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Bands.
Is there any way to get free / cheap stuff like posters / shirts/ signed things / etc from bands? I was thinking maybe to contact them on myspace but they'll probably just think it's little kids saying how much they love them.
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Find out who manages or promotes them. E-mail or call their promoter, agent or publicity contact about a photo or a poster. Usually, they'll stick something in the mail or ask you to send an SASE for a photo. That's where you send an envelope where you pre-paid the postage.
There are tons of sites on the Internet such as Star Archive (which you pay a membership but well worth it) where people have found and tested addresses to get photos. They post addresses you can then use to get your own photos.
As for Myspace or Facebook forget it. They likely never read it and whomever does gets thousands. If you go through the right contacts and addresses you'll score photos.
Look in the liner notes of your CDs. The names of people at the label, PR contacts, mangers etc. will be listed. Contact their company or the label directly and ask about photos and fan mail. You'll be successful because most people don't know how to contact the correct people whose job it is to handle publicity and or fans.
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It depends on the band and how big they are.
A lot of bands that are pretty mainstream don't even handle their myspace.
Most just have fansites do it, and they don't really read the messages.
On the other hand, a lot of smaller bands DO handle their myspace and do read messages/comments and most reply.
If it's a smaller band, you could just put in the subject line something like "Question about Merchandise" or something so they realize it's not just another "OMG I LUV U, UR SO HOT!!!1!" kind of message.
About signed merchandise, some smaller bands that play at clubs will sometimes come out and hang out with the fans and sign merchandise.
I know Jerry Only from The Misfits even does that. xD
But if they're a mainstream band there really isn't anything you can do except just buy regular merchandise from their website or something.
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