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Grow Your Fan Base Using Facebook

March 20, 2011

I was reading a great article about using Facebook to grow your audience. While it is geared toward Facebook, the principles apply to your website and blog as well. Here are a couple of snippets: 1. While the Internet has made it easy for the fans to learn about the artists, we artists can also [...]

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Give Your Audience Something to Chew On

February 28, 2011

Helping the Press Interview You Yes I agree why should you help someone do their job? Well cause the better they make you look, the more people will be intrigues with you, and may want to know more about you and your music. David Hooper over at musicmarketing.com has a great article ad example. The [...]

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Mobile Activity

February 20, 2011

Today we talk about Paypal Digital Goods. What people are NOT doing on their phone Looking for great deals on gear. Check out the Musicians Friend Stupid Deal of the Day HERE

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Taking the Pulse of Your Audience

February 13, 2011

Its always amazing as you work on your performance, you have some songs that you think will fill the dance floor, get the audience energized, and launch the show to a new level. Then there are songs that you grimace just thinking about playing. You get to the gig, and you launch into your “Sure [...]

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Practice Your Show

January 17, 2011

I’ve always said that this is not my podcast, but OUR podcast. Currently we talk about all things that will get you more gigs, fans, sales, tools, internet sites, gear. Nick Daugherty has a suggestion. Why not discuss the craft of song writing? I think this is a great idea. So lets have it cooler [...]

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Run Your Band Practice Like a Business Meeting

December 26, 2010

I recently joined a new band. I am slowly getting ramped up on their set list. This is where running a band practice like a business meeting comes in handy. Old Business – Song you learned last week that need to be played one more time to solidified. New Business – Song you are learning [...]

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Debunking the American Idol Myth

December 12, 2010

So you think that winning American Idol would be a dream come true? Not so much. Today we point out the good and bad of being crowned a winner. I would love to know if they made more (or any) money from their major label releases vs the indie releases. I got this info from [...]

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Questions and Answers

November 13, 2010

Today we have a time shifted round table for musicians. The podcast is musicians trading advice on what is working. Selling Printed Tickets On your Site We are lucky enough to have Jimmy Yukka (Paul) tell us about www.ticketbud.com for selling tickets online (especially if you want to have printed tickets). Unlike other sites, there [...]

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Credit Card Payments, Music Liscensing, Light Brite Video

November 7, 2010

Today we have a quick show with some resources, and a story of a stop action video done with a lite-bright. Jingle Punks I was reading a story on mashable about different ways for musicians to make money. One of them is Jingle Punks. According to the article: Jingle Punks — which is basically the [...]

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Soundout and Slicethepie Song Reviews

November 1, 2010

Today I talk about an article I read that spotlights two different websites where you can have people give you feedback on your song. When I’ve used similar sites in the past, the feedback was not exactly helpful. If you get a reviewer who does not like your style of music, they are not going [...]

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