide photos they
do go a long way to presenting a fuller picture of yourself.
For your bio, we will need a couple of portrait shots of you.
These can be in either colour or black and white as we will change
them to duo tone ourselves. Each photo is a hyperlink to another
page with a montage of your photos. You can provide additional
photos of yourself at work if you wish and these may be added
to the montage. These photos can then be used in press releases
if necessary. If you wish to get a feel for the style have a
closer look at the site.
Your catalogue
We can create your own individual catalogue of recordings and/or
compositions where you can advertise your works for sale. These
will also be included in the guitar circle's full catalogue.
If you wish your pieces to be placed in the catalogue please
provide us with the following information:
Recordings
For each recording, please provide the following information:
- Title.
- Composer.
- Format. E.g. CD or cassette, MP3.
- Cost.
- Detail of how to order. This can be your email address, your
postal address or through The Guitar Circle.
- Any additional information you may want displayed. Please
keep this text to less than 40 words.
Compositions
For each composition, please provide the following information:
- Title.
- Approximate length.
- Cost.
- Where the piece has been played or who the piece has been
recorded by.
- Any additional information you may want displayed. Please
keep this text to less than 40 words.
- Detail of how to order. This can be your email address, your
postal address or through The Guitar Circle.
For Tutors
You will need to provide the following information to be registered
in our guitar tutor database:
- Full name.
- Location. If your location is a small town or village, please
provide the name of the nearest city too.
- email address.
- The style you teach. This will be one or many of the following
choices:
- Classical
- Electric
- Folk
- Jazz
- Rock / Pop
- The levels you teach. This will be one or many of the following
choices:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- The rates you charge. If you charge different rates depending
on style or levels please state this.
- Any additional information you may want displayed. Please
keep this text to less than 20 words.
Send the above details and a cheque for £10 to The Guitar Circle,
12 Lambridge, Bath BA1 6BJ. Before submitting your details and
cheque, please read the legal and privacy statement.
If you become a full member we will put you on our tutor database
for FREE!
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