http://www.odeo.com/channels/6433-Musicians-Cooler Cybercooler no Where Musicians Come To Trade Advice Where Musicians Come To Trade Advice Do you need more fans, gigs, exposure? It's where musicians trade advice on technology, fans, gigs, and the business. Fill up a glass. Moderated by Dave Jackson en 40 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:59 -0800 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:59 -0800 Music http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25394300-Interactive-Concerts-Breed-Intimacy This is show 255 of the Musicians Cooler and originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today we got an email from Scott of the band “megaphone” and he talk about how he has created a new sites for band looking to get their music into the Rock Band Video game. You can find it at www.rockbandyourrockband.com Scott said, “I also wanted to let you know that I’ve launched a web site called Rock Band Your Rock Band (www.rockbandyourrockband.com) . It’s a place for artists who are thinking about authoring their own Rock Band tracks to get and exchange tips. The authoring process is not an easy one and the Rock Band forums are on fire with people asking questions. I thought it would be a good idea to have a place where people can come to learn how to get better at it. I’m also keeping a list of companies that will author tracks for bands if they can’t do it themselves. If people happen to contact you with questions about getting into the RBN, this is a ... This is show 255 of the Musicians Cooler and originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today we got an email from Scott of the band “megaphone” and he talk about how he has created a new sites for band looking to get their music into the Rock Band Video game. You can find it at www.rockbandyourrockband.com Scott said, “I also wanted to let you know that I’ve launched a web site called Rock Band Your Rock Band (www.rockbandyourrockband.com) . It’s a place for artists who are thinking about authoring their own Rock Band tracks to get and exchange tips. The authoring process is not an easy one and the Rock Band forums are on fire with people asking questions. I thought it would be a good idea to have a place where people can come to learn how to get better at it. I’m also keeping a list of companies that will author tracks for bands if they can’t do it themselves. If people happen to contact you with questions about getting into the RBN, this is a place you can send them.” Scott wins a copy of Song Manager For Bento Software for contributing to the cooler. He will also get a copy of my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement.” InterActive Concerts I attended a concert of Mercy Me, and in the middle of the show they stopped the show, turned on the house lights, and fielded questions from the audience. It gave people a break from the music, made the concert a little more personal, and if nothing else, that show is completely unique now (as every show will have different questions). This also gives the show a built in “down” period so you can again build it up with a great set opening song. Another opportunity is if you are fielding these questions via writing (or website) you have the opportunity to ask for the email address to add to your list (or phone number so you can add them to you text list from companies like fanbridge.com ) If you plan on doing this (either taking them live from the audience, or having them right them down) you may want to practice a bit at home to see if there are some witty answers yo ucan compe up for questions you think you will be asked. I also saw where Bob Baker has a blog post of another artist who is using this approach to reach his audience Music “Write it down” from Megaphone.  Become a fan of the band at http://www.mymegaphonemusic.com/ Support this show Check out our show Sponsor page for discounts, and more. The easiest way to support the show is to buy Dave’s book “Get You Band Out of the Basement“ This is show 255 of the Musicians Cooler and originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today we got an email from Scott of the band “megaphone” and he talk about how he has created a new sites for band looking to get their music into the Rock Band Video game. You can find it at www.rockbandyourrockband.com Scott said, “I also wanted to let you know that I’ve launched a web site called Rock Band Your Rock Band (www.rockbandyourrockband.com) . It’s a place for artists who are thinking about authoring their own Rock Band tracks to get and exchange tips. The authoring process is not an easy one and the Rock Band forums are on fire with people asking questions. I thought it would be a good idea to have a place where people can come to learn how to get better at it. I’m also keeping a list of companies that will author tracks for bands if they can’t do it themselves. If people happen to contact you with questions about getting into the RBN, this is a place you can send them.” Scott wins a copy of Song Manager For Bento Software for contributing to the cooler. He will also get a copy of my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement.” InterActive Concerts I attended a concert of Mercy Me, and in the middle of the show they stopped the show, turned on the house lights, and fielded questions from the audience. It gave people a break from the music, made the concert a little more personal, and if nothing else, that show is completely unique now (as every show will have different questions). This also gives the show a built in “down” period so you can again build it up with a great set opening song. Another opportunity is if you are fielding these questions via writing (or website) you have the opportunity to ask for the email address to add to your list (or phone number so you can add them to you text list from companies like fanbridge.com ) If you plan on doing this (either taking them live from the audience, or having them right them down) you may want to practice a bit at home to see if there are some witty answers yo ucan compe up for questions you think you will be asked. I also saw where Bob Baker has a blog post of another artist who is using this approach to reach his audience Music “Write it down” from Megaphone.  Become a fan of the band at http://www.mymegaphonemusic.com/ Support this show Check out our show Sponsor page for discounts, and more. The easiest way to support the show is to buy Dave’s book “Get You Band Out of the Basement“ tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25394300 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:40:59 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Marketing, Indie Band, interactive concerts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25195765-Bob-Baker-Book-Secrets-Work-For-Music-Too-REPOST 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 Internet.” I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a musician – not an author.” We can learn how to market our music by seeing how he launched his book. He let people buy it before it was printed. You got one chapter at a time and were encouraged to read it and supply feedback. (so you get to better the book before its even printed). You got you put YOUR NAME in his book. (making it a very special circumstance, and for me a chance to get my URL in a Bob Baker book). You get a signed copy of the physical book when it came out. Making it a one of a kind opportunity. In total “Bob” fashion he then through in a surprise bonus CD to lis... 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 Internet.” I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a musician – not an author.” We can learn how to market our music by seeing how he launched his book. He let people buy it before it was printed. You got one chapter at a time and were encouraged to read it and supply feedback. (so you get to better the book before its even printed). You got you put YOUR NAME in his book. (making it a very special circumstance, and for me a chance to get my URL in a Bob Baker book). You get a signed copy of the physical book when it came out. Making it a one of a kind opportunity. In total “Bob” fashion he then through in a surprise bonus CD to listen to. This is good old fashioned “under-promise and over deliver.” APPLY THIS TO MUSIC. Bob sent out chapters ahead of time foe feed back. Why sell a CD up front, and then send out songs in advance. Get feedback on the first 15. Use the top 10, and let the early adopters keep 5 unreleased songs? You could have sponsors for each song. Then list their name on the liners notes. Something like ” 1. Wishing Well written by Dave Jackson – sponsored by Bob Baker.” By selling the CD up front you can raise money to record the CD. Then you have a few copies generated for the early adopters and start gigging. Sell a few at shows and now you’ve got money to do a mass production (or just use kunaki.com ) SPONSORS This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com and is sponsored by Budget Rental Car. Budget.com/musician saves 30% on weekly rental or $10 off any time rental. Godaddy.com where you can get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon code cooler7. Need some great clothes for the stage? Check out www.stageclothes.net becuase they see you before they hear you. And you should buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basment and keep them out of the asylum” at www.musicianlibrary.com 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 Internet.” I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a musician – not an author.” We can learn how to market our music by seeing how he launched his book. He let people buy it before it was printed. You got one chapter at a time and were encouraged to read it and supply feedback. (so you get to better the book before its even printed). You got you put YOUR NAME in his book. (making it a very special circumstance, and for me a chance to get my URL in a Bob Baker book). You get a signed copy of the physical book when it came out. Making it a one of a kind opportunity. In total “Bob” fashion he then through in a surprise bonus CD to listen to. This is good old fashioned “under-promise and over deliver.” APPLY THIS TO MUSIC. Bob sent out chapters ahead of time foe feed back. Why sell a CD up front, and then send out songs in advance. Get feedback on the first 15. Use the top 10, and let the early adopters keep 5 unreleased songs? You could have sponsors for each song. Then list their name on the liners notes. Something like ” 1. Wishing Well written by Dave Jackson – sponsored by Bob Baker.” By selling the CD up front you can raise money to record the CD. Then you have a few copies generated for the early adopters and start gigging. Sell a few at shows and now you’ve got money to do a mass production (or just use kunaki.com ) SPONSORS This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com and is sponsored by Budget Rental Car. Budget.com/musician saves 30% on weekly rental or $10 off any time rental. Godaddy.com where you can get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon code cooler7. Need some great clothes for the stage? Check out www.stageclothes.net becuase they see you before they hear you. And you should buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basment and keep them out of the asylum” at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-09-27,25195765 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:20:37 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, featured, coupon, Music Marketing, Musicians Cooler, budget rental car, Bob Baker http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25157535-Bob-Baker-Book-Secrets-Work-For-Music-Too 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 Internet.” I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a musician – not an author.” We can learn how to market our music by seeing how he launched his book. He let people buy it before it was printed. You got one chapter at a time and were encouraged to read it and supply feedback. (so you get to better the book before its even printed). You got you put YOUR NAME in his book. (making it a very special circumstance, and for me a chance to get my URL in a Bob Baker book). You get a signed copy of the physical book when it came out. Making it a one of a kind opportunity. In total “Bob” fashion he then through in a surprise bonus CD to lis... 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 Internet.” I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a musician – not an author.” We can learn how to market our music by seeing how he launched his book. He let people buy it before it was printed. You got one chapter at a time and were encouraged to read it and supply feedback. (so you get to better the book before its even printed). You got you put YOUR NAME in his book. (making it a very special circumstance, and for me a chance to get my URL in a Bob Baker book). You get a signed copy of the physical book when it came out. Making it a one of a kind opportunity. In total “Bob” fashion he then through in a surprise bonus CD to listen to. This is good olf fhasioned “unpromise and over deliver.” APPLY THIS TO MUSIC. Bob sent out chapters ahead of time foe feed back. Why sell a CD up front, and then send out songs in advance. Get feedback on the first 15. USe the top 10, and let the early adopters keep 5 unreleased songs? You could have sponsrs for each song. Then list their name on the liners notes. Something like ” 1. Wishing Well written by Dave Jackson – sponsored by Bob Baker.” By selling the CD up front you can raise money to record the CD. Then you have a few copies generated for the ealy adpoters and start gigging. Sell a few at shows and now you’ve got money to do a mass production (or just use kunaki.com ) SPONSORS This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com and is sponsored by Budget Rental Car. Budget.com/musician saves 30% on weekly rental or $10 off any time rental. Godaddy.com where you can get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon code cooler7. Need some great clothes for the stage? Check out www.stageclothes.net becuase they see you before they hear you. And you should buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basment and keep them out of the asylum” at www.musicianlibrary.com 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 Internet.” I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a musician – not an author.” We can learn how to market our music by seeing how he launched his book. He let people buy it before it was printed. You got one chapter at a time and were encouraged to read it and supply feedback. (so you get to better the book before its even printed). You got you put YOUR NAME in his book. (making it a very special circumstance, and for me a chance to get my URL in a Bob Baker book). You get a signed copy of the physical book when it came out. Making it a one of a kind opportunity. In total “Bob” fashion he then through in a surprise bonus CD to listen to. This is good olf fhasioned “unpromise and over deliver.” APPLY THIS TO MUSIC. Bob sent out chapters ahead of time foe feed back. Why sell a CD up front, and then send out songs in advance. Get feedback on the first 15. USe the top 10, and let the early adopters keep 5 unreleased songs? You could have sponsrs for each song. Then list their name on the liners notes. Something like ” 1. Wishing Well written by Dave Jackson – sponsored by Bob Baker.” By selling the CD up front you can raise money to record the CD. Then you have a few copies generated for the ealy adpoters and start gigging. Sell a few at shows and now you’ve got money to do a mass production (or just use kunaki.com ) SPONSORS This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com and is sponsored by Budget Rental Car. Budget.com/musician saves 30% on weekly rental or $10 off any time rental. Godaddy.com where you can get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon code cooler7. Need some great clothes for the stage? Check out www.stageclothes.net becuase they see you before they hear you. And you should buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basment and keep them out of the asylum” at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-09-20,25157535 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:41:18 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Marketing, Promote Your Book, Bob Baker http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25085761-Is-MySpace-Dead This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Adam Hoek Twitter Band Adam Hoek is using Twitter to share his music. He has set up the Adam Hook Twitter Band. A place where musicians can work together to share tracks and build songs together. Find him on twitter at www.twitter.com/adamhoek and www.adamhoek.com My apologies for calling Adam “Andrew” in the episodes. Jimmy Yukka asks, “Is MySpace Dead?” Find him at www.jimmyyukka.com Yes MySpace is second to FaceBook, but saying to ignore MySpace is like saying we should ignore the Rolling Stones becuase they were second to the Beatles. In my opinion when it comes to all social media, you get out of them what you put into them. Unfortunately the more popular a website gets (MySpace, Twitter) people invent robots to manage their website for them. The Music business is about building relationship with people – no robots. When you turn your relationship building over ot a robot you are missing the boat. The... This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Adam Hoek Twitter Band Adam Hoek is using Twitter to share his music. He has set up the Adam Hook Twitter Band. A place where musicians can work together to share tracks and build songs together. Find him on twitter at www.twitter.com/adamhoek and www.adamhoek.com My apologies for calling Adam “Andrew” in the episodes. Jimmy Yukka asks, “Is MySpace Dead?” Find him at www.jimmyyukka.com Yes MySpace is second to FaceBook, but saying to ignore MySpace is like saying we should ignore the Rolling Stones becuase they were second to the Beatles. In my opinion when it comes to all social media, you get out of them what you put into them. Unfortunately the more popular a website gets (MySpace, Twitter) people invent robots to manage their website for them. The Music business is about building relationship with people – no robots. When you turn your relationship building over ot a robot you are missing the boat. The bad nws is at MySpace its hard to find a person. It seems everyone is using robots. This is why MySpace lost some of its appeal. So try to connect with people at MySpace, build a relationship with them. If you are finding that most of your “friends” at MySpace don’t login, don’t pay attention, then maybe your MySpace is dead. Bob Baker has a great book about marketing your band on MySpace and the whole book is about building relationships with people. Sponsors and Support Godaddy coupon code cooler7 gets a .com domain name for $7.49 Budget.com/musician saves 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental. Buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basement – and keep them out of the asylum” available at musicianlibrary.com Order now and get the bonus “ “10 Stupid Things That Bands Do” This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Adam Hoek Twitter Band Adam Hoek is using Twitter to share his music. He has set up the Adam Hook Twitter Band. A place where musicians can work together to share tracks and build songs together. Find him on twitter at www.twitter.com/adamhoek and www.adamhoek.com My apologies for calling Adam “Andrew” in the episodes. Jimmy Yukka asks, “Is MySpace Dead?” Find him at www.jimmyyukka.com Yes MySpace is second to FaceBook, but saying to ignore MySpace is like saying we should ignore the Rolling Stones becuase they were second to the Beatles. In my opinion when it comes to all social media, you get out of them what you put into them. Unfortunately the more popular a website gets (MySpace, Twitter) people invent robots to manage their website for them. The Music business is about building relationship with people – no robots. When you turn your relationship building over ot a robot you are missing the boat. The bad nws is at MySpace its hard to find a person. It seems everyone is using robots. This is why MySpace lost some of its appeal. So try to connect with people at MySpace, build a relationship with them. If you are finding that most of your “friends” at MySpace don’t login, don’t pay attention, then maybe your MySpace is dead. Bob Baker has a great book about marketing your band on MySpace and the whole book is about building relationships with people. Sponsors and Support Godaddy coupon code cooler7 gets a .com domain name for $7.49 Budget.com/musician saves 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental. Buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basement – and keep them out of the asylum” available at musicianlibrary.com Order now and get the bonus “ “10 Stupid Things That Bands Do” tag:odeo.com,2009-09-07,25085761 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:31:15 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Twitter Marketing, Music Marketing, budget rental car, godaddy coupon code, MySpace Music Marketing, Godadd, Jimmy Yukka http://www.odeo.com/episodes/25016209-The-End-of-the-Starving-Artist 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 fits all” Abundance bound features financial advice specifically for musicians/artist. Today Miata talks about taking that first step and the thrill of discovering exactly where you are (so you can figure out how to get to “there” (financial prosperity) from where you are (not financial prosperity). She also discusses how “co mingling” your money can muddy the waters of your financial picture. Save 10% with Abundance Bound Coupon Code Cooler10 If you’re interested in their free reports like their “Five Things Every Actor Must Do: Critical Steps Towards Success” Report or webinars check out Abundance Boun... 