Cut One Artist Bio Into Every Length a Promoter Asks For — Free
Promoters ask for a bio in fifty, a hundred and two hundred words, and each rewrite drifts: a credit is dropped, a superlative is invented, the founding year changes. Cutting one source at sentence boundaries keeps the facts stable across every format.
The proof surface
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Why the flat version breaks
Writing three bios by hand produces three versions of the truth. Cascading one carefully written source produces three lengths of the same facts, and the differences are visible rather than accidental.
How to use the artist bio cascade label in four passes
Practice, location, years, credits, collections or publications, and what the current work is about. Credits with years in them are the sentences that must survive every cut.
Programme listings, press notes and wall texts all publish their limits. Use the figure from the form, and remember that a wall text is read standing up and a programme listing is read in a queue.
The label reports what the cut at each length dropped. If a credit disappears at the shortest length, decide deliberately whether it belongs there or whether the sentence should be tightened.
When a credit changes, change the master and re-cut. Anyone working from a saved shorter version is then working from the same facts.
SAMPLE DATA, NOT A VERIFIED CLAIM: the starter record cascades a printmaker's bio into a 320-character listing, a press note and a wall text. Replace these values with your own source before you rely on anything.
What breaks first
Rewriting each length by hand
Three hand-written bios produce three versions of the facts, and the version a promoter uses is the one you cannot correct.
Padding the short version with adjectives
A fifty-word bio with four adjectives and one credit is a worse listing than one with two credits and no adjectives. The cut keeps your sentences, not your marketing.
Forgetting that a bio is a claim
Years, awards, venues and collections are checkable statements. Keep them accurate in the master and every shorter version inherits the accuracy.
What you pay otherwise
| The usual route | What it leaves out | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| A publicist's bio service | Hourly rate for cutting a bio you wrote from one master | $150–$500 |
| A bio-tool subscription | Monthly fee for text cutting you can do once per show | $8–$20 a month |
| Inconsistent credits | A listing that drops a collaborator or a funder who then reads about it | the relationship |
| This page + the free artist bio cascade label | Computed in your tab, result on screen before you type anything | $0 |
Try the free artist bio cascade label right here
Load the starter bio and shorten the programme listing to 180 characters to see which credit disappears.
FIRST-LOAD · sample record filed
Take it into the free artist bio cascade label
The companion app runs the same logic with a numbered intake, three starter records, a stateful share link, the one-time printable layer, and the local history shelf.
Open the free artist bio cascade label →Keep the work if you will use it again
The full cascade: every format cut at sentence boundaries with the count against its limit, plus the dropped detail at the longest length, unlimited re-runs.
The on-screen result is free and complete. The one-time layer adds a tangible file you keep and the saved history that comes with it.
Boundary: This cuts text you wrote at sentence boundaries; it does not check facts, verify credits or write anything new. Any claim about awards, venues, collections or sales should be checkable — keep the master accurate and correct it in one place.