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Everyone Wants to Be A God

April 28, 2011

Every guitar player wants to be Yngwie, Eddie, Zakk, Vai, etc. We have our “Guitar Heroes,” and we strive to be just like them. Well why not help your fans out? That’s what Steve Vai Did.

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Custom Silicone Wristbands Get People Talking About Your Music

March 29, 2011

If your music reaches ages 15-25 you may want to consider using Silicone Wrist bands as a way to remind people to visit your website. They great thing is, they are pretty cheap to create (You can get 100 for .99 each – then sell them for $2 and make $100). The church I attend [...]

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Should I Automate My Tweets?

March 27, 2011

I’ve had people that are in my boat (not enough time to keep up with social media) ask me about automating their tweets, blogs, etc. Its an interesting question, but its not easy to answer. First I had to get educated a bit on exactly what is possible with software such as tweetadder ( I [...]

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GigMaven Book Gigs Online

July 28, 2010

Just heard about this site.  It has a limited reach at this point, but it looks interesting. GigMaven is currently available for NY, LA, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and Ohio and are looking to expand further.  For more information check out the GigMaven website

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Social Media is Not a Fad

July 22, 2010

If you’re interested in the book Socialnomics you can buy it HERE  at amazon.com

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Make Big Profits With Inexpensive Merch

July 21, 2010

One band I was in made a nice chunk of change by finding products that were inexpensive to make, and then sold them for a small fee. In my case it was sunglasses that cost $1.00 to make and we sold for $2. We sold over 500 pairs one summer. I found a new product that fits this criteria

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Bandcamp Added To Resources

April 20, 2010

I just heard about bandcamp from a future interviewee. I had not idea that this website had so many features. Here are just a few: Name your price downloads Real Time Statistics Viral Distribution Sell physical and digital products Download Codes Discount Codes Bonus Download Items Sell in just about any currency Mailing List Tools oh [...]

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Affordable T-Shirt Printing with the YuDu?

March 3, 2010

I got sucked into an informercial the other other for the yudu screen printing system. It seems way cool (as all products do on and informercial) and I was really waiting and waiting to find out how much does the yudu cost? Well I’m still wating. I sent an email to the comany (I haven’t [...]

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Gig Donkey Free Resource For Musicians

February 3, 2010

I just found out about a new FREE resource for musicians called Gig Donkey. Here are some of the features: gig calendars for your website band rehearsal scheduler with reminders track your pay (or lack of) create set lists and print them for gigs manage contacts manage inventory fan e-list signups for your website or [...]

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Blast Your Schedule with Artist Data

January 18, 2010

Today we have the return of “multi-link Monday” We are talking www.artistdata.com is a great tool that allows you to put your schedule in one place and have it posted all over the Internet like myspace, facebook, sonicbids, fanbridge, and more. Check it out at www.artistdata.com (free with a more advance version for a small [...]

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