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 fits all” Abundance bound features financial advice specifically for musicians/artist. Today Miata talks about taking that first step and the thrill of discovering exactly where you are (so you can figure out how to get to “there” (financial prosperity) from where you are (not financial prosperity). She also discusses how “co mingling” your money can muddy the waters of your financial picture. Save 10% with Abundance Bound Coupon Code Cooler10 If you’re interested in their free reports like their “Five Things Every Actor Must Do: Critical Steps Towards Success” Report or webinars check out Abundance Bound.com be sure to use the coupon code cooler10 to get 10% off your purchase. They have online classes, take home studies, boot camps, and one on one coaching. One of the great things about their programs, is they have payment plans. In some cases you are done taking the classes before you’re done paying for it. That is how much they know you’re going to love the information presented. You will also find the skills you learn will more than help pay for the class. Don’t forget to use THIS LINK, and use the coupon code cooler10 to save 10% off your order (or just check out their free reports). Sponsors and Support Godaddy coupon code cooler7 gets a .com domain name for $7.49 Budget.com/musician saves 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental. Buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basement – and keep them out of the asylum” available at musicianlibrary.com Order now and get the bons “ “10 Stupid Things That Bands Do” 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 fits all” Abundance bound features financial advice specifically for musicians/artist. Today Miata talks about taking that first step and the thrill of discovering exactly where you are (so you can figure out how to get to “there” (financial prosperity) from where you are (not financial prosperity). She also discusses how “co mingling” your money can muddy the waters of your financial picture. Save 10% with Abundance Bound Coupon Code Cooler10 If you’re interested in their free reports like their “Five Things Every Actor Must Do: Critical Steps Towards Success” Report or webinars check out Abundance Bound.com be sure to use the coupon code cooler10 to get 10% off your purchase. They have online classes, take home studies, boot camps, and one on one coaching. One of the great things about their programs, is they have payment plans. In some cases you are done taking the classes before you’re done paying for it. That is how much they know you’re going to love the information presented. You will also find the skills you learn will more than help pay for the class. Don’t forget to use THIS LINK, and use the coupon code cooler10 to save 10% off your order (or just check out their free reports). Sponsors and Support Godaddy coupon code cooler7 gets a .com domain name for $7.49 Budget.com/musician saves 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental. Buy Dave’s Book “Get your band out of the basement – and keep them out of the asylum” available at musicianlibrary.com Order now and get the bons “ “10 Stupid Things That Bands Do” tag:odeo.com,2009-08-24,25016209 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:37:11 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, News, starving artist, Indie Band, music makreting http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24990809-Promoting-Your-Band-with-Facebook-and-Twitter Today we are thrilled to have another segment with George Hrab and this time George is talking about how he uses Twitter and Facebook. George is using Facebook as an area for “Exclusive content” and when it comes to twitter he has a great plan. Deliver great content that is occasionally mixed in with a plug for a gig etc.  In some of the books I read about twitter it should be no more than one plug for every five tweets. Music: George Hrab w/ Slau “Sciurus Carolinensisby” Available i iTunes and CDBaby. Today we are thrilled to have another segment with George Hrab and this time George is talking about how he uses Twitter and Facebook. George is using Facebook as an area for “Exclusive content” and when it comes to twitter he has a great plan. Deliver great content that is occasionally mixed in with a plug for a gig etc.  In some of the books I read about twitter it should be no more than one plug for every five tweets. Music: George Hrab w/ Slau “Sciurus Carolinensisby” Available i iTunes and CDBaby. Today we are thrilled to have another segment with George Hrab and this time George is talking about how he uses Twitter and Facebook. George is using Facebook as an area for “Exclusive content” and when it comes to twitter he has a great plan. Deliver great content that is occasionally mixed in with a plug for a gig etc.  In some of the books I read about twitter it should be no more than one plug for every five tweets. Music: George Hrab w/ Slau “Sciurus Carolinensisby” Available i iTunes and CDBaby. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-19,24990809 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:28:25 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, twitter, Facebook, George Hrab, Music Marketing, indieband marketing, Slau http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24959996-Adding-RSS-to-My-Band%E2%80%99s-Website Paul Bordenkircher is looking for beta testers for his new software for songwriters at www.songmanagerforbento.com (paul “at” mesassand “dot” com to get involved). Dave King (www.davekingmusic.com) wants to add RSS to his “normal” (non blog) based website. He tried using Listgarden, but it still had issues with Yahoo!. Any ideas Dave? Answer: To diagnose an rss feed check out www.feedvalidator.org and it may help figure out why the feed is not working properly. Back in 2005 I had the same issue. The Musicians Cooler was a newsletter and the website was done in Front Page (and Dreamweaver). So I would update the website, update the newsletter (through Aweber) and then update the RSS feed. It was quite the pain. Now I use Wordpress and when I update the site, it updates the RSS feed (I also use Feedburner to track subscribers). I also am now (in Aweber) to send out emails simply by putting my RSS feed into Aweber. So when I update the website, it cr... Paul Bordenkircher is looking for beta testers for his new software for songwriters at www.songmanagerforbento.com (paul “at” mesassand “dot” com to get involved). Dave King (www.davekingmusic.com) wants to add RSS to his “normal” (non blog) based website. He tried using Listgarden, but it still had issues with Yahoo!. Any ideas Dave? Answer: To diagnose an rss feed check out www.feedvalidator.org and it may help figure out why the feed is not working properly. Back in 2005 I had the same issue. The Musicians Cooler was a newsletter and the website was done in Front Page (and Dreamweaver). So I would update the website, update the newsletter (through Aweber) and then update the RSS feed. It was quite the pain. Now I use Wordpress and when I update the site, it updates the RSS feed (I also use Feedburner to track subscribers). I also am now (in Aweber) to send out emails simply by putting my RSS feed into Aweber. So when I update the website, it creates the podcast and the newsletter at the same time. If you want to learn how to make your band’s website for next to nothing (wordpress is free), check out www.marketingmusician.com and watch the step by step tutorials that will walk you through the entire process. MUSIC “Hot Summer Night” – Dave King SPONSORS Go to budget.com/musician to save on a Budget Rental car. Save 30% on a weekly rental or $10 off any time rental. Get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the godaddy promo code cooler7 This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com this is show 246 SUPPORT THE SHOW The easiest and most beneficial way to support this show, and help make it happen is to buy Dave’s book “Get your band out of the basement” at www.musicianlibrary.com thanks for keeping the show going. If you think the last listener bought the book, you’re wrong. It’s your turn. Please support the show. Paul Bordenkircher is looking for beta testers for his new software for songwriters at www.songmanagerforbento.com (paul “at” mesassand “dot” com to get involved). Dave King (www.davekingmusic.com) wants to add RSS to his “normal” (non blog) based website. He tried using Listgarden, but it still had issues with Yahoo!. Any ideas Dave? Answer: To diagnose an rss feed check out www.feedvalidator.org and it may help figure out why the feed is not working properly. Back in 2005 I had the same issue. The Musicians Cooler was a newsletter and the website was done in Front Page (and Dreamweaver). So I would update the website, update the newsletter (through Aweber) and then update the RSS feed. It was quite the pain. Now I use Wordpress and when I update the site, it updates the RSS feed (I also use Feedburner to track subscribers). I also am now (in Aweber) to send out emails simply by putting my RSS feed into Aweber. So when I update the website, it creates the podcast and the newsletter at the same time. If you want to learn how to make your band’s website for next to nothing (wordpress is free), check out www.marketingmusician.com and watch the step by step tutorials that will walk you through the entire process. MUSIC “Hot Summer Night” – Dave King SPONSORS Go to budget.com/musician to save on a Budget Rental car. Save 30% on a weekly rental or $10 off any time rental. Get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the godaddy promo code cooler7 This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com this is show 246 SUPPORT THE SHOW The easiest and most beneficial way to support this show, and help make it happen is to buy Dave’s book “Get your band out of the basement” at www.musicianlibrary.com thanks for keeping the show going. If you think the last listener bought the book, you’re wrong. It’s your turn. Please support the show. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-14,24959996 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:41:29 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Web 2.0, rss feed, Music Marketing, Dave King, Songwriter software, band websites http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24937844-Portable-MySpace-Player Today we talk about how to make a link to launch your myspace player. This question is from Kyle of www.myspace.com/weareaffinity To do this go to your myspace page. Click on the link in the upper right hand corner of the player that says “pop out player” A window will appear. Highlight and copy the link at the top of that window. For Kyle the link is http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.popupplayer&sindex=-1.0&shuffle=false&amix=false&pmix=false&plid=27937&artid=799848&profid=74299621&friendid=74299621&sseed=0&ptype=3&stime=0&ap=1&rpeat=false You then go to the website or blog you want to put this link and write some text like “Click Hear To Listen to our Music” and then highligh that text, and click the Link button (in this case for Wordpress) and paste in that URL, and put it to open in a new window.  So it would look like this, “Click here to listen to affinity.” The bad news i... Today we talk about how to make a link to launch your myspace player. This question is from Kyle of www.myspace.com/weareaffinity To do this go to your myspace page. Click on the link in the upper right hand corner of the player that says “pop out player” A window will appear. Highlight and copy the link at the top of that window. For Kyle the link is http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.popupplayer&sindex=-1.0&shuffle=false&amix=false&pmix=false&plid=27937&artid=799848&profid=74299621&friendid=74299621&sseed=0&ptype=3&stime=0&ap=1&rpeat=false You then go to the website or blog you want to put this link and write some text like “Click Hear To Listen to our Music” and then highligh that text, and click the Link button (in this case for Wordpress) and paste in that URL, and put it to open in a new window.  So it would look like this, “Click here to listen to affinity.” The bad news is this will open an entire window. You may want to google “Pop up maker” and it will give you the code to make your link open up in a specific size window. The window for the MySpace window is width: 630px; height: 545px; WHY? The only reason to do this is becuase you don't have your own website for your band, and you want MySpace to pick up the bandwidth bill. However, there is nothing there for people to buy your music. The page loads slow, and forces them to watch commericials. I would recommend getting your own website, and setting up a page with music samples and directing people to that page where they can also purchase your music. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book – Get Your Band Out of the Basement at www.musicianlibrary.com Today we talk about how to make a link to launch your myspace player. This question is from Kyle of www.myspace.com/weareaffinity To do this go to your myspace page. Click on the link in the upper right hand corner of the player that says “pop out player” A window will appear. Highlight and copy the link at the top of that window. For Kyle the link is http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.popupplayer&sindex=-1.0&shuffle=false&amix=false&pmix=false&plid=27937&artid=799848&profid=74299621&friendid=74299621&sseed=0&ptype=3&stime=0&ap=1&rpeat=false You then go to the website or blog you want to put this link and write some text like “Click Hear To Listen to our Music” and then highligh that text, and click the Link button (in this case for Wordpress) and paste in that URL, and put it to open in a new window.  So it would look like this, “Click here to listen to affinity.” The bad news is this will open an entire window. You may want to google “Pop up maker” and it will give you the code to make your link open up in a specific size window. The window for the MySpace window is width: 630px; height: 545px; WHY? The only reason to do this is becuase you don't have your own website for your band, and you want MySpace to pick up the bandwidth bill. However, there is nothing there for people to buy your music. The page loads slow, and forces them to watch commericials. I would recommend getting your own website, and setting up a page with music samples and directing people to that page where they can also purchase your music. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book – Get Your Band Out of the Basement at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-08-10,24937844 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:15:11 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, myspace, Music Marketing http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24912647-Tales-From-the-Road-with-George-Hrab-repost Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his “Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this hilarious tale we learn: Always get directions to the gig, and verify them before the gig. If you’re sitting in with people for the first time, a rehearsal may be in order. You want to specify your duties up front. You want to specify payment (how much, and in what format you will receive it). Show up on time to be prepared for the gig (not 5 minutes to show time). Giving away free t-shirts to the band does not count as payment. If you can’t carry your instrument, bring someone with you who can. Music “Barney’s in the Vent” from Interrobang (if you are a Frank Zappa fan, I HIGHLY recommend it). For all things George check out www.georgehrab.com for more info... Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his “Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this hilarious tale we learn: Always get directions to the gig, and verify them before the gig. If you’re sitting in with people for the first time, a rehearsal may be in order. You want to specify your duties up front. You want to specify payment (how much, and in what format you will receive it). Show up on time to be prepared for the gig (not 5 minutes to show time). Giving away free t-shirts to the band does not count as payment. If you can’t carry your instrument, bring someone with you who can. Music “Barney’s in the Vent” from Interrobang (if you are a Frank Zappa fan, I HIGHLY recommend it). For all things George check out www.georgehrab.com for more information about George’s music check out http://geologicrecords.net/ Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book – Get Your Band Out of the Basement at www.musicianlibrary.com Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his “Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this hilarious tale we learn: Always get directions to the gig, and verify them before the gig. If you’re sitting in with people for the first time, a rehearsal may be in order. You want to specify your duties up front. You want to specify payment (how much, and in what format you will receive it). Show up on time to be prepared for the gig (not 5 minutes to show time). Giving away free t-shirts to the band does not count as payment. If you can’t carry your instrument, bring someone with you who can. Music “Barney’s in the Vent” from Interrobang (if you are a Frank Zappa fan, I HIGHLY recommend it). For all things George check out www.georgehrab.com for more information about George’s music check out http://geologicrecords.net/ Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book – Get Your Band Out of the Basement at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-08-04,24912647 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:58:12 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, George Hrab, Music Marketing, tales from the Road, Gigging http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24901190-Tales-From-The-Road-with-George-Hrab Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his “Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this helarious tale we learn: Always get directions to the gig, and verify them before the gig. If you’re sitting in with people for the first time, a rehearsal may be in order. You want to specify your duties up front. You want to specify payment (how much, and in what format you will receive it). Show up on time to be prepared for the gig (not 5 minutes to show time). Giving away free t-shirts to the band does not count as payment. If you can’t carry your instrument, bring someone with you who can. Music “Barney’s in the Vent” from Interrobang (if you are a Frank Zappa fan, I HIGHLY recommend it). For all things George check out www.georgehrab.com for more info... Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his “Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this helarious tale we learn: Always get directions to the gig, and verify them before the gig. If you’re sitting in with people for the first time, a rehearsal may be in order. You want to specify your duties up front. You want to specify payment (how much, and in what format you will receive it). Show up on time to be prepared for the gig (not 5 minutes to show time). Giving away free t-shirts to the band does not count as payment. If you can’t carry your instrument, bring someone with you who can. Music “Barney’s in the Vent” from Interrobang (if you are a Frank Zappa fan, I HIGHLY recommend it). For all things George check out www.georgehrab.com for more information about George’s music check out http://geologicrecords.net/ Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book – Get Your Band Out of the Basement at www.musicianlibrary.com Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his “Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this helarious tale we learn: Always get directions to the gig, and verify them before the gig. If you’re sitting in with people for the first time, a rehearsal may be in order. You want to specify your duties up front. You want to specify payment (how much, and in what format you will receive it). Show up on time to be prepared for the gig (not 5 minutes to show time). Giving away free t-shirts to the band does not count as payment. If you can’t carry your instrument, bring someone with you who can. Music “Barney’s in the Vent” from Interrobang (if you are a Frank Zappa fan, I HIGHLY recommend it). For all things George check out www.georgehrab.com for more information about George’s music check out http://geologicrecords.net/ Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book – Get Your Band Out of the Basement at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-08-02,24901190 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:26:13 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, George Hrab, discount, GoDaddy Promo Code, Indie Musician, Gig Horror Stories, tales from the Road, Budge Rental Car http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24864205-United-Breaks-Guitars This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today I talk about a video that has has 2,565,069 in a WEEK. With this in mind, you should ALWAYS be on your best behavior as this one musician is now getting NATIONAL attention with his complaint about how  an airline broke his Taylor guitar.  