Indie Band

POP QUIZ

January 9, 2009

This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Are You Ready to Promote Your Band? If you have a car, a wallet, a purse, do you have something in those items to promote your band? CD Promo CD Flyer Bio Sample CD Business Card ANY item so that if someone asks about your band, you can hand them [...]

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10 Music Marketing Tools

October 19, 2008

This show originates at www.musicanscooler.com Cool iPod Application for Sound Engineers I’ve got a great iPhone app for the Cooler – at least their techie friends. It’s called SignalScope and it’s a full-scale real time audio analyzer which will handle the full 20-20kHz audio range*.  I’ve already used it on a bunch of gigs and [...]

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Tim McGraw is Apologizing to Fans

October 15, 2008

While there may be times when you hate that the “buck stops here” with your band, and it seems like you have to do everything, that is a good thing. It means you are in control. Recently, Tim McGraw’s record labeled decided to put out another “Hits collection” when he has only put out one [...]

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Attracting New Band Members

October 5, 2008

This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com our sponsor is Budget rental car. Get 30% off weekly rentals or 10% off other time periods. Go to http://www.budget.com/musician Attracting New Members To Your Band I recently started a new podcast about Online Dating Resources and one of the things I’ve found is that your personal profile should be [...]

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No More Playing Gigs When You Are Sick

September 30, 2008

Well its fall here in the US, and everyone around me is already getting sick. They are sneezing, they are vomiting, it is the official start of “Cold and flu season.” There is nothing worse than playing a gig when you are sick (I once played a gig where I was numb on cough syrup [...]

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Dancing with the Stars Must Die

September 22, 2008

This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Dancing with the Stars is Going to Make Me Gauge My Eyes Out I was at a club this weekend and the band was playing some old 60′s tunes. They launch into Journey to the Center of your mind by Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, and a couple gets [...]

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A Sirius and XM Merger Would Benefit Indie Bands

July 1, 2008

Why Indie Bands Should Want the Sirius and XM Merger to Go Through Right now in Cleveland Ohio (the biggest market I’m near) you can’t find much (if any) local music on the radio. In Akron you may find some on the college radio (but only if you play a certain style). Canton Ohio used [...]

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Making It Easy For Fans – Again

June 9, 2008

This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about are you making it easy for your fans to find you, buy from you, come see you? I went to go see some bands this weekend and I had to use their website to find them and it was awful. Today’s show is brought to you [...]

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500 Bucks a Gig MINIMUM

May 25, 2008

This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 198 Today we have Bob Baker author of such books as Guerilla Music Marketing Handbook and   MySpace Music Marketing  is hosting his own Indie Buzz Boot Camp. It sounds like a Music Conference like no other. It won’t just tell you what to do, but HOW to do it. JUST [...]

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Another Way to Make Money With Your Music

May 5, 2008

This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Sponsors: Get your own .com domain name for $6.95 a year using Godaddy Promotional Code "cooler10" also try cooler1, and cooler2 on other great services from www.godaddy.com GET DAVE’S BOOK FOR FREE. Go to www.emusic.com/musicnews and send Dave the confirmation email. He will send you a link to his book [...]

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