Press kit 101

A press kit (EPK — electronic press kit) is the one link you send when a venue, festival, journalist or NGO asks "so, who are you?" It answers before they ask. Artists with a press kit get booked over artists with "check our Facebook".

What goes in

• A short bio — three sentences: who you are, what you play, what you've done. Then a longer paragraph for those who want more. Write it in the languages your bookers use — Tetum and English at minimum.
• Photos — two or three good ones: a clear press photo of the full lineup, and a live shot. Phone photos are fine if the light is good. Name the photographer.
• Music — your three strongest tracks, not your thirty latest. One live video matters more than ten studio links: bookers want to know what you're like on a stage.
• The facts — lineup size, set length(s) you offer, languages you sing in, where you're based, and one contact number that answers.
• Stage & tech rider — what you bring and what you need: how many microphones and DI boxes, power requirements, stage size, soundcheck time. A wedding band that needs nothing but two power sockets should say exactly that — it wins gigs.

Keep it honest and current

Don't claim festivals you didn't play. Update the kit when the lineup changes. A press kit that says five members when six arrive for dinner creates exactly the argument it was meant to prevent.

On Sounds of Timor, your artist profile IS your press kit — bio, photos, tracks, videos and rider in a structured page with one shareable link, always current.