For more information check out www.davecarollmusic.com With this in mind we as musicians should ALWAYS be professional at the gig. Don’t argue. Don’t “accidentaly” punch the lead singer in the face. People have phone with cameras abel to shoot pics and video (jsut ask “Kramer” from Seinfeld).  You don’t want your band being featured on youtube 22 million times in a week as the idiots of the week. Check out Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement”at www.musicianlibrary.com Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rent... This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today I talk about a video that has has 2,565,069 in a WEEK. With this in mind, you should ALWAYS be on your best behavior as this one musician is now getting NATIONAL attention with his complaint about how  an airline broke his Taylor guitar.  For more information check out www.davecarollmusic.com With this in mind we as musicians should ALWAYS be professional at the gig. Don’t argue. Don’t “accidentaly” punch the lead singer in the face. People have phone with cameras abel to shoot pics and video (jsut ask “Kramer” from Seinfeld).  You don’t want your band being featured on youtube 22 million times in a week as the idiots of the week. Check out Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement”at www.musicianlibrary.com Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today I talk about a video that has has 2,565,069 in a WEEK. With this in mind, you should ALWAYS be on your best behavior as this one musician is now getting NATIONAL attention with his complaint about how  an airline broke his Taylor guitar.  For more information check out www.davecarollmusic.com With this in mind we as musicians should ALWAYS be professional at the gig. Don’t argue. Don’t “accidentaly” punch the lead singer in the face. People have phone with cameras abel to shoot pics and video (jsut ask “Kramer” from Seinfeld).  You don’t want your band being featured on youtube 22 million times in a week as the idiots of the week. Check out Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement”at www.musicianlibrary.com Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car – www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car tag:odeo.com,2009-07-25,24864205 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:41:45 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Marketing, Dave Jackson, ZZ Top, united breaks guitars http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24739731-CD-Production-on-the-Cheap Kinaki,vs  LuLu, vs  Vervante Reviewed Sean G of http://www.learntodjfast.com/ had a great post about the differences between Kunaki, LuLu, and Vervante. In his example he was shipping for a full color DVD printing, DVD case, full color 1 panel insert, full cover case, cellophane wrapping, upc barcode (for Amazon), 24 hour turnaround from order to manufacturing. And the results are… —————————— Vervante: $6.56 USD not including shipping. Lulu: $5.50 not including shipping Kunaki: $1.75 USD not including shipping. ————————————– Shipping is $4 USD per DVD to anywhere in the world. So for the same price as printing a disc @ Lulu & less than Vervante, I can print and ship my DVD. I was leaning towards Vervante because of its great customer service, but with this large of a price gap, kunaki is the answer for me until I do enough volume to war... Kinaki,vs  LuLu, vs  Vervante Reviewed Sean G of http://www.learntodjfast.com/ had a great post about the differences between Kunaki, LuLu, and Vervante. In his example he was shipping for a full color DVD printing, DVD case, full color 1 panel insert, full cover case, cellophane wrapping, upc barcode (for Amazon), 24 hour turnaround from order to manufacturing. And the results are… —————————— Vervante: $6.56 USD not including shipping. Lulu: $5.50 not including shipping Kunaki: $1.75 USD not including shipping. ————————————– Shipping is $4 USD per DVD to anywhere in the world. So for the same price as printing a disc @ Lulu & less than Vervante, I can print and ship my DVD. I was leaning towards Vervante because of its great customer service, but with this large of a price gap, kunaki is the answer for me until I do enough volume to warrant going with Disk.com. With regards to their poor customer service, Kunkaki isn’t trying to hide it: “Kunaki is not for everyone. Kunaki operates more like a machine than a business and does not offer a personalized service. We don’t engage in active marketing, sales, or public relations. We never offer discounts or special deals. We don’t offer affiliate or partner programs. The Kunaki machine is operated and managed by software rather than a management team. Our service is designed for 21st-century, intelligent, independent publishers who prefer to deal with a cold, efficient, and reliable machine that is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Because Kunaki is highly automated and focused on quality, low price, and fast production, we offer a minimal range of options.” Even though this might cause headaches in the future I understand where they are coming from. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Kinaki,vs  LuLu, vs  Vervante Reviewed Sean G of http://www.learntodjfast.com/ had a great post about the differences between Kunaki, LuLu, and Vervante. In his example he was shipping for a full color DVD printing, DVD case, full color 1 panel insert, full cover case, cellophane wrapping, upc barcode (for Amazon), 24 hour turnaround from order to manufacturing. And the results are… —————————— Vervante: $6.56 USD not including shipping. Lulu: $5.50 not including shipping Kunaki: $1.75 USD not including shipping. ————————————– Shipping is $4 USD per DVD to anywhere in the world. So for the same price as printing a disc @ Lulu & less than Vervante, I can print and ship my DVD. I was leaning towards Vervante because of its great customer service, but with this large of a price gap, kunaki is the answer for me until I do enough volume to warrant going with Disk.com. With regards to their poor customer service, Kunkaki isn’t trying to hide it: “Kunaki is not for everyone. Kunaki operates more like a machine than a business and does not offer a personalized service. We don’t engage in active marketing, sales, or public relations. We never offer discounts or special deals. We don’t offer affiliate or partner programs. The Kunaki machine is operated and managed by software rather than a management team. Our service is designed for 21st-century, intelligent, independent publishers who prefer to deal with a cold, efficient, and reliable machine that is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Because Kunaki is highly automated and focused on quality, low price, and fast production, we offer a minimal range of options.” Even though this might cause headaches in the future I understand where they are coming from. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car tag:odeo.com,2009-06-22,24739731 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:08:45 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24706692-Should-I-list-My-Music-At-This-Site Today we start a conversation about what to look for when you see a site that wants you to list your music at their site. This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Tales From the Road - Stage Thud Special tales from the road courtesy of Big Al and Mike at www.projectstudionetwork.com Strategies for Listing Your Band  at Music Sites There are so many sites that want you to list your music. They will give you music players, email, etc to just list your music on their site (and of course you’ll get “discovered”). Well here are some things to look into. 1. Are the “bonus” features a true bonus? At www.gigleader.com they say you can use their classified website (www.bandmix.com which you can use for free), or their other service that helps you build your site (for $20 a month) which is completely over priced (check out www.marketingmusician.com for a site that shows you how to build your own site). 2. Who is it your dealing with? At bandstock.com the... Today we start a conversation about what to look for when you see a site that wants you to list your music at their site. This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Tales From the Road - Stage Thud Special tales from the road courtesy of Big Al and Mike at www.projectstudionetwork.com Strategies for Listing Your Band  at Music Sites There are so many sites that want you to list your music. They will give you music players, email, etc to just list your music on their site (and of course you’ll get “discovered”). Well here are some things to look into. 1. Are the “bonus” features a true bonus? At www.gigleader.com they say you can use their classified website (www.bandmix.com which you can use for free), or their other service that helps you build your site (for $20 a month) which is completely over priced (check out www.marketingmusician.com for a site that shows you how to build your own site). 2. Who is it your dealing with? At bandstock.com there  no “About Us,”  or contact information, and everything you do you needed to enter your e-mail address first.  Also if there is a forum, go check it out. Often disgruntled customers will go in and launch flaming posts warning potential customers not to join (and if this site leaves them there, you know they are not manning their forums). IF there is contact information, contact them and see what kind of response you get. 3. Get a Spam Email Address I talk about this in my book, but you should have an email that you put on your business cards (that typically ends in your band’s websites).  Then you can get a free email from places like gmail, yahoo, or hotmail (I like gmail).  This should be your band’s name “@ blah blah blah” so if your band was the free toys you should get freetoys@gmail.com. Use this email for any website that you feel may potentially spam you. You still need to check this email (as you may occasionally get a gig from a stie).  Only give out the email from your website to a person. This way if something comes into that email you know its from someone you have personally met. 4. Can You Link Back To Your Website? Look at the other band’s pages and see if you can link back to your band’s website. 5. Does the Technology Work? Click on one of their players and make sure that the technology they are promoting actually works. 6. Can I export the email list? Some websites will allow you to use a tool to build a mailing list . This is ok (I guess), but as your list is your most important tool, I would make sure you can export these contacts into your mater list (which should be hosted at your site). 7. Are there tons of Google Ads? Many times these sites are not about discovering your music. Its about you getting your fans to come to the website so they website can earn cash on their advertising. Music Promotion Websites Our Stage A few websites I have heard good things about is Our Stage which is a promotional site and a contest at the same time (and you will see where they have contact information at the bottom of the page). Song Catalog http://www.songcatalog.com/ is a place where you can list your music if it inTV shows, Movies, etc. Stories Sell More Music Jun 8th, 2009 | By David Jackson | Category: Podcast | Edit Today’s music marketing lesson comes from the band Casting Crowns. I went to their concert (not knowing who they were), and ended up buying their latest (third) cd. I also received a free book written by the lead singer. Well its been a year, and today I cracked the book. It has insanely personal stories about the singer’s life and how and where these songs came from. After reading story number one, I went to the CD to hear the song. The problem is the song isn’t on their latest CD, it’s on their first. “Brilliant,” I thought to myself as I fired up the Internet to purchase the CD from the Amazon MP3 store. The stories were intimate, and fueled my NEED to hear the song. Then once I did hear the song, they moved me that much more knowing the behind the scenes look at the song. Your band can do the same and release the “book” as an ebook, or use them as blog posts. At any rate, when done properly, stories can truly help sell more CDs. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Today we start a conversation about what to look for when you see a site that wants you to list your music at their site. This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Tales From the Road - Stage Thud Special tales from the road courtesy of Big Al and Mike at www.projectstudionetwork.com Strategies for Listing Your Band  at Music Sites There are so many sites that want you to list your music. They will give you music players, email, etc to just list your music on their site (and of course you’ll get “discovered”). Well here are some things to look into. 1. Are the “bonus” features a true bonus? At www.gigleader.com they say you can use their classified website (www.bandmix.com which you can use for free), or their other service that helps you build your site (for $20 a month) which is completely over priced (check out www.marketingmusician.com for a site that shows you how to build your own site). 2. Who is it your dealing with? At bandstock.com there  no “About Us,”  or contact information, and everything you do you needed to enter your e-mail address first.  Also if there is a forum, go check it out. Often disgruntled customers will go in and launch flaming posts warning potential customers not to join (and if this site leaves them there, you know they are not manning their forums). IF there is contact information, contact them and see what kind of response you get. 3. Get a Spam Email Address I talk about this in my book, but you should have an email that you put on your business cards (that typically ends in your band’s websites).  Then you can get a free email from places like gmail, yahoo, or hotmail (I like gmail).  This should be your band’s name “@ blah blah blah” so if your band was the free toys you should get freetoys@gmail.com. Use this email for any website that you feel may potentially spam you. You still need to check this email (as you may occasionally get a gig from a stie).  Only give out the email from your website to a person. This way if something comes into that email you know its from someone you have personally met. 4. Can You Link Back To Your Website? Look at the other band’s pages and see if you can link back to your band’s website. 5. Does the Technology Work? Click on one of their players and make sure that the technology they are promoting actually works. 6. Can I export the email list? Some websites will allow you to use a tool to build a mailing list . This is ok (I guess), but as your list is your most important tool, I would make sure you can export these contacts into your mater list (which should be hosted at your site). 7. Are there tons of Google Ads? Many times these sites are not about discovering your music. Its about you getting your fans to come to the website so they website can earn cash on their advertising. Music Promotion Websites Our Stage A few websites I have heard good things about is Our Stage which is a promotional site and a contest at the same time (and you will see where they have contact information at the bottom of the page). Song Catalog http://www.songcatalog.com/ is a place where you can list your music if it inTV shows, Movies, etc. Stories Sell More Music Jun 8th, 2009 | By David Jackson | Category: Podcast | Edit Today’s music marketing lesson comes from the band Casting Crowns. I went to their concert (not knowing who they were), and ended up buying their latest (third) cd. I also received a free book written by the lead singer. Well its been a year, and today I cracked the book. It has insanely personal stories about the singer’s life and how and where these songs came from. After reading story number one, I went to the CD to hear the song. The problem is the song isn’t on their latest CD, it’s on their first. “Brilliant,” I thought to myself as I fired up the Internet to purchase the CD from the Amazon MP3 store. The stories were intimate, and fueled my NEED to hear the song. Then once I did hear the song, they moved me that much more knowing the behind the scenes look at the song. Your band can do the same and release the “book” as an ebook, or use them as blog posts. At any rate, when done properly, stories can truly help sell more CDs. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car tag:odeo.com,2009-06-15,24706692 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:32:00 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Promotion, Music Marketing, Marketing Tools http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665102-Stories-Sell-More-Music Today’s music marketing lesson comes from the band Casting Crowns. I went to their concert (not knowing who they were), and ended up buying their latest (third) cd. I also received a free book written by the lead singer. Well its been a year, and today I cracked the book. It has insanely personal stories about the singer’s life and how and where these songs came from. After reading story number one, I went to the CD to hear the song. The problem is the song isn’t on their latest CD, it’s on their first. “Brilliant,” I thought to myself as I fired up the Internet to purchase the CD from the Amazon MP3 store. The stories were intimate, and fueled my NEED to hear the song. Then once I did hear the song, they moved me that much more knowing the behind the scenes look at the song. Your band can do the same and release the “book” as an ebook, or use them as blog posts. At any rate, when done properly, stories can truly help sell more CDs. Sp... Today’s music marketing lesson comes from the band Casting Crowns. I went to their concert (not knowing who they were), and ended up buying their latest (third) cd. I also received a free book written by the lead singer. Well its been a year, and today I cracked the book. It has insanely personal stories about the singer’s life and how and where these songs came from. After reading story number one, I went to the CD to hear the song. The problem is the song isn’t on their latest CD, it’s on their first. “Brilliant,” I thought to myself as I fired up the Internet to purchase the CD from the Amazon MP3 store. The stories were intimate, and fueled my NEED to hear the song. Then once I did hear the song, they moved me that much more knowing the behind the scenes look at the song. Your band can do the same and release the “book” as an ebook, or use them as blog posts. At any rate, when done properly, stories can truly help sell more CDs. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book can be found at www.musicianlibrary.com Today’s music marketing lesson comes from the band Casting Crowns. I went to their concert (not knowing who they were), and ended up buying their latest (third) cd. I also received a free book written by the lead singer. Well its been a year, and today I cracked the book. It has insanely personal stories about the singer’s life and how and where these songs came from. After reading story number one, I went to the CD to hear the song. The problem is the song isn’t on their latest CD, it’s on their first. “Brilliant,” I thought to myself as I fired up the Internet to purchase the CD from the Amazon MP3 store. The stories were intimate, and fueled my NEED to hear the song. Then once I did hear the song, they moved me that much more knowing the behind the scenes look at the song. Your band can do the same and release the “book” as an ebook, or use them as blog posts. At any rate, when done properly, stories can truly help sell more CDs. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Dave’s Book can be found at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-06-07,24665102 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:56:38 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665103-Paypal-Micropayments-increase-profits-by-23 Paypal Micropayments I’ve known about paypal micropayments for a while, but when I first heard about it, I didn’t think you could switch from an “old” paypal account to a new micropayment. Now you can. What’s the difference? Standard Paypal Fees PayPal charged a minimum transaction fee of 30 cents plus 2.9%. Paypal Micropayment Fees The Mircopayment option raises the percentage to 5% but lowers the fee to just 5 cents . That changes the net profit on a  $.99 cent direct sale to $.89 cents vs. $.66 under the old PayPal option.  Sell  just one hundred two or three song bundles and the total PayPal transaction costs drop from $36 to $15. To find out more about Paypal micro payments go to https://micropayments.paypal-labs.com/ This is show #238 originating from www.musicianscooler.com Amazon.ccom One Off CD’s with Create Space It costs you $4.95 for one CD, but if you only need a few CDs this beats ordering hundreds and turning them into coasters. If ... Paypal Micropayments I’ve known about paypal micropayments for a while, but when I first heard about it, I didn’t think you could switch from an “old” paypal account to a new micropayment. Now you can. What’s the difference? Standard Paypal Fees PayPal charged a minimum transaction fee of 30 cents plus 2.9%. Paypal Micropayment Fees The Mircopayment option raises the percentage to 5% but lowers the fee to just 5 cents . That changes the net profit on a  $.99 cent direct sale to $.89 cents vs. $.66 under the old PayPal option.  