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EPK examples, by music genre.
Six electronic press kits you can open and scroll like a booker would: a rock band, a DJ, a hip hop artist, a jazz trio, a wedding band and a singer-songwriter. One is a real band. The other five are sample kits we built, and they are labeled that way. Under each one are notes on what it gets right.
The short version
A good EPK answers a booker’s questions in the order they ask them. Who are you and what do you sound like, can you hold a room, what do you need on stage, and who do I email. Every kit below does that, and each one bends the same nine sections toward a different kind of buyer: a club promoter, a festival, a concert series, a wedding planner, a house concert host.
01 Rock band EPK example
Espira Real band
A real Texas rock band, and the one kit on this page that belongs to real people. The kit language is set to Spanish, so every heading, date and download label is in Spanish.
Why this one works
- Live video does the convincing. Two live clips sit high on the page, so a booker hears the band in a room within ten seconds.
- The stage plot is one click away. It sits in Downloads, so the venue’s sound engineer never has to ask for it.
- One setting put the whole kit in Spanish. Section headings, dates and labels changed; the band’s own writing stayed as they wrote it.
02 DJ EPK example
Vera Lumbre Sample kit
A house and disco DJ with a monthly residency. A DJ press kit has a different job from a band’s: the promoter wants to know what you play, how long you can play, and what has to be in the booth.
Why this one works
- The short bio answers three questions in three sentences: what she plays, where she holds a residency, and how long a set runs.
- The featured release is a recorded live set. For a DJ, the mix is the demo.
- Quick facts cover the booth: vinyl and digital, up to four decks, 90 minutes to open-to-close.
- The rider names the exact decks and mixer, and says what she brings if the room has none.
- More on this kind of kit: how to build a DJ press kit, with DJ bio examples and a DJ tech rider.
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Start building free03 Hip hop artist EPK example
Dez Holloway Sample kit
A rapper who makes his own beats and can play two different shows. That second part is where most hip hop press kits let a booker down.
Why this one works
- Both ways to book him are spelled out: 30 to 45 minutes with a DJ, or an hour with a three-piece band. It is in the bio, the quick facts and the rider, so nobody books the wrong show.
- The album has a full tracklist with running times, which tells a booker the record is finished and real.
- The photos show a crowd and a home studio. One proves he can hold a room, the other that he produces his own records.
- Each press quote is short and says one thing.
04 Jazz trio EPK example
Odette Park Trio Sample kit
A piano trio that plays concerts and also works private events. Plenty of jazz groups do both and hide one of them. This kit says it plainly.
Why this one works
- It names the two settings and what changes between them: volume, repertoire and clothes. A concert series and an events planner can both see themselves in it.
- The piano question is answered up front: “Acoustic preferred. We can bring a stage piano.” Every venue asks a piano trio this first.
- The residency shows in the dates. The same room every second Thursday tells a booker that a venue keeps asking them back.
05 Wedding and cover band EPK example
The Saturday Linens Sample kit
A five-piece wedding and party band. The reader here is a planner or a couple, not a music writer, and the kit is written for them.
Why this one works
- The quick facts are a buyer’s checklist: lineup sizes, 300-plus songs, sound and lights included for up to 300 guests, and how far they travel.
- The demo audio is live medleys straight from the mixing desk. Buyers want to know how the band sounds in a room, not in a studio.
- Only public dates are listed, with one line saying private dates are not shown. That is how an events band keeps a Tour section honest.
- The rider leads with footprint and power, the two things a wedding venue has to approve.
06 Singer-songwriter EPK example
Tamsin Ackerly Sample kit
A solo folk artist on tour. One person with one guitar makes for a short kit, and a short kit is fine, as long as every section a booker looks for is still there.
Why this one works
- The photos show the rooms she plays: a listening room, a living room, a brewery patio. A booker can find a room like theirs.
- House concerts are treated as real shows. They are in the dates (“address sent with RSVP”) and in the quick facts, with a 20-guest minimum.
- The status reads “On tour” and the dates back it up, with sold out and to-be-announced marked.
07 What they have in common
Nine things every one of these kits has.
- A short bio first, under 100 words, that a booker can paste into a listing without editing.
- Quick facts: set length, lineup, where you are based, how far you travel.
- One featured release with cover art, and a tracklist if it is an album.
- One or two videos, live if you have them. Live video answers “can they do it in a room?”
- Four to six photos with credits: at least one live shot, one portrait, and one that shows the kind of room you play.
- Two or three press quotes, each short, each with its source.
- Upcoming dates with a status on each: on sale, sold out, on hold, to be announced.
- A tech rider and stage plot to download. Ours were made with the free tech rider template and stage plot maker, no account needed.
- One booking contact with a name, an email address and the territory they cover.
New to all this? Start with what an EPK is, then how to make one. If you want the fill-in version, there is a music press kit template.
08 About the sample kits
What is real here, and what is not.
Espira is a real band, and its kit is a real kit. Vera Lumbre, Dez Holloway, the Odette Park Trio, The Saturday Linens and Tamsin Ackerly are not real. We made them up so there would be a finished, well-built example for each kind of act. The photos were generated, and the venues, publications, labels and photographers named in those five kits are invented. We checked that no working act uses any of the names.
What is real is the product. Each sample is an ordinary LiveEPK kit, built with the same templates and sections you would use and published the normal way. Nothing was mocked up in a design tool. The tech riders inside them came out of the free tools on this site.
About the videos. On your kit, a video card opens YouTube or Vimeo. The sample acts have no real videos, so their video cards bring you back to this page. The thumbnails are there to show how the section looks.
09 Your kit here
Built yours on LiveEPK? We will feature it.
We would rather show real bands than samples. If you built your kit on LiveEPK and would like it on this page, with a link to your own website, send it over. As real kits come in, they replace the samples.
10 Quick answers
Questions people ask.
- What should an EPK include?
- A short bio a booker can paste, a few quick facts (set length, lineup, where you are based), one featured release, one or two videos, four to six credited photos, two or three short press quotes, upcoming dates, a tech rider and stage plot to download, and one booking contact with an email address. All six examples on this page follow that order of business.
- Are these real bands?
- One is. Espira is a real Texas rock band and its kit is a real kit. The other five are sample kits we built to show what a good EPK looks like for different kinds of acts. The people in them do not exist, the photos were generated, and the venues, outlets and labels are invented. They are labeled as samples here and the booking contact inside each one says so too.
- What does a good DJ EPK look like?
- It answers what a promoter needs before saying yes: what you play, where you have played it, how long a set runs, and what has to be in the booth. Use a recorded live set as the featured release, list your format (vinyl, digital, how many decks), and attach a rider that names the decks and mixer you need. The Vera Lumbre example above does all of that.
- How long should an EPK be?
- Long enough to cover the sections a booker checks, and no longer. Most of the reading happens in the first screen and the short bio, so keep the short bio under 100 words and put the long version below it. A solo artist’s kit will be shorter than a five-piece band’s, and that is fine.
- Should an EPK be a PDF or a web page?
- A web page, with a PDF only for the documents a venue prints: the tech rider and the stage plot. A link opens on a phone, plays music and video, and stays current when your dates change. A PDF is out of date the day after you send it.
- Can I build a kit like these for free?
- Yes. Every example here was built with LiveEPK, and most of them are on the free plan. A free kit carries a small “Made with LiveEPK” badge and lives at a generated link; $5 a month swaps those for your own name and no badge. Pick the same template, fill in the tabs, and publish. The tech riders were made with the free tech rider template.
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