Monthly Archives: September 2010

Do You Hope to Learn How to Become a Booking Agent?

If you have the burning desire to learn how to become a booking agent, you’ll need to realize that there is one apparently impossible bit of a paradox to work around before anything else can be worked out in this … Continue reading

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The Downside to Getting a Record Deal

A lot of artists and bands often feel that getting signed by or being offered a recording deal is the ultimate goal of their musical career. In some cases this can be true but frequently it can be the start … Continue reading

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Why Press Kits Can Backfire

You’ve got it, you’re going to put together a huge, glossy press kit, fill it with bios, press releases, fact sheets, photos, graphs, statistics, brochures, covering everything that ever happened in your life, with every possible bit of information that … Continue reading

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Singers And Bands – The Artist Showcase

After attending countless artist showcases through the years as a former talent booking agent with the William Morris Agency, I’ve decided to touch on some practical ideas that will help promote your artist career and give you an increased chance … Continue reading

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Simple Steps to Create a Media Kit

The press is a great resource for any company. Media exposure can greatly enhance any branding effort. Today’s technology allows for a confusing array of possibilities relating to your company’s press kit. Many business owners make common mistakes when assembling … Continue reading

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Large storage easy to manage server evaluation ASUS RS520

Explosive growth of today’s data storage requirements for enabling users to improve year by year, but in the choice of storage, the storage capacity has not only considered the only standard users, storage capacity and price factors to a large … Continue reading

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Ariel Hyatt & Bob Baker on Music Marketing

Enjoy these snippets from Indie Buzz Bootcamp 2008: Ariel Hyatt on how to sell from the stage without selling, and Bob Baker on the PBS pledge drive approach to making money with your music. For more info on the next … Continue reading

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Band?s Promotional Items that Can Also Be Used as Decorations

Music bands need to produce promotional materials to boost music sales and music show engagements. People will be aware of a certain band through marketing materials like stickers, posters and mugs. In addition, these kinds of promotional items can also … Continue reading

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Alicebook1.MOV

Cool promotional book for Tim Burton’s upcoming Alice in Wonderland. Pt. 2 can be found here: www.youtube.com

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Online Music Promotion for Newbies

Are you tired of playing miniscule gig after miniscule gig only to generate pennies? Are you tired or working that second job, just to scrape up enough dough to put gas in the van to get to gigs? Maybe you … Continue reading

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