Sell  just one hundred two or three song bundles and the total PayPal transaction costs drop from $36 to $15. To find out more about Paypal micro payments go to https://micropayments.paypal-labs.com/ This is show #238 originating from www.musicianscooler.com Amazon.ccom One Off CD’s with Create Space It costs you $4.95 for one CD, but if you only need a few CDs this beats ordering hundreds and turning them into coasters. If you sell your music via download they charge 15% and if you sell the Cd at amazon.com they take 45% (ouch). As some people completely trust amazon.com they may purchase off of amazon.com when they may not off a lesser known website. For more information go to www.createspace.com Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler3 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Paypal Micropayments I’ve known about paypal micropayments for a while, but when I first heard about it, I didn’t think you could switch from an “old” paypal account to a new micropayment. Now you can. What’s the difference? Standard Paypal Fees PayPal charged a minimum transaction fee of 30 cents plus 2.9%. Paypal Micropayment Fees The Mircopayment option raises the percentage to 5% but lowers the fee to just 5 cents . That changes the net profit on a  $.99 cent direct sale to $.89 cents vs. $.66 under the old PayPal option.  Sell  just one hundred two or three song bundles and the total PayPal transaction costs drop from $36 to $15. To find out more about Paypal micro payments go to https://micropayments.paypal-labs.com/ This is show #238 originating from www.musicianscooler.com Amazon.ccom One Off CD’s with Create Space It costs you $4.95 for one CD, but if you only need a few CDs this beats ordering hundreds and turning them into coasters. If you sell your music via download they charge 15% and if you sell the Cd at amazon.com they take 45% (ouch). As some people completely trust amazon.com they may purchase off of amazon.com when they may not off a lesser known website. For more information go to www.createspace.com Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler3 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car tag:odeo.com,2009-06-07,24665103 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:17:51 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, News, Create Space, CD Duplication http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665104-Promoting-Your-Promotion Promoting Your Band Via Facebook One way to communicate with your fans is by creating a fan page. This is near the bottom of the page with advertisements. Fan pages you can communicate with an unlimited number of fans. If you make a group there is a limit (so pages is better than groups). Promoting Your Promotion If you are playing a club, or appearing on TV, Podcast, Radio, Newspaper, you should be sure to show the person who interviewed you that you are promoting your promotion on their show. Do NOT subscribe them to your newsletter. Keep in mind they may have signed up for your newsletter (so never bad mouth a club as the owner may have subscribed to your newsletter). Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Promoting Your Band Via Facebook One way to communicate with your fans is by creating a fan page. This is near the bottom of the page with advertisements. Fan pages you can communicate with an unlimited number of fans. If you make a group there is a limit (so pages is better than groups). Promoting Your Promotion If you are playing a club, or appearing on TV, Podcast, Radio, Newspaper, you should be sure to show the person who interviewed you that you are promoting your promotion on their show. Do NOT subscribe them to your newsletter. Keep in mind they may have signed up for your newsletter (so never bad mouth a club as the owner may have subscribed to your newsletter). Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Promoting Your Band Via Facebook One way to communicate with your fans is by creating a fan page. This is near the bottom of the page with advertisements. Fan pages you can communicate with an unlimited number of fans. If you make a group there is a limit (so pages is better than groups). Promoting Your Promotion If you are playing a club, or appearing on TV, Podcast, Radio, Newspaper, you should be sure to show the person who interviewed you that you are promoting your promotion on their show. Do NOT subscribe them to your newsletter. Keep in mind they may have signed up for your newsletter (so never bad mouth a club as the owner may have subscribed to your newsletter). Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler7 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car tag:odeo.com,2009-05-31,24665104 Sun, 31 May 2009 20:16:47 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665105-Christian-Strategies-II Today we continue looking into what it’s like to run a Christian band. We talk with Scott Walton who explains what it was like to be in a Christian band, but there are some down sides (like having people presume that you will ALWAYS play for free. What Does Dave Look Like? After receiving some constructive criticism about his book cover, one of the listeners points out there should be a picture of me on the website. So before I put a picture of me on the website, I wanted to see what you think I look like. Leave a comment here or call in your thoughts 888-563-3228 Tales From The Road - Make a Checklist We hear a great “Tales from the Road” from Matthew Ebel who talks about getting a gig only to get to the gig and realize he forgot many items. He ended up playing relaxing piano music all night. The solution? Make a checklist. Matthew had one that was covered in plastic and attached via velcro to the lid of his trunk with a diagram showing where to put things. This w... Today we continue looking into what it’s like to run a Christian band. We talk with Scott Walton who explains what it was like to be in a Christian band, but there are some down sides (like having people presume that you will ALWAYS play for free. What Does Dave Look Like? After receiving some constructive criticism about his book cover, one of the listeners points out there should be a picture of me on the website. So before I put a picture of me on the website, I wanted to see what you think I look like. Leave a comment here or call in your thoughts 888-563-3228 Tales From The Road - Make a Checklist We hear a great “Tales from the Road” from Matthew Ebel who talks about getting a gig only to get to the gig and realize he forgot many items. He ended up playing relaxing piano music all night. The solution? Make a checklist. Matthew had one that was covered in plastic and attached via velcro to the lid of his trunk with a diagram showing where to put things. This way if someone asks, “Do you want some help?” you can say, “Sure” and tell them to follow the diagram. Generator Stages Scott Walton spoke about how you can take your typical portable generator and bring some amps and make a stage on the fly. This is good for those areas that have a large crowd (say a 4th of July festival). I’m not sure how legal this is, but if you get locked up, use it for publicity (in other words, you shold check with a lawyer). If you’ve ever done anything like this (and have any input on a good generator) please let us know. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler3 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car Today we continue looking into what it’s like to run a Christian band. We talk with Scott Walton who explains what it was like to be in a Christian band, but there are some down sides (like having people presume that you will ALWAYS play for free. What Does Dave Look Like? After receiving some constructive criticism about his book cover, one of the listeners points out there should be a picture of me on the website. So before I put a picture of me on the website, I wanted to see what you think I look like. Leave a comment here or call in your thoughts 888-563-3228 Tales From The Road - Make a Checklist We hear a great “Tales from the Road” from Matthew Ebel who talks about getting a gig only to get to the gig and realize he forgot many items. He ended up playing relaxing piano music all night. The solution? Make a checklist. Matthew had one that was covered in plastic and attached via velcro to the lid of his trunk with a diagram showing where to put things. This way if someone asks, “Do you want some help?” you can say, “Sure” and tell them to follow the diagram. Generator Stages Scott Walton spoke about how you can take your typical portable generator and bring some amps and make a stage on the fly. This is good for those areas that have a large crowd (say a 4th of July festival). I’m not sure how legal this is, but if you get locked up, use it for publicity (in other words, you shold check with a lawyer). If you’ve ever done anything like this (and have any input on a good generator) please let us know. Sponsors Save on renewals and new domains at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooler3 Budget Rental car - www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car tag:odeo.com,2009-05-11,24665105 Mon, 11 May 2009 16:25:19 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Godaddy discount codes, Bduget Rental Car Discounts, christian music strategies http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665106-His-Membership-Site-is-Paying-the-Rent Today we are talking with Matthew Ebel about his strategy to launch a Membership site to bring in revenue between CD releases.  I had originally talked about this strategy back in April of 2007 and Matthew has been doing this for a while now. He has multiple packages set up from everything from a new live concert every month to attending a party at his house (in the same philosophy of Willie Nelson). The point is - it’s working. While not paying all of Matthew’s bills, it is paying his rent (not to shabby). Matthew talks about how many people to expect to sign up when you fist launch a membership site. The statistics are not exactly encouraging. He also gives his opinion on Amember which is the software he is using to manage the membership functionality of his website. You can see the membership site at www.matthewebel.net For the record, I use Amember at the School of Podcasting and I didn’t have that much problem with it (I also don’t get quite as fancy wit... Today we are talking with Matthew Ebel about his strategy to launch a Membership site to bring in revenue between CD releases.  I had originally talked about this strategy back in April of 2007 and Matthew has been doing this for a while now. He has multiple packages set up from everything from a new live concert every month to attending a party at his house (in the same philosophy of Willie Nelson). The point is - it’s working. While not paying all of Matthew’s bills, it is paying his rent (not to shabby). Matthew talks about how many people to expect to sign up when you fist launch a membership site. The statistics are not exactly encouraging. He also gives his opinion on Amember which is the software he is using to manage the membership functionality of his website. You can see the membership site at www.matthewebel.net For the record, I use Amember at the School of Podcasting and I didn’t have that much problem with it (I also don’t get quite as fancy with it either). If you are looking for other membership script check out the membership software section at Weekly Web Tools. Music “Lost on Block Island” by Matthew Ebel from the Podsafe Music Network. For more of Matthews Music check out www.matthewebel.com or putchase the CDs and downloads from CDBaby.com Other Sites Mentioned CDBaby Podcast at www.cdbabypodcast.com Sponsors www.godaddy.com Get your domain name (or renew old domains ) and use the coupon cooler3 to get your .com domain for $7.49 www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car. Dave’s Book Get Your Band Out of the Basement and Keep them Out of the Asylum at www.musicianlibrary.com Today we are talking with Matthew Ebel about his strategy to launch a Membership site to bring in revenue between CD releases.  I had originally talked about this strategy back in April of 2007 and Matthew has been doing this for a while now. He has multiple packages set up from everything from a new live concert every month to attending a party at his house (in the same philosophy of Willie Nelson). The point is - it’s working. While not paying all of Matthew’s bills, it is paying his rent (not to shabby). Matthew talks about how many people to expect to sign up when you fist launch a membership site. The statistics are not exactly encouraging. He also gives his opinion on Amember which is the software he is using to manage the membership functionality of his website. You can see the membership site at www.matthewebel.net For the record, I use Amember at the School of Podcasting and I didn’t have that much problem with it (I also don’t get quite as fancy with it either). If you are looking for other membership script check out the membership software section at Weekly Web Tools. Music “Lost on Block Island” by Matthew Ebel from the Podsafe Music Network. For more of Matthews Music check out www.matthewebel.com or putchase the CDs and downloads from CDBaby.com Other Sites Mentioned CDBaby Podcast at www.cdbabypodcast.com Sponsors www.godaddy.com Get your domain name (or renew old domains ) and use the coupon cooler3 to get your .com domain for $7.49 www.budget.com/musician Get 30% off a weekly rental or $10 off any rental at Budget Rental Car. Dave’s Book Get Your Band Out of the Basement and Keep them Out of the Asylum at www.musicianlibrary.com tag:odeo.com,2009-05-03,24665106 Sun, 03 May 2009 18:05:06 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Software, Matthew Ebel, Music Marketing, Marketing Tools, Membership Scripts http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665107-Christian-Music-Strategies-Part-I Today we talk with Martin Johnson for First Choice Management and host of Christian Music Strategies Podcast. We find out that while “secular” bands may lead with their music, a Christian band may fine more benefit in leading with their message. A pastor may be asking them to the church to inspire the congregation. Likewise their website should emphasize their message which should in turn get them booked, which should allow them to sell their CDs. There are places to find Christian Gigs, like Churches, Coffee houses, and even clubs (as long as you bring in a crowd). While there may not be room on the radio for an indie band, you can definitely get some “podplay” on podcasts. You need to be using the Internet, You Tube (check out www.animimoto.com to make a video from pictures). Today we talk with Martin Johnson for First Choice Management and host of Christian Music Strategies Podcast. We find out that while “secular” bands may lead with their music, a Christian band may fine more benefit in leading with their message. A pastor may be asking them to the church to inspire the congregation. Likewise their website should emphasize their message which should in turn get them booked, which should allow them to sell their CDs. There are places to find Christian Gigs, like Churches, Coffee houses, and even clubs (as long as you bring in a crowd). While there may not be room on the radio for an indie band, you can definitely get some “podplay” on podcasts. You need to be using the Internet, You Tube (check out www.animimoto.com to make a video from pictures). Today we talk with Martin Johnson for First Choice Management and host of Christian Music Strategies Podcast. We find out that while “secular” bands may lead with their music, a Christian band may fine more benefit in leading with their message. A pastor may be asking them to the church to inspire the congregation. Likewise their website should emphasize their message which should in turn get them booked, which should allow them to sell their CDs. There are places to find Christian Gigs, like Churches, Coffee houses, and even clubs (as long as you bring in a crowd). While there may not be room on the radio for an indie band, you can definitely get some “podplay” on podcasts. You need to be using the Internet, You Tube (check out www.animimoto.com to make a video from pictures). tag:odeo.com,2009-04-01,24665107 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:40:45 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, News, featured, Music Marketing, christian music strategies http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24392660-Christian-Music-Strategies-Part-I tag:odeo.com,2009-04-01,24392660 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:40:45 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665108-Make-Money-as-a-One-Man-person-Band 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 to be creative and make some money. Free Play Along Track for Drummers I found out about this from www.brianstephens.com there is a cool free “Drum along” track available at http://www.hudsonmusic.com/site/features/the-woodshed/66-woodshed/151-messin-wid-da-bull Free Book from the “Indie Guide” The indie guide has links to all sorts of musicians specific tools (much like out links section - which is having technical issues) . There is a free indie survival guide, as well as a free ebook about reverb nation, and eventfull. Check it out at www.indieguide.com 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 to be creative and make some money. Free Play Along Track for Drummers I found out about this from www.brianstephens.com there is a cool free “Drum along” track available at http://www.hudsonmusic.com/site/features/the-woodshed/66-woodshed/151-messin-wid-da-bull Free Book from the “Indie Guide” The indie guide has links to all sorts of musicians specific tools (much like out links section - which is having technical issues) . There is a free indie survival guide, as well as a free ebook about reverb nation, and eventfull. Check it out at www.indieguide.com 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 to be creative and make some money. Free Play Along Track for Drummers I found out about this from www.brianstephens.com there is a cool free “Drum along” track available at http://www.hudsonmusic.com/site/features/the-woodshed/66-woodshed/151-messin-wid-da-bull Free Book from the “Indie Guide” The indie guide has links to all sorts of musicians specific tools (much like out links section - which is having technical issues) . There is a free indie survival guide, as well as a free ebook about reverb nation, and eventfull. Check it out at www.indieguide.com tag:odeo.com,2009-03-20,24665108 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:19:47 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, make money, musican, indie guide, istockaudio http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24336026-Make-Money-as-a-One-Man-person-Band tag:odeo.com,2009-03-20,24336026 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:19:47 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, make money, musican, indie guide, istockaudio http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665109-This-Time-It%E2%80%99s-Personal In today’s show I talk about the Power of Music. I watched the WHo play the concert for New York (right after 9/11). The way they made people, no, an etire city in mourning forget about their troubles for a few minutes was powerful. Likewise in my church last week, a person sang a solo and a few people were moved to tears. Music can move people, never forget the power of music. Personalized Marketing I was listening to a podcast where an online card company made customized cards of bloggers they wanted to talk about their product. When the bloggers saw the effort hat was put into impressing them, they blogged about the product and them some. One idea I talk about in my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum)” is when making a demo CD record a personalized greeeting for the club owner. Likewise write down the name of the satff at the club and keep it in a book. Then when you go back to the club, you can look like you “remember... In today’s show I talk about the Power of Music. I watched the WHo play the concert for New York (right after 9/11). The way they made people, no, an etire city in mourning forget about their troubles for a few minutes was powerful. Likewise in my church last week, a person sang a solo and a few people were moved to tears. Music can move people, never forget the power of music. Personalized Marketing I was listening to a podcast where an online card company made customized cards of bloggers they wanted to talk about their product. When the bloggers saw the effort hat was put into impressing them, they blogged about the product and them some. One idea I talk about in my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum)” is when making a demo CD record a personalized greeeting for the club owner. Likewise write down the name of the satff at the club and keep it in a book. Then when you go back to the club, you can look like you “remember” their name. Websites For Promoting Your Music Spotify.com Music Discovery Service Pump Audio is a service to help you get your music into TV, radio, advertising, websites. mufin.com is a music discovery search engine Sponsors Get your own .com domain name at www.godaddy.com using the godaddy coupon cooler3 on both new domains and renewals Budget Rent A Car Promotion at www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time periods In today’s show I talk about the Power of Music. I watched the WHo play the concert for New York (right after 9/11). The way they made people, no, an etire city in mourning forget about their troubles for a few minutes was powerful. Likewise in my church last week, a person sang a solo and a few people were moved to tears. Music can move people, never forget the power of music. Personalized Marketing I was listening to a podcast where an online card