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How To Make Your Band Sound Great

February 22, 2010

Today we interview Bobby Owsinski who has authored many books on the Music Business. He has a great blog that he updates on a daily basis. Check out 7 tips for a better rehearsal. Today we are talking to him about “How to Make Your Band Sound Great.” Here are some topics covered in the [...]

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Smiles Everyone Smiles!

January 11, 2010

You might remember Fantasy Island. Every week you would hear “Smiles everyone smiles.” Well I started the new year with Buddy Guy at the House of Blues in Cleveland (front row). Buddy is 72 years old (ish) and has won 5 grammys, and is in the rock and roll hall of fame. He has inspired [...]

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Bob Baker Book Secrets Work For Music Too! (REPOST)

September 27, 2009

Bob “the buzz Factor” Baker has done it again. First of all he is diversifying his audience. He is the Godfather of Music marketing, and now is taking the success he has experienced in books and teaching other authors how to be successful with his new book “55 Ways to Promote Your Book on the [...]

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The End of the Starving Artist

August 25, 2009

Today we have a chat with Miata Edoga the President of Abundance Bound a great website that teaches artist how to manage their money. It’s got great free resources, as well as many different packages and best of all Payment plans to make them all affordable. Unlike other “financial gurus” who provide a “one size [...]

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Make Money as a One Man (person) Band

March 20, 2009

iStockPhoto Adds Audio iStock Photo is now selling audio. I listened to a track that was two minutes. If this sold, you would make 7 dollars (or $14 if you are exclusive to istockphoto). While I realize that there are all sorts of talented musicians, not everybody can be in a band. This a way [...]

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Your Band’s Website SUCKS! Part I

March 1, 2009

Today I vistied a site that once again had me wanting to poke out my eyes. I went there looking for a descriptoin of what the band sounded like. Not only was the front page a train wreck, but there is no phone number, no email list, no audio. NO FRICKIN AUDIO! ARE YOU KIDDING [...]

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Matthew West’s Breadcrumb Trail

February 15, 2009

Today I talk about how I discovered Matthew West. He is a Christian artist that I heard on the radio, found his website, and purchased his music. However it doesn’t stop there. Matthew has a bunch of marketing going on in a very subtle way to help promote his CD Something to Say 1. He [...]

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YouTube Insight Tool

January 19, 2009

Today we get a great tip from Dave King of www.davekingmusic.com who has been playing with different videos on youtube.com. It turns out there is a great tool to give you demographics, and LOTS more on the people who watched your video. Alesis ProTrack Released Alesis has launched a new portable recoding device that works [...]

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Building the Buzz

January 12, 2009

This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Are You Releasing a CD  in 2009? Do you know what the following bands have in common? Heaven and Hell Ace Frehley U2 Prince They are all releasing CDs in 2009, and they alerted the media in late 2008. By letting your fans know you are working on a CD [...]

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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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