company made customized cards of bloggers they wanted to talk about their product. When the bloggers saw the effort hat was put into impressing them, they blogged about the product and them some. One idea I talk about in my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum)” is when making a demo CD record a personalized greeeting for the club owner. Likewise write down the name of the satff at the club and keep it in a book. Then when you go back to the club, you can look like you “remember” their name. Websites For Promoting Your Music Spotify.com Music Discovery Service Pump Audio is a service to help you get your music into TV, radio, advertising, websites. mufin.com is a music discovery search engine Sponsors Get your own .com domain name at www.godaddy.com using the godaddy coupon cooler3 on both new domains and renewals Budget Rent A Car Promotion at www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time periods tag:odeo.com,2009-03-09,24665109 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:57:56 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, ebook, Music Marketing, Budget Rent a Car, go daddy coupon, personalized marketing http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24278450-This-Time-It%E2%80%99s-Personal In today’s show I talk about the Power of Music. I watched the WHo play the concert for New York (right after 9/11). The way they made people, no, an etire city in mourning forget about their troubles for a few minutes was powerful. Likewise in my church last week, a person sang a solo and a few people were moved to tears. Music can move people, never forget the power of music. Personalized Marketing I was listening to a podcast where an online card company made customized cards of bloggers they wanted to talk about their product. When the bloggers saw the effort hat was put into impressing them, they blogged about the product and them some. One idea I talk about in my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum)” is when making a demo CD record a personalized greeeting for the club owner. Likewise write down the name of the satff at the club and keep it in a book. Then when you go back to the club, you can look like you “remember... In today’s show I talk about the Power of Music. I watched the WHo play the concert for New York (right after 9/11). The way they made people, no, an etire city in mourning forget about their troubles for a few minutes was powerful. Likewise in my church last week, a person sang a solo and a few people were moved to tears. Music can move people, never forget the power of music. Personalized Marketing I was listening to a podcast where an online card company made customized cards of bloggers they wanted to talk about their product. When the bloggers saw the effort hat was put into impressing them, they blogged about the product and them some. One idea I talk about in my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum)” is when making a demo CD record a personalized greeeting for the club owner. Likewise write down the name of the satff at the club and keep it in a book. Then when you go back to the club, you can look like you “remember” their name. Websites For Promoting Your Music Spotify.com Music Discovery Service Pump Audio is a service to help you get your music into TV, radio, advertising, websites. mufin.com is a music discovery search engine Sponsors Get your own .com domain name at www.godaddy.com using the godaddy coupon cooler3 on both new domains and renewals Budget Rent A Car Promotion at www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time periods In today’s show I talk about the Power of Music. I watched the WHo play the concert for New York (right after 9/11). The way they made people, no, an etire city in mourning forget about their troubles for a few minutes was powerful. Likewise in my church last week, a person sang a solo and a few people were moved to tears. Music can move people, never forget the power of music. Personalized Marketing I was listening to a podcast where an online card company made customized cards of bloggers they wanted to talk about their product. When the bloggers saw the effort hat was put into impressing them, they blogged about the product and them some. One idea I talk about in my book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement (and keep them out of the asylum)” is when making a demo CD record a personalized greeeting for the club owner. Likewise write down the name of the satff at the club and keep it in a book. Then when you go back to the club, you can look like you “remember” their name. Websites For Promoting Your Music Spotify.com Music Discovery Service Pump Audio is a service to help you get your music into TV, radio, advertising, websites. mufin.com is a music discovery search engine Sponsors Get your own .com domain name at www.godaddy.com using the godaddy coupon cooler3 on both new domains and renewals Budget Rent A Car Promotion at www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time periods tag:odeo.com,2009-03-09,24278450 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:57:56 -0700 no Musicians Cooler podcast, ebook, Music Marketing, Budget Rent a Car, go daddy coupon, personalized marketing http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665110-Your-Band%E2%80%99s-Website-SUCKS-Part-I 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 ME. The only way I could hear the band was to go to their you tube page where the band was recorded on a camcorder from about 79 feet away. I think two cans and some string would’ve sounded better. Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. Why band’s do this I don’t know. However, the cure is to go to www.marketingmusican.com and learn how you can make a website using FREE tools that is easy to navigate, looks great, loads fast. You will also learn the dos and don’ts of web design. 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 ME. The only way I could hear the band was to go to their you tube page where the band was recorded on a camcorder from about 79 feet away. I think two cans and some string would’ve sounded better. Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. Why band’s do this I don’t know. However, the cure is to go to www.marketingmusican.com and learn how you can make a website using FREE tools that is easy to navigate, looks great, loads fast. You will also learn the dos and don’ts of web design. 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 ME. The only way I could hear the band was to go to their you tube page where the band was recorded on a camcorder from about 79 feet away. I think two cans and some string would’ve sounded better. Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. Why band’s do this I don’t know. However, the cure is to go to www.marketingmusican.com and learn how you can make a website using FREE tools that is easy to navigate, looks great, loads fast. You will also learn the dos and don’ts of web design. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-01,24665110 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:00:53 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Musicians Cooler, Marketing Musican, Band's Website, Free Tips http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24240612-Your-Band%E2%80%99s-Website-SUCKS-Part-I themusicianscooler-144887-02-25-2009.m4v 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 ME. The only way I could hear the band was to go to their you tube page where the band was recorded on a camcorder from about 79 feet away. I think two cans and some string would’ve sounded better. Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. Why band’s do this I don’t know. However, the cure is to go to www.marketingmusican.com and learn how you can make a website using FREE tools that is easy to navigate, looks great, loads fast. You will also learn the dos and don’ts of web design. themusicianscooler-144887-02-25-2009.m4v 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 ME. The only way I could hear the band was to go to their you tube page where the band was recorded on a camcorder from about 79 feet away. I think two cans and some string would’ve sounded better. Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. Why band’s do this I don’t know. However, the cure is to go to www.marketingmusican.com and learn how you can make a website using FREE tools that is easy to navigate, looks great, loads fast. You will also learn the dos and don’ts of web design. themusicianscooler-144887-02-25-2009.m4v 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 ME. The only way I could hear the band was to go to their you tube page where the band was recorded on a camcorder from about 79 feet away. I think two cans and some string would’ve sounded better. Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. Why band’s do this I don’t know. However, the cure is to go to www.marketingmusican.com and learn how you can make a website using FREE tools that is easy to navigate, looks great, loads fast. You will also learn the dos and don’ts of web design. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-01,24240612 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:00:53 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Musicians Cooler, Marketing Musican, Band's Website, Free Tips http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24665111-MySpace-YouTube-Facebook-ShopWurld-Music-Marketing Earn Money From Your Fans Shopping Habits Shopwurld is a new company that allows you to earn money from other people shopping. If you purchase around $20 bucks a month, then this is for you. If not, then move along. If you purchased around $20 a month you should meet your monthly purchase requirements. This will generate about $2.00 in store payouts. Then if you get 5 friends (who also shop online) you earn commission for them. This is not a pyramid scheme (Like Burnlounge) as there is no sign up fee to make commissions on. You only earn money if they shop. It doesn’t cost anything, and Shopwurld is like a giant mall with over 1000 stores. So in the end you spend nothing, promote it to your fans, they sign up to support you. Then they see the additional income opportunity, and they sign up their friends and you earn commission.  I’ve made a podcast about my travels with ShopWurld at www.shopwurlldpodcast.com YouTube Vs MySpace While we all think YouTube is king, but this... Earn Money From Your Fans Shopping Habits Shopwurld is a new company that allows you to earn money from other people shopping. If you purchase around $20 bucks a month, then this is for you. If not, then move along. If you purchased around $20 a month you should meet your monthly purchase requirements. This will generate about $2.00 in store payouts. Then if you get 5 friends (who also shop online) you earn commission for them. This is not a pyramid scheme (Like Burnlounge) as there is no sign up fee to make commissions on. You only earn money if they shop. It doesn’t cost anything, and Shopwurld is like a giant mall with over 1000 stores. So in the end you spend nothing, promote it to your fans, they sign up to support you. Then they see the additional income opportunity, and they sign up their friends and you earn commission.  I’ve made a podcast about my travels with ShopWurld at www.shopwurlldpodcast.com YouTube Vs MySpace While we all think YouTube is king, but this article from digitalmusicnews.com and sent in from Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. You can find her at www.celticharpmusic.com 99 Dollar Music Videos This site puts movie makers with musicians. ITs an interesting to get a video done for $99. If nothing else this shows you what a $99 video looks like. Check it out at www.99dollarmusicvideo.com Finally Getting On The Facebook Bandwagon I’ve missed the Facebook boat when it sailed a while ago. I was just social networked out when it came on the scene. Now I know I need a facebook site.  So I went looking for some inexpensive tools. I found the ebook Exploit Face Book is an interesting tool that allows you to create your own Facebook Application. There is Facebook Profits which is a $17 package that is an ebook and audio book. Facebook Strategies ($47) is a great tool for coming up with a plan for Facebook. It has six books combined in this one package that will walk you through all the steps of using Facebook. Marketing Musician.com Moves to Public Beta While the site is still having information added to it, you can now sign up for www.marketingmusician.com for $9.99 a month and learn how to create your own website using free tools such as Wordpress. Learn how to write a proper bio, see great tools to manage your band’s calendar, newsletter and more. Check it out at www.marketingmusician.com Earn Money From Your Fans Shopping Habits Shopwurld is a new company that allows you to earn money from other people shopping. If you purchase around $20 bucks a month, then this is for you. If not, then move along. If you purchased around $20 a month you should meet your monthly purchase requirements. This will generate about $2.00 in store payouts. Then if you get 5 friends (who also shop online) you earn commission for them. This is not a pyramid scheme (Like Burnlounge) as there is no sign up fee to make commissions on. You only earn money if they shop. It doesn’t cost anything, and Shopwurld is like a giant mall with over 1000 stores. So in the end you spend nothing, promote it to your fans, they sign up to support you. Then they see the additional income opportunity, and they sign up their friends and you earn commission.  I’ve made a podcast about my travels with ShopWurld at www.shopwurlldpodcast.com YouTube Vs MySpace While we all think YouTube is king, but this article from digitalmusicnews.com and sent in from Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. You can find her at www.celticharpmusic.com 99 Dollar Music Videos This site puts movie makers with musicians. ITs an interesting to get a video done for $99. If nothing else this shows you what a $99 video looks like. Check it out at www.99dollarmusicvideo.com Finally Getting On The Facebook Bandwagon I’ve missed the Facebook boat when it sailed a while ago. I was just social networked out when it came on the scene. Now I know I need a facebook site.  So I went looking for some inexpensive tools. I found the ebook Exploit Face Book is an interesting tool that allows you to create your own Facebook Application. There is Facebook Profits which is a $17 package that is an ebook and audio book. Facebook Strategies ($47) is a great tool for coming up with a plan for Facebook. It has six books combined in this one package that will walk you through all the steps of using Facebook. Marketing Musician.com Moves to Public Beta While the site is still having information added to it, you can now sign up for www.marketingmusician.com for $9.99 a month and learn how to create your own website using free tools such as Wordpress. Learn how to write a proper bio, see great tools to manage your band’s calendar, newsletter and more. Check it out at www.marketingmusician.com tag:odeo.com,2009-02-23,24665111 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:51:48 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Facebook, applications, Music Marketing, Indie Musician, MySapce, Yiu Tube, Marketing Musician http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24169022-MySpace-YouTube-Facebook-ShopWurld-Music-Marketing Earn Money From Your Fans Shopping Habits Shopwurld is a new company that allows you to earn money from other people shopping. If you purchase around $20 bucks a month, then this is for you. If not, then move along. If you purchased around $20 a month you should meet your monthly purchase requirements. This will generate about $2.00 in store payouts. Then if you get 5 friends (who also shop online) you earn commission for them. This is not a pyramid scheme (Like Burnlounge) as there is no sign up fee to make commissions on. You only earn money if they shop. It doesn’t cost anything, and Shopwurld is like a giant mall with over 1000 stores. So in the end you spend nothing, promote it to your fans, they sign up to support you. Then they see the additional income opportunity, and they sign up their friends and you earn commission. I’ve made a podcast about my travels with ShopWurld at www.shopwurlldpodcast.com YouTube Vs MySpace While we all think YouTube is king, but this ... Earn Money From Your Fans Shopping Habits Shopwurld is a new company that allows you to earn money from other people shopping. If you purchase around $20 bucks a month, then this is for you. If not, then move along. If you purchased around $20 a month you should meet your monthly purchase requirements. This will generate about $2.00 in store payouts. Then if you get 5 friends (who also shop online) you earn commission for them. This is not a pyramid scheme (Like Burnlounge) as there is no sign up fee to make commissions on. You only earn money if they shop. It doesn’t cost anything, and Shopwurld is like a giant mall with over 1000 stores. So in the end you spend nothing, promote it to your fans, they sign up to support you. Then they see the additional income opportunity, and they sign up their friends and you earn commission. I’ve made a podcast about my travels with ShopWurld at www.shopwurlldpodcast.com YouTube Vs MySpace While we all think YouTube is king, but this article from digitalmusicnews.com and sent in from Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. You can find her at www.celticharpmusic.com 99 Dollar Music Videos This site puts movie makers with musicians. ITs an interesting to get a video done for $99. If nothing else this shows you what a $99 video looks like. Check it out at www.99dollarmusicvideo.com Finally Getting On The Facebook Bandwagon I’ve missed the Facebook boat when it sailed a while ago. I was just social networked out when it came on the scene. Now I know I need a facebook site. So I went looking for some inexpensive tools. I found the ebook Exploit Face Book is an interesting tool that allows you to create your own Facebook Application. There is Facebook Profits which is a $17 package that is an ebook and audio book. Facebook Strategies ($47) is a great tool for coming up with a plan for Facebook. It has six books combined in this one package that will walk you through all the steps of using Facebook. Marketing Musician.com Moves to Public Beta While the site is still having information added to it, you can now sign up for www.marketingmusician.com for $9.99 a month and learn how to create your own website using free tools such as Wordpress. Learn how to write a proper bio, see great tools to manage your band’s calendar, newsletter and more. Check it out at www.marketingmusician.com Earn Money From Your Fans Shopping Habits Shopwurld is a new company that allows you to earn money from other people shopping. If you purchase around $20 bucks a month, then this is for you. If not, then move along. If you purchased around $20 a month you should meet your monthly purchase requirements. This will generate about $2.00 in store payouts. Then if you get 5 friends (who also shop online) you earn commission for them. This is not a pyramid scheme (Like Burnlounge) as there is no sign up fee to make commissions on. You only earn money if they shop. It doesn’t cost anything, and Shopwurld is like a giant mall with over 1000 stores. So in the end you spend nothing, promote it to your fans, they sign up to support you. Then they see the additional income opportunity, and they sign up their friends and you earn commission. I’ve made a podcast about my travels with ShopWurld at www.shopwurlldpodcast.com YouTube Vs MySpace While we all think YouTube is king, but this article from digitalmusicnews.com and sent in from Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. You can find her at www.celticharpmusic.com 99 Dollar Music Videos This site puts movie makers with musicians. ITs an interesting to get a video done for $99. If nothing else this shows you what a $99 video looks like. Check it out at www.99dollarmusicvideo.com Finally Getting On The Facebook Bandwagon I’ve missed the Facebook boat when it sailed a while ago. I was just social networked out when it came on the scene. Now I know I need a facebook site. So I went looking for some inexpensive tools. I found the ebook Exploit Face Book is an interesting tool that allows you to create your own Facebook Application. There is Facebook Profits which is a $17 package that is an ebook and audio book. Facebook Strategies ($47) is a great tool for coming up with a plan for Facebook. It has six books combined in this one package that will walk you through all the steps of using Facebook. Marketing Musician.com Moves to Public Beta While the site is still having information added to it, you can now sign up for www.marketingmusician.com for $9.99 a month and learn how to create your own website using free tools such as Wordpress. Learn how to write a proper bio, see great tools to manage your band’s calendar, newsletter and more. Check it out at www.marketingmusician.com tag:odeo.com,2009-02-23,24169022 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:51:48 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Facebook, applications, Music Marketing, Indie Musician, MySapce, Yiu Tube, Marketing Musician http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24102077-Matthew-West%E2%80%99s-Breadcrumb-Trail 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 has bonus tracks that showcase acoustic versions of some of the songs on his Something To Say album, but they also showcase acoustic songs from previous albums. I didn’t know he had previous albums. 2. There are bonus videos for those who buy the physical CD. 3. He has a “hidden track” that showcases Matthew and his daughter Lulu who is just adorable. I challenge you not to go “Awwww” when you listen. This makes you feel like you know Matthew. He see he is an awesome father, and you have no problem supporting such a nice guy. 4. He has a page on his website about the song “The Motions” and is turning his song into an ahtme of change. 5. He spotlights fans... 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 has bonus tracks that showcase acoustic versions of some of the songs on his Something To Say album, but they also showcase acoustic songs from previous albums. I didn’t know he had previous albums. 2. There are bonus videos for those who buy the physical CD. 3. He has a “hidden track” that showcases Matthew and his daughter Lulu who is just adorable. I challenge you not to go “Awwww” when you listen. This makes you feel like you know Matthew. He see he is an awesome father, and you have no problem supporting such a nice guy. 4. He has a page on his website about the song “The Motions” and is turning his song into an ahtme of change. 5. He spotlights fans on his website. 6. He uses twitter to give road updates. 7. He blogs to keep his fans up to date, and to give them a reason to come back to his website. Oh yeah, and Matthew “has the chops.” He has some great songs. Get his CD here. or at Amazon.com Get Dave’s Free Book “Promoting Your Band With Podcasting” at www.promotingwithpodcasting.com Sponsor: Godaddy.com Get your own .com domain name (or renew an old one ) at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooelr3. 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 has bonus tracks that showcase acoustic versions of some of the songs on his Something To Say album, but they also showcase acoustic songs from previous albums. I didn’t know he had previous albums. 2. There are bonus videos for those who buy the physical CD. 3. He has a “hidden track” that showcases Matthew and his daughter Lulu who is just adorable. I challenge you not to go “Awwww” when you listen. This makes you feel like you know Matthew. He see he is an awesome father, and you have no problem supporting such a nice guy. 4. He has a page on his website about the song “The Motions” and is turning his song into an ahtme of change. 5. He spotlights fans on his website. 6. He uses twitter to give road updates. 7. He blogs to keep his fans up to date, and to give them a reason to come back to his website. Oh yeah, and Matthew “has the chops.” He has some great songs. Get his CD here. or at Amazon.com Get Dave’s Free Book “Promoting Your Band With Podcasting” at www.promotingwithpodcasting.com Sponsor: Godaddy.com Get your own .com domain name (or renew an old one ) at www.godaddy.com using the coupon code cooelr3. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-15,24102077 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:38:55 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Marketing, Matthew West, The Motions http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24043929-Adding-a-Sense-of-Urgency-to-Your-Music-Sales Today I talk about how I tried some stuff with my Logical Weight Loss Podcast. I created a 12 week challenge and charged 12 bucks. I got almost no response. I then made the price FREE, and got some response but nothing huge. Then I added a cut off date, and people flooded in. I had people sending me emails in a panic, “Did I get in? Am I part of the group?” You may want to add a deadline to any special deals you have in the future. You Tube Tip Kevin Reeves let me know that if you embed a you tube clip in your website it is NOT counted as a view. So you might tkae a screen shot of the video, add the picture of the video on your website, and then link the picture to your video on their website. Keep Up With Your Buzz THe Internet is big. How do you keep up with what people are saying about you? By using these tools Google Alerts (www.coolger.com/alerts ) you can set up words and phrases (like your band name) and be notified when someone mentions you on the Internet. Twitt... Today I talk about how I tried some stuff with my Logical Weight Loss Podcast. I created a 12 week challenge and charged 12 bucks. I got almost no response. I then made the price FREE, and got some response but nothing huge. Then I added a cut off date, and people flooded in. I had people sending me emails in a panic, “Did I get in? Am I part of the group?” You may want to add a deadline to any special deals you have in the future. You Tube Tip Kevin Reeves let me know that if you embed a you tube clip in your website it is NOT counted as a view. So you might tkae a screen shot of the video, add the picture of the video on your website, and then link the picture to your video on their website. Keep Up With Your Buzz THe Internet is big. How do you keep up with what people are saying about you? By using these tools Google Alerts (www.coolger.com/alerts ) you can set up words and phrases (like your band name) and be notified when someone mentions you on the Internet. Twitter Search (search.twitter.com ) will show you if anybody is “tweeting” about you. The cool thing is you can grab an RSS of this search and be notified automatically. Whos Talkin (www.whostalkin.com ) is a search of socail media. Sponsors Godaddy.com Get your domain name for $7.49 a YEAR by using the go daddy coupon code cooler3 . The cool thing is this works on renewals as well. Go to godaddy.com and use the discount code cooler3 Today I talk about how I tried some stuff with my Logical Weight Loss Podcast. I created a 12 week challenge and charged 12 bucks. I got almost no response. I then made the price FREE, and got some response but nothing huge. Then I added a cut off date, and people flooded in. I had people sending me emails in a panic, “Did I get in? Am I part of the group?” You may want to add a deadline to any special deals you have in the future. You Tube Tip Kevin Reeves let me know that if you embed a you tube clip in your website it is NOT counted as a view. So you might tkae a screen shot of the video, add the picture of the video on your website, and then link the picture to your video on their website. Keep Up With Your Buzz THe Internet is big. How do you keep up with what people are saying about you? By using these tools Google Alerts (www.coolger.com/alerts ) you can set up words and phrases (like your band name) and be notified when someone mentions you on the Internet. Twitter Search (search.twitter.com ) will show you if anybody is “tweeting” about you. The cool thing is you can grab an RSS of this search and be notified automatically. Whos Talkin (www.whostalkin.com ) is a search of socail media. Sponsors Godaddy.com Get your domain name for $7.49 a YEAR by using the go daddy coupon code cooler3 . The cool thing is this works on renewals as well. Go to godaddy.com and use the discount code cooler3 tag:odeo.com,2009-02-10,24043929 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:41:10 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, you tube, sales tips, Music Marketing http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23954844-Keeping-a-Positive-Attitude Today we hear a story from Ann Roose from her “What’s up with That Gig” blog where things just did not go according to plan. However we see that: She did her homework She had her marketing material ready She didn’t let all the obstacles ruin the show for her. In the end there are more ways to gauge a gig besides sales. You could make a great contact (I once played a gig to 6 people. One of them hired the band for a gig where we sold 122 t-shirts). Just because things aren’t going your way doesn’t mean the gig is a wash. Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. New Key Chains and Lawn Signs To Promote Your Band Today we hear a story from Ann Roose from her “What’s up with That Gig” blog where things just did not go according to plan. However we see that: She did her homework She had her marketing material ready She didn’t let all the obstacles ruin the show for her. In the end there are more ways to gauge a gig besides sales. You could make a great contact (I once played a gig to 6 people. One of them hired the band for a gig where we sold 122 t-shirts). Just because things aren’t going your way doesn’t mean the gig is a wash. Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. New Key Chains and Lawn Signs To Promote Your Band Today we hear a story from Ann Roose from her “What’s up with That Gig” blog where things just did not go according to plan. However we see that: She did her homework She had her marketing material ready She didn’t let all the obstacles ruin the show for her. In the end there are more ways to gauge a gig besides sales. You could make a great contact (I once played a gig to 6 people. One of them hired the band for a gig where we sold 122 t-shirts). Just because things aren’t going your way doesn’t mean the gig is a wash. Anne is the author of the book The Musicians Guide To Brides. New Key Chains and Lawn Signs To Promote Your Band tag:odeo.com,2009-01-26,23954844 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:02:33 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, anne roos, wedding gigs, custom lawn signs, budget.com, car rental, custom key chains http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23899487-YouTube-Insight-Tool 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 with your iPod. Here is the verbage from their website. Record stereo audio directly to your iPod with ProTrack. Capture live sound on your iPod anywhere and anytime without a single cable, and with one hand free! Just dock your iPod and cover it with the protective clear shield, and you’re ready to roll. You can record detailed, 16-bit, 44.1kHz or 22kHz stereo digital audio without connecting any additional equipment using ProTrack’s onboard pair of cardioid condenser microphones. The on-board mics are fixed in XY configuration for optimal stereo imaging. ProTrack also has a pair of combo XLR-1/4″ inputs enabling you to connect any professional s... 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 with your iPod. Here is the verbage from their website. Record stereo audio directly to your iPod with ProTrack. Capture live sound on your iPod anywhere and anytime without a single cable, and with one hand free! Just dock your iPod and cover it with the protective clear shield, and you’re ready to roll. You can record detailed, 16-bit, 44.1kHz or 22kHz stereo digital audio without connecting any additional equipment using ProTrack’s onboard pair of cardioid condenser microphones. The on-board mics are fixed in XY configuration for optimal stereo imaging. ProTrack also has a pair of combo XLR-1/4″ inputs enabling you to connect any professional sound source, including condenser and dynamic microphones and mixer outputs. Whether you are running on plug-in or battery power, ProTrack supplies 48V phantom power to its inputs for operation with external condenser microphones. ProTrack has LED-level metering for instant visual indication, even in a dark club. You can monitor or play back recordings on the 1/8″ stereo-headphone output. Controls for phantom power, limiter, and volume are easy to access. ProTrack records on four AAA batteries or AC power using the included adapter. A 1/4″-20 threaded mounting point enables you to mount ProTrack on a mic stand with the optional ProTrack Adapter, on a table with the optional ProTrack Tripod table stand, or on a camera tripod for hands-free tracking. ProTrack automatically dates and time-stamps files so it’s easy to identify which track was the recording of the acoustic-guitar folk duo last Tuesday at happy hour, and which was the flailing hard-rock drummer from Friday night. And speaking of that percussive dynamo, you’ll appreciate ProTrack’s switchable limiter which ensures that your recordings are distortion-free. ProTrack is the most convenient way to capture sound effects, recitals, jam sessions, speeches, interviews, rehearsals, performances, meetings, lectures, notes-to-self, and anything else you can thing of… directly to your iPod. You can get one tax free with free groudn shipping at Same Day Music Sponsors: Go to www.budget.com/musician and get 10% discount off any order, or $30 off a weekly rental at Budget Rental Car. Get your own .com domain name using Godaddy promo code cooler3 this works on new domains, and on renewals as well. Go to www.godaddy.com today! 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 with your iPod. Here is the verbage from their website. Record stereo audio directly to your iPod with ProTrack. Capture live sound on your iPod anywhere and anytime without a single cable, and with one hand free! Just dock your iPod and cover it with the protective clear shield, and you’re ready to roll. You can record detailed, 16-bit, 44.1kHz or 22kHz stereo digital audio without connecting any additional equipment using ProTrack’s onboard pair of cardioid condenser microphones. The on-board mics are fixed in XY configuration for optimal stereo imaging. ProTrack also has a pair of combo XLR-1/4″ inputs enabling you to connect any professional sound source, including condenser and dynamic microphones and mixer outputs. Whether you are running on plug-in or battery power, ProTrack supplies 48V phantom power to its inputs for operation with external condenser microphones. ProTrack has LED-level metering for instant visual indication, even in a dark club. You can monitor or play back recordings on the 1/8″ stereo-headphone output. Controls for phantom power, limiter, and volume are easy to access. ProTrack records on four AAA batteries or AC power using the included adapter. A 1/4″-20 threaded mounting point enables you to mount ProTrack on a mic stand with the optional ProTrack Adapter, on a table with the optional ProTrack Tripod table stand, or on a camera tripod for hands-free tracking. ProTrack automatically dates and time-stamps files so it’s easy to identify which track was the recording of the acoustic-guitar folk duo last Tuesday at happy hour, and which was the flailing hard-rock drummer from Friday night. And speaking of that percussive dynamo, you’ll appreciate ProTrack’s switchable limiter which ensures that your recordings are distortion-free. ProTrack is the most convenient way to capture sound effects, recitals, jam sessions, speeches, interviews, rehearsals, performances, meetings, lectures, notes-to-self, and anything else you can thing of… directly to your iPod. You can get one tax free with free groudn shipping at Same Day Music Sponsors: Go to www.budget.com/musician and get 10% discount off any order, or $30 off a weekly rental at Budget Rental Car. Get your own .com domain name using Godaddy promo code cooler3 this works on new domains, and on renewals as well. Go to www.godaddy.com today! tag:odeo.com,2009-01-18,23899487 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:49:38 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Marketing, youtube insight, Alesis ProTrack, Dave King http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917523-YouTube-Insight-Tool 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 with your iPod. Here is the verbage from their website. Record stereo audio directly to your iPod with ProTrack. Capture live sound on your iPod anywhere and anytime without a single cable, and with one hand free! Just dock your iPod and cover it with the protective clear shield, and you’re ready to roll. You can record detailed, 16-bit, 44.1kHz or 22kHz stereo digital audio without connecting any additional equipment using ProTrack’s onboard pair of cardioid condenser microphones. The on-board mics are fixed in XY configuration for optimal stereo imaging. ProTrack also has a pair of combo XLR-1/4″ inputs enabling you to connect any professional s... 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 with your iPod. Here is the verbage from their website. Record stereo audio directly to your iPod with ProTrack. Capture live sound on your iPod anywhere and anytime without a single cable, and with one hand free! Just dock your iPod and cover it with the protective clear shield, and you’re ready to roll. You can record detailed, 16-bit, 44.1kHz or 22kHz stereo digital audio without connecting any additional equipment using ProTrack’s onboard pair of cardioid condenser microphones. The on-board mics are fixed in XY configuration for optimal stereo imaging. ProTrack also has a pair of combo XLR-1/4″ inputs enabling you to connect any professional sound source, including condenser and dynamic microphones and mixer outputs. Whether you are running on plug-in or battery power, ProTrack supplies 48V phantom power to its inputs for operation with external condenser microphones. ProTrack has LED-level metering for instant visual indication, even in a dark club. You can monitor or play back recordings on the 1/8″ stereo-headphone output. Controls for phantom power, limiter, and volume are easy to access. ProTrack records on four AAA batteries or AC power using the included adapter. A 1/4″-20 threaded mounting point enables you to mount ProTrack on a mic stand with the optional ProTrack Adapter, on a table with the optional ProTrack Tripod table stand, or on a camera tripod for hands-free tracking. ProTrack automatically dates and time-stamps files so it’s easy to identify which track was the recording of the acoustic-guitar folk duo last Tuesday at happy hour, and which was the flailing hard-rock drummer from Friday night. And speaking of that percussive dynamo, you’ll appreciate ProTrack’s switchable limiter which ensures that your recordings are distortion-free. ProTrack is the most convenient way to capture sound effects, recitals, jam sessions, speeches, interviews, rehearsals, performances, meetings, lectures, notes-to-self, and anything else you can thing of… directly to your iPod. You can get one tax free with free groudn shipping at Same Day Music Sponsors: Go to www.budget.com/musician and get 10% discount off any order, or $30 off a weekly rental at Budget Rental Car. Get your own .com domain name using Godaddy promo code cooler3 this works on new domains, and on renewals as well. Go to www.godaddy.com today! 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 with your iPod. Here is the verbage from their website. Record stereo audio directly to your iPod with ProTrack. Capture live sound on your iPod anywhere and anytime without a single cable, and with one hand free! Just dock your iPod and cover it with the protective clear shield, and you’re ready to roll. You can record detailed, 16-bit, 44.1kHz or 22kHz stereo digital audio without connecting any additional equipment using ProTrack’s onboard pair of cardioid condenser microphones. The on-board mics are fixed in XY configuration for optimal stereo imaging. ProTrack also has a pair of combo XLR-1/4″ inputs enabling you to connect any professional sound source, including condenser and dynamic microphones and mixer outputs. Whether you are running on plug-in or battery power, ProTrack supplies 48V phantom power to its inputs for operation with external condenser microphones. ProTrack has LED-level metering for instant visual indication, even in a dark club. You can monitor or play back recordings on the 1/8″ stereo-headphone output. Controls for phantom power, limiter, and volume are easy to access. ProTrack records on four AAA batteries or AC power using the included adapter. A 1/4″-20 threaded mounting point enables you to mount ProTrack on a mic stand with the optional ProTrack Adapter, on a table with the optional ProTrack Tripod table stand, or on a camera tripod for hands-free tracking. ProTrack automatically dates and time-stamps files so it’s easy to identify which track was the recording of the acoustic-guitar folk duo last Tuesday at happy hour, and which was the flailing hard-rock drummer from Friday night. And speaking of that percussive dynamo, you’ll appreciate ProTrack’s switchable limiter which ensures that your recordings are distortion-free. ProTrack is the most convenient way to capture sound effects, recitals, jam sessions, speeches, interviews, rehearsals, performances, meetings, lectures, notes-to-self, and anything else you can thing of… directly to your iPod. You can get one tax free with free groudn shipping at Same Day Music Sponsors: Go to www.budget.com/musician and get 10% discount off any order, or $30 off a weekly rental at Budget Rental Car. Get your own .com domain name using Godaddy promo code cooler3 this works on new domains, and on renewals as well. Go to www.godaddy.com today! tag:odeo.com,2009-01-18,23917523 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:49:38 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Marketing, youtube insight, Alesis ProTrack, Dave King http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23862212-Building-the-Buzz 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 it can build anticipation, and make them excited about your CD. How do you build the buzz? By telling them about it in your newsletter, your blog, your podcast. Give them quick samples of it. Let them vote on it. Make a contest and let them design the album cover. Make the release of your CD in 2009 AN EVENT! Make sure you have a solid plan so that your CD WILL be released in 2009. There is nothing worse than building up our fans and then letting them down (Guns and Roses anyone?). Show Promo “Sessions with Slau” for more information about this behind the scenes look at a recording studio go to www.sessionswithsalu.com Sponsors www.budget.com/musician save 10% off any rental o... 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 it can build anticipation, and make them excited about your CD. How do you build the buzz? By telling them about it in your newsletter, your blog, your podcast. Give them quick samples of it. Let them vote on it. Make a contest and let them design the album cover. Make the release of your CD in 2009 AN EVENT! Make sure you have a solid plan so that your CD WILL be released in 2009. There is nothing worse than building up our fans and then letting them down (Guns and Roses anyone?). Show Promo “Sessions with Slau” for more information about this behind the scenes look at a recording studio go to www.sessionswithsalu.com Sponsors www.budget.com/musician save 10% off any rental or $30 off a weekly rental. www.godaddy.com get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon cooler3 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 it can build anticipation, and make them excited about your CD. How do you build the buzz? By telling them about it in your newsletter, your blog, your podcast. Give them quick samples of it. Let them vote on it. Make a contest and let them design the album cover. Make the release of your CD in 2009 AN EVENT! Make sure you have a solid plan so that your CD WILL be released in 2009. There is nothing worse than building up our fans and then letting them down (Guns and Roses anyone?). Show Promo “Sessions with Slau” for more information about this behind the scenes look at a recording studio go to www.sessionswithsalu.com Sponsors www.budget.com/musician save 10% off any rental or $30 off a weekly rental. www.godaddy.com get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon cooler3 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-12,23862212 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:15:13 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, tips, free, promotion, Musicians Cooler, Indie Band, CD release http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917524-Building-the-Buzz 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 it can build anticipation, and make them excited about your CD. How do you build the buzz? By telling them about it in your newsletter, your blog, your podcast. Give them quick samples of it. Let them vote on it. Make a contest and let them design the album cover. Make the release of your CD in 2009 AN EVENT! Make sure you have a solid plan so that your CD WILL be released in 2009. There is nothing worse than building up our fans and then letting them down (Guns and Roses anyone?). Show Promo “Sessions with Slau” for more information about this behind the scenes look at a recording studio go to www.sessionswithsalu.com Sponsors www.budget.com/musician save 10% off any rental o... 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 it can build anticipation, and make them excited about your CD. How do you build the buzz? By telling them about it in your newsletter, your blog, your podcast. Give them quick samples of it. Let them vote on it. Make a contest and let them design the album cover. Make the release of your CD in 2009 AN EVENT! Make sure you have a solid plan so that your CD WILL be released in 2009. There is nothing worse than building up our fans and then letting them down (Guns and Roses anyone?). Show Promo “Sessions with Slau” for more information about this behind the scenes look at a recording studio go to www.sessionswithsalu.com Sponsors www.budget.com/musician save 10% off any rental or $30 off a weekly rental. www.godaddy.com get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon cooler3 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 it can build anticipation, and make them excited about your CD. How do you build the buzz? By telling them about it in your newsletter, your blog, your podcast. Give them quick samples of it. Let them vote on it. Make a contest and let them design the album cover. Make the release of your CD in 2009 AN EVENT! Make sure you have a solid plan so that your CD WILL be released in 2009. There is nothing worse than building up our fans and then letting them down (Guns and Roses anyone?). Show Promo “Sessions with Slau” for more information about this behind the scenes look at a recording studio go to www.sessionswithsalu.com Sponsors www.budget.com/musician save 10% off any rental or $30 off a weekly rental. www.godaddy.com get a .com domain name for $7.49 using the coupon cooler3 tag:odeo.com,2009-01-12,23917524 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:15:13 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, tips, free, promotion, Musicians Cooler, Indie Band, CD release http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23850648-POP-QUIZ 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 something (in theory it would have your band’s website). Don’t be caught without it. You never know when an opportunity will come up. Wouldn’t it be great to say, “I’ve got a CD in my car let me go get you one” instead of “No, I’m sorry.” 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 something (in theory it would have your band’s website). Don’t be caught without it. You never know when an opportunity will come up. Wouldn’t it be great to say, “I’ve got a CD in my car let me go get you one” instead of “No, I’m sorry.” 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 something (in theory it would have your band’s website). Don’t be caught without it. You never know when an opportunity will come up. Wouldn’t it be great to say, “I’ve got a CD in my car let me go get you one” instead of “No, I’m sorry.” tag:odeo.com,2009-01-09,23850648 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:41:55 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Indie Band, musicn marketing http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917525-POP-QUIZ 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 something (in theory it would have your band’s website). Don’t be caught without it. You never know when an opportunity will come up. Wouldn’t it be great to say, “I’ve got a CD in my car let me go get you one” instead of “No, I’m sorry.” 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 something (in theory it would have your band’s website). Don’t be caught without it. You never know when an opportunity will come up. Wouldn’t it be great to say, “I’ve got a CD in my car let me go get you one” instead of “No, I’m sorry.” 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 something (in theory it would have your band’s website). Don’t be caught without it. You never know when an opportunity will come up. Wouldn’t it be great to say, “I’ve got a CD in my car let me go get you one” instead of “No, I’m sorry.” tag:odeo.com,2009-01-09,23917525 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:41:55 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Indie Band, musicn marketing http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23837269-Happy-Birthday This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Planning For 2009 If you do not make a plan for 2009 you will accomplish less than those who do. This is a proven fact from numerous studies. You need to write them down, make them specific, and review them on a frequent basis. To help with this I have made a FREE planning guide for 2009 that is available with all of my free ebook at the musician library. Download the Free planning guide here. There are great tools like Indie Band Manager and Band Leader software (use the code DJ7KK to save on shipping and more when you order). Marketing Ideas From Disney Disney has a deal now where they will let kids into the park for free on their birthday. This is brilliant as how is the kid going to get there? So now a family will plan a $4000 vacation to save the price of a Disney ticket (what is that 50, 80 bucks?). You can use this idea too. If your email list software allows you to add custom fields, be sure to add birthday. In theory you don&#... This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Planning For 2009 If you do not make a plan for 2009 you will accomplish less than those who do. This is a proven fact from numerous studies. You need to write them down, make them specific, and review them on a frequent basis. To help with this I have made a FREE planning guide for 2009 that is available with all of my free ebook at the musician library. Download the Free planning guide here. There are great tools like Indie Band Manager and Band Leader software (use the code DJ7KK to save on shipping and more when you order). Marketing Ideas From Disney Disney has a deal now where they will let kids into the park for free on their birthday. This is brilliant as how is the kid going to get there? So now a family will plan a $4000 vacation to save the price of a Disney ticket (what is that 50, 80 bucks?). You can use this idea too. If your email list software allows you to add custom fields, be sure to add birthday. In theory you don’t even need the year, just the date. Be sure you get the email address. Now at the beginning of the month you can send emails to everyone how has a birthday and say you are putting their name on the guest list and they can get into the gig for free. After all, who is going to go out and celebrate their birthday alone? If you want to go one step further, have your band record a generic version of “Happy Birthday” and then have the band do a “Gang vocal” where the name comes into play. So every month you record a few names, pop it into the song and send it to the birthday person. This would build HUGE loyalty. Podcast Poll I’m thinking of having more shows of a shorter length. What do you think of this idea? Let me know in this poll Sites Mentioned www.wufoo.com Fanbridge.com - email list management system with text message capabilities. aweber - email list management. www.peterwoolston.com - Kicked of the show From New Zealand. Move Your Music Forward - Planning Guide from David Hooper Coupon Codes Godaddy.com get a domain name for $7.49 using coupon code cooler3 (try cooler1 and cooelr2 as well). Budget Rental Car got to www.budget.com/musician get $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time period rentals This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Planning For 2009 If you do not make a plan for 2009 you will accomplish less than those who do. This is a proven fact from numerous studies. You need to write them down, make them specific, and review them on a frequent basis. To help with this I have made a FREE planning guide for 2009 that is available with all of my free ebook at the musician library. Download the Free planning guide here. There are great tools like Indie Band Manager and Band Leader software (use the code DJ7KK to save on shipping and more when you order). Marketing Ideas From Disney Disney has a deal now where they will let kids into the park for free on their birthday. This is brilliant as how is the kid going to get there? So now a family will plan a $4000 vacation to save the price of a Disney ticket (what is that 50, 80 bucks?). You can use this idea too. If your email list software allows you to add custom fields, be sure to add birthday. In theory you don’t even need the year, just the date. Be sure you get the email address. Now at the beginning of the month you can send emails to everyone how has a birthday and say you are putting their name on the guest list and they can get into the gig for free. After all, who is going to go out and celebrate their birthday alone? If you want to go one step further, have your band record a generic version of “Happy Birthday” and then have the band do a “Gang vocal” where the name comes into play. So every month you record a few names, pop it into the song and send it to the birthday person. This would build HUGE loyalty. Podcast Poll I’m thinking of having more shows of a shorter length. What do you think of this idea? Let me know in this poll Sites Mentioned www.wufoo.com Fanbridge.com - email list management system with text message capabilities. aweber - email list management. www.peterwoolston.com - Kicked of the show From New Zealand. Move Your Music Forward - Planning Guide from David Hooper Coupon Codes Godaddy.com get a domain name for $7.49 using coupon code cooler3 (try cooler1 and cooelr2 as well). Budget Rental Car got to www.budget.com/musician get $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time period rentals tag:odeo.com,2009-01-05,23837269 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:36:23 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, disney, Goal Setting, Music Marketing, Godaddy promo codes, budget rental car, disney disney, email list management, message capabilities, free planning guide, planning guide, poll sites, list management system http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917526-Happy-Birthday This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Planning For 2009 If you do not make a plan for 2009 you will accomplish less than those who do. This is a proven fact from numerous studies. You need to write them down, make them specific, and review them on a frequent basis. To help with this I have made a FREE planning guide for 2009 that is available with all of my free ebook at the musician library. Download the Free planning guide here. There are great tools like Indie Band Manager and Band Leader software (use the code DJ7KK to save on shipping and more when you order). Marketing Ideas From Disney Disney has a deal now where they will let kids into the park for free on their birthday. This is brilliant as how is the kid going to get there? So now a family will plan a $4000 vacation to save the price of a Disney ticket (what is that 50, 80 bucks?). You can use this idea too. If your email list software allows you to add custom fields, be sure to add birthday. In theory you don&#... This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Planning For 2009 If you do not make a plan for 2009 you will accomplish less than those who do. This is a proven fact from numerous studies. You need to write them down, make them specific, and review them on a frequent basis. To help with this I have made a FREE planning guide for 2009 that is available with all of my free ebook at the musician library. Download the Free planning guide here. There are great tools like Indie Band Manager and Band Leader software (use the code DJ7KK to save on shipping and more when you order). Marketing Ideas From Disney Disney has a deal now where they will let kids into the park for free on their birthday. This is brilliant as how is the kid going to get there? So now a family will plan a $4000 vacation to save the price of a Disney ticket (what is that 50, 80 bucks?). You can use this idea too. If your email list software allows you to add custom fields, be sure to add birthday. In theory you don’t even need the year, just the date. Be sure you get the email address. Now at the beginning of the month you can send emails to everyone how has a birthday and say you are putting their name on the guest list and they can get into the gig for free. After all, who is going to go out and celebrate their birthday alone? If you want to go one step further, have your band record a generic version of “Happy Birthday” and then have the band do a “Gang vocal” where the name comes into play. So every month you record a few names, pop it into the song and send it to the birthday person. This would build HUGE loyalty. Podcast Poll I’m thinking of having more shows of a shorter length. What do you think of this idea? Let me know in this poll Sites Mentioned www.wufoo.com Fanbridge.com - email list management system with text message capabilities. aweber - email list management. www.peterwoolston.com - Kicked of the show From New Zealand. Move Your Music Forward - Planning Guide from David Hooper Coupon Codes Godaddy.com get a domain name for $7.49 using coupon code cooler3 (try cooler1 and cooelr2 as well). Budget Rental Car got to www.budget.com/musician get $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time period rentals This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Planning For 2009 If you do not make a plan for 2009 you will accomplish less than those who do. This is a proven fact from numerous studies. You need to write them down, make them specific, and review them on a frequent basis. To help with this I have made a FREE planning guide for 2009 that is available with all of my free ebook at the musician library. Download the Free planning guide here. There are great tools like Indie Band Manager and Band Leader software (use the code DJ7KK to save on shipping and more when you order). Marketing Ideas From Disney Disney has a deal now where they will let kids into the park for free on their birthday. This is brilliant as how is the kid going to get there? So now a family will plan a $4000 vacation to save the price of a Disney ticket (what is that 50, 80 bucks?). You can use this idea too. If your email list software allows you to add custom fields, be sure to add birthday. In theory you don’t even need the year, just the date. Be sure you get the email address. Now at the beginning of the month you can send emails to everyone how has a birthday and say you are putting their name on the guest list and they can get into the gig for free. After all, who is going to go out and celebrate their birthday alone? If you want to go one step further, have your band record a generic version of “Happy Birthday” and then have the band do a “Gang vocal” where the name comes into play. So every month you record a few names, pop it into the song and send it to the birthday person. This would build HUGE loyalty. Podcast Poll I’m thinking of having more shows of a shorter length. What do you think of this idea? Let me know in this poll Sites Mentioned www.wufoo.com Fanbridge.com - email list management system with text message capabilities. aweber - email list management. www.peterwoolston.com - Kicked of the show From New Zealand. Move Your Music Forward - Planning Guide from David Hooper Coupon Codes Godaddy.com get a domain name for $7.49 using coupon code cooler3 (try cooler1 and cooelr2 as well). Budget Rental Car got to www.budget.com/musician get $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off other time period rentals tag:odeo.com,2009-01-05,23917526 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:36:23 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, disney, Goal Setting, Music Marketing, Godaddy promo codes, budget rental car, disney disney, email list management, message capabilities, free planning guide, planning guide, poll sites, list management system http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23814263-The-Biggest-Loser%E2%80%99s-Dan-Evans-is-Going-All-Out-With-Music Dan weighed 310 lbs when we started the biggest loser. He lost 110 lbs and is now out making music. When asked about how he got to 310 Dan admitted that with all the drive-throughs etc, he was drinking almost a 12 pack of soft drinks a day. Then add to that french fries etc. We find out what it was like for a typical day on The Biggest Lost ranch. We also hear how Dan is handling his weight now and we get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” We get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” This is a great CD filled with positive, honest lyrics that combine country and rock. I love the title track and Letter to My Addiction. Goin All Out has made it to #7 on the Country Billboard Charts. It’s also available in iTunes. We also get a “Tales From the Road” from Julian Moore of www.gwonder.com who talk about the time the monitor left with quite a lump on his head. Support this Show Budget Rent a Car. Save $30. off weekly re... Dan weighed 310 lbs when we started the biggest loser. He lost 110 lbs and is now out making music. When asked about how he got to 310 Dan admitted that with all the drive-throughs etc, he was drinking almost a 12 pack of soft drinks a day. Then add to that french fries etc. We find out what it was like for a typical day on The Biggest Lost ranch. We also hear how Dan is handling his weight now and we get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” We get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” This is a great CD filled with positive, honest lyrics that combine country and rock. I love the title track and Letter to My Addiction. Goin All Out has made it to #7 on the Country Billboard Charts. It’s also available in iTunes. We also get a “Tales From the Road” from Julian Moore of www.gwonder.com who talk about the time the monitor left with quite a lump on his head. Support this Show Budget Rent a Car. Save $30. off weekly rentals and 10% off other time rentals by going to www.budget.com/musician Go Daddy COupon Codes: Use cooler3 to get your own .com domain name for $7.49 at www.godaddy.com Get Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement” at www.musicianlibrary.com Support This show by commenting in iTunes www.musicianscooler.com/itunes and by shopping at www.supportthisshow.com Dan weighed 310 lbs when we started the biggest loser. He lost 110 lbs and is now out making music. When asked about how he got to 310 Dan admitted that with all the drive-throughs etc, he was drinking almost a 12 pack of soft drinks a day. Then add to that french fries etc. We find out what it was like for a typical day on The Biggest Lost ranch. We also hear how Dan is handling his weight now and we get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” We get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” This is a great CD filled with positive, honest lyrics that combine country and rock. I love the title track and Letter to My Addiction. Goin All Out has made it to #7 on the Country Billboard Charts. It’s also available in iTunes. We also get a “Tales From the Road” from Julian Moore of www.gwonder.com who talk about the time the monitor left with quite a lump on his head. Support this Show Budget Rent a Car. Save $30. off weekly rentals and 10% off other time rentals by going to www.budget.com/musician Go Daddy COupon Codes: Use cooler3 to get your own .com domain name for $7.49 at www.godaddy.com Get Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement” at www.musicianlibrary.com Support This show by commenting in iTunes www.musicianscooler.com/itunes and by shopping at www.supportthisshow.com tag:odeo.com,2008-12-26,23814263 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:47:55 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Business Podcast, Dan Evans, The Biggest Loser http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917527-The-Biggest-Loser%E2%80%99s-Dan-Evans-is-Going-All-Out-With-Music Dan weighed 310 lbs when we started the biggest loser. He lost 110 lbs and is now out making music. When asked about how he got to 310 Dan admitted that with all the drive-throughs etc, he was drinking almost a 12 pack of soft drinks a day. Then add to that french fries etc. We find out what it was like for a typical day on The Biggest Lost ranch. We also hear how Dan is handling his weight now and we get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” We get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” This is a great CD filled with positive, honest lyrics that combine country and rock. I love the title track and Letter to My Addiction. Goin All Out has made it to #7 on the Country Billboard Charts. It’s also available in iTunes. We also get a “Tales From the Road” from Julian Moore of www.gwonder.com who talk about the time the monitor left with quite a lump on his head. Support this Show Budget Rent a Car. Save $30. off weekly re... Dan weighed 310 lbs when we started the biggest loser. He lost 110 lbs and is now out making music. When asked about how he got to 310 Dan admitted that with all the drive-throughs etc, he was drinking almost a 12 pack of soft drinks a day. Then add to that french fries etc. We find out what it was like for a typical day on The Biggest Lost ranch. We also hear how Dan is handling his weight now and we get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” We get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” This is a great CD filled with positive, honest lyrics that combine country and rock. I love the title track and Letter to My Addiction. Goin All Out has made it to #7 on the Country Billboard Charts. It’s also available in iTunes. We also get a “Tales From the Road” from Julian Moore of www.gwonder.com who talk about the time the monitor left with quite a lump on his head. Support this Show Budget Rent a Car. Save $30. off weekly rentals and 10% off other time rentals by going to www.budget.com/musician Go Daddy COupon Codes: Use cooler3 to get your own .com domain name for $7.49 at www.godaddy.com Get Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement” at www.musicianlibrary.com Support This show by commenting in iTunes www.musicianscooler.com/itunes and by shopping at www.supportthisshow.com Dan weighed 310 lbs when we started the biggest loser. He lost 110 lbs and is now out making music. When asked about how he got to 310 Dan admitted that with all the drive-throughs etc, he was drinking almost a 12 pack of soft drinks a day. Then add to that french fries etc. We find out what it was like for a typical day on The Biggest Lost ranch. We also hear how Dan is handling his weight now and we get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” We get to hear the title track his new CD “Goin All Out.” This is a great CD filled with positive, honest lyrics that combine country and rock. I love the title track and Letter to My Addiction. Goin All Out has made it to #7 on the Country Billboard Charts. It’s also available in iTunes. We also get a “Tales From the Road” from Julian Moore of www.gwonder.com who talk about the time the monitor left with quite a lump on his head. Support this Show Budget Rent a Car. Save $30. off weekly rentals and 10% off other time rentals by going to www.budget.com/musician Go Daddy COupon Codes: Use cooler3 to get your own .com domain name for $7.49 at www.godaddy.com Get Dave’s Book “Get Your Band Out of the Basement” at www.musicianlibrary.com Support This show by commenting in iTunes www.musicianscooler.com/itunes and by shopping at www.supportthisshow.com tag:odeo.com,2008-12-26,23917527 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:47:55 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, Music Business Podcast, Dan Evans, The Biggest Loser http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23752796-Your-Band%E2%80%99s-E-mail-Address This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to me on a permanent basis. They did, and the hijacker got to the email before I did. Now when I try to get my gmail account back I get “Thank you for your report. For account security, we limit the number of requests that can be processed about the same account. Please wait a few days and try filling out the form again.” Can they be a bit more vague? A few days? What is that, 2, 8 10, 15? NICE. So now I’ve listed all my contact information at www.musicianscooler.com/contact Free Music Business Ebooks I found an article at hypebot.com about the Top 5 Free Music Business Ebooks. Here is the list they provided. The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balt... This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to me on a permanent basis. They did, and the hijacker got to the email before I did. Now when I try to get my gmail account back I get “Thank you for your report. For account security, we limit the number of requests that can be processed about the same account. Please wait a few days and try filling out the form again.” Can they be a bit more vague? A few days? What is that, 2, 8 10, 15? NICE. So now I’ve listed all my contact information at www.musicianscooler.com/contact Free Music Business Ebooks I found an article at hypebot.com about the Top 5 Free Music Business Ebooks. Here is the list they provided. The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balter. Not just about music, but an essential guide to word of mouth marketing. (pdf) 20 Things You Need To Know About Music Online by Andrew Dubber. Can something 16 months old already be a classic? (here) Music 2.0 by Gerd Leonhard, co-author of The Future Of Music. This free version of the ebook is 228 pages long. If you only have time to read part of this, don’t miss his Open Letter To The Independent Music industry which starts on page 154. (pdf) The Pirate’s Dilemma - How The Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism by Matt Mason. The title says it all and the books suggests that it just might be a good thing. Available via the Radiohead “pay what you want” model. Unleashing The Ideavirus by Seth Godin. Written way back in 2001.Practical yet inspiring.(pdf) I would add to the my book Promoting You Band With Podcastng (www.promotingwithpodcasting.com ) and Derek Sivers Free Ebook (www.sivers.org ) This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to me on a permanent basis. They did, and the hijacker got to the email before I did. Now when I try to get my gmail account back I get “Thank you for your report. For account security, we limit the number of requests that can be processed about the same account. Please wait a few days and try filling out the form again.” Can they be a bit more vague? A few days? What is that, 2, 8 10, 15? NICE. So now I’ve listed all my contact information at www.musicianscooler.com/contact Free Music Business Ebooks I found an article at hypebot.com about the Top 5 Free Music Business Ebooks. Here is the list they provided. The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balter. Not just about music, but an essential guide to word of mouth marketing. (pdf) 20 Things You Need To Know About Music Online by Andrew Dubber. Can something 16 months old already be a classic? (here) Music 2.0 by Gerd Leonhard, co-author of The Future Of Music. This free version of the ebook is 228 pages long. If you only have time to read part of this, don’t miss his Open Letter To The Independent Music industry which starts on page 154. (pdf) The Pirate’s Dilemma - How The Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism by Matt Mason. The title says it all and the books suggests that it just might be a good thing. Available via the Radiohead “pay what you want” model. Unleashing The Ideavirus by Seth Godin. Written way back in 2001.Practical yet inspiring.(pdf) I would add to the my book Promoting You Band With Podcastng (www.promotingwithpodcasting.com ) and Derek Sivers Free Ebook (www.sivers.org ) tag:odeo.com,2008-12-14,23752796 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:11:18 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, seth godin, music business, e mail address, Music Marketing, free ebook, band email, unleashing the ideavirus, derek sivers, independent music industry http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917528-Your-Band%E2%80%99s-E-mail-Address This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to me on a permanent basis. They did, and the hijacker got to the email before I did. Now when I try to get my gmail account back I get “Thank you for your report. For account security, we limit the number of requests that can be processed about the same account. Please wait a few days and try filling out the form again.” Can they be a bit more vague? A few days? What is that, 2, 8 10, 15? NICE. So now I’ve listed all my contact information at www.musicianscooler.com/contact Free Music Business Ebooks I found an article at hypebot.com about the Top 5 Free Music Business Ebooks. Here is the list they provided. The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balt... This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to me on a permanent basis. They did, and the hijacker got to the email before I did. Now when I try to get my gmail account back I get “Thank you for your report. For account security, we limit the number of requests that can be processed about the same account. Please wait a few days and try filling out the form again.” Can they be a bit more vague? A few days? What is that, 2, 8 10, 15? NICE. So now I’ve listed all my contact information at www.musicianscooler.com/contact Free Music Business Ebooks I found an article at hypebot.com about the Top 5 Free Music Business Ebooks. Here is the list they provided. The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balter. Not just about music, but an essential guide to word of mouth marketing. (pdf) 20 Things You Need To Know About Music Online by Andrew Dubber. Can something 16 months old already be a classic? (here) Music 2.0 by Gerd Leonhard, co-author of The Future Of Music. This free version of the ebook is 228 pages long. If you only have time to read part of this, don’t miss his Open Letter To The Independent Music industry which starts on page 154. (pdf) The Pirate’s Dilemma - How The Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism by Matt Mason. The title says it all and the books suggests that it just might be a good thing. Available via the Radiohead “pay what you want” model. Unleashing The Ideavirus by Seth Godin. Written way back in 2001.Practical yet inspiring.(pdf) I would add to the my book Promoting You Band With Podcastng (www.promotingwithpodcasting.com ) and Derek Sivers Free Ebook (www.sivers.org ) This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com My Gmail Account Got Hijacked I went to login to my account. That’s funny, it won’t let me in. Then when I used the password reminder, it sent my password to an email that wasn’t mine. A week later and I still can’t get google to give it back to me on a permanent basis. They did, and the hijacker got to the email before I did. Now when I try to get my gmail account back I get “Thank you for your report. For account security, we limit the number of requests that can be processed about the same account. Please wait a few days and try filling out the form again.” Can they be a bit more vague? A few days? What is that, 2, 8 10, 15? NICE. So now I’ve listed all my contact information at www.musicianscooler.com/contact Free Music Business Ebooks I found an article at hypebot.com about the Top 5 Free Music Business Ebooks. Here is the list they provided. The Word Of Mouth Manual Vol. 2 by David Balter. Not just about music, but an essential guide to word of mouth marketing. (pdf) 20 Things You Need To Know About Music Online by Andrew Dubber. Can something 16 months old already be a classic? (here) Music 2.0 by Gerd Leonhard, co-author of The Future Of Music. This free version of the ebook is 228 pages long. If you only have time to read part of this, don’t miss his Open Letter To The Independent Music industry which starts on page 154. (pdf) The Pirate’s Dilemma - How The Youth Culture Reinvented Capitalism by Matt Mason. The title says it all and the books suggests that it just might be a good thing. Available via the Radiohead “pay what you want” model. Unleashing The Ideavirus by Seth Godin. Written way back in 2001.Practical yet inspiring.(pdf) I would add to the my book Promoting You Band With Podcastng (www.promotingwithpodcasting.com ) and Derek Sivers Free Ebook (www.sivers.org ) tag:odeo.com,2008-12-14,23917528 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:11:18 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, seth godin, music business, e mail address, Music Marketing, free ebook, band email, unleashing the ideavirus, derek sivers, independent music industry http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23718456-MySpace-I-TOLD-YOU-SO This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about a band that lost it MySpace page when MySpace decided to pull it from them. There is nothing the band can do. After all what are they going to do ask for their money back? This is why every band should use their website as their home base, and use sites like MySpace and Facebook to be additional items to your website. Sponsors: www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off any other time rental. Get your own .com domain name using go daddy coupon code cooler3 at www.godaddy.com MySpace Horror Story of the band Mobile Dave talks about how people were use mp3.com to make a nice income. Then it got sued, then it got purhcased, and now its gone. Bands that were using this as their primary contact for their fans. When the site went away, they lost all contact with their fans. If they had their own domain, their fans could find out what happened, and keep supporting the band. Now people are using MySpa... This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about a band that lost it MySpace page when MySpace decided to pull it from them. There is nothing the band can do. After all what are they going to do ask for their money back? This is why every band should use their website as their home base, and use sites like MySpace and Facebook to be additional items to your website. Sponsors: www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off any other time rental. Get your own .com domain name using go daddy coupon code cooler3 at www.godaddy.com MySpace Horror Story of the band Mobile Dave talks about how people were use mp3.com to make a nice income. Then it got sued, then it got purhcased, and now its gone. Bands that were using this as their primary contact for their fans. When the site went away, they lost all contact with their fans. If they had their own domain, their fans could find out what happened, and keep supporting the band. Now people are using MySpace the same way, and YES MYSPACE CAN TAKE YOUR WEBSITE even after you’ve been using it for two years. (Note this podcast was recorded on 12/1 and after much fighting, the band has since got their website back, but why leave yourself open to such a disaster?). MySpace issued this apology, “”MySpace has reinstated the registered URL www.myspace.com/mobile to the band–this was an error on our part and we apologize for any inconvenience caused. The band’s profile has not been altered in any way.”" Covering Mistakes Last week I made a mistake to my email list. Rather than getting mad, I laughed it off and apologized to my list. Many responded that it was no big deal. As a musician, you need to handle this with a smile, and keep moving on (and address the mistake later at a band meeting). You want the crowd to have fun, so you should be having fun on stage. I should’ve used the feature in aweber (who I use for my e-mail list) to send a test email. This would’ve saved me a ton of egg on my face. Life is a classroom, and we will all make mistakes. The only thing we can do is learn from our mistakes. Thanks to Ann Roose author of the book Musicians Guide to Brides How to Make Money Playing Weddings for the heads up on the mistake. Tales From The Road Dan Evans (from the Biggest loser and guest next week) talks about competing with naked people while he was performing. Other Sites Mentioned The Musicians Cooler at Friend Feed. Stage Clothes at www.stageclothes.net This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about a band that lost it MySpace page when MySpace decided to pull it from them. There is nothing the band can do. After all what are they going to do ask for their money back? This is why every band should use their website as their home base, and use sites like MySpace and Facebook to be additional items to your website. Sponsors: www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off any other time rental. Get your own .com domain name using go daddy coupon code cooler3 at www.godaddy.com MySpace Horror Story of the band Mobile Dave talks about how people were use mp3.com to make a nice income. Then it got sued, then it got purhcased, and now its gone. Bands that were using this as their primary contact for their fans. When the site went away, they lost all contact with their fans. If they had their own domain, their fans could find out what happened, and keep supporting the band. Now people are using MySpace the same way, and YES MYSPACE CAN TAKE YOUR WEBSITE even after you’ve been using it for two years. (Note this podcast was recorded on 12/1 and after much fighting, the band has since got their website back, but why leave yourself open to such a disaster?). MySpace issued this apology, “”MySpace has reinstated the registered URL www.myspace.com/mobile to the band–this was an error on our part and we apologize for any inconvenience caused. The band’s profile has not been altered in any way.”" Covering Mistakes Last week I made a mistake to my email list. Rather than getting mad, I laughed it off and apologized to my list. Many responded that it was no big deal. As a musician, you need to handle this with a smile, and keep moving on (and address the mistake later at a band meeting). You want the crowd to have fun, so you should be having fun on stage. I should’ve used the feature in aweber (who I use for my e-mail list) to send a test email. This would’ve saved me a ton of egg on my face. Life is a classroom, and we will all make mistakes. The only thing we can do is learn from our mistakes. Thanks to Ann Roose author of the book Musicians Guide to Brides How to Make Money Playing Weddings for the heads up on the mistake. Tales From The Road Dan Evans (from the Biggest loser and guest next week) talks about competing with naked people while he was performing. Other Sites Mentioned The Musicians Cooler at Friend Feed. Stage Clothes at www.stageclothes.net tag:odeo.com,2008-12-07,23718456 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:22:21 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, myspace, Music Marketing, MP3.com http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917529-MySpace-I-TOLD-YOU-SO This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about a band that lost it MySpace page when MySpace decided to pull it from them. There is nothing the band can do. After all what are they going to do ask for their money back? This is why every band should use their website as their home base, and use sites like MySpace and Facebook to be additional items to your website. Sponsors: www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off any other time rental. Get your own .com domain name using go daddy coupon code cooler3 at www.godaddy.com MySpace Horror Story of the band Mobile Dave talks about how people were use mp3.com to make a nice income. Then it got sued, then it got purhcased, and now its gone. Bands that were using this as their primary contact for their fans. When the site went away, they lost all contact with their fans. If they had their own domain, their fans could find out what happened, and keep supporting the band. Now people are using MySpa... This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about a band that lost it MySpace page when MySpace decided to pull it from them. There is nothing the band can do. After all what are they going to do ask for their money back? This is why every band should use their website as their home base, and use sites like MySpace and Facebook to be additional items to your website. Sponsors: www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off any other time rental. Get your own .com domain name using go daddy coupon code cooler3 at www.godaddy.com MySpace Horror Story of the band Mobile Dave talks about how people were use mp3.com to make a nice income. Then it got sued, then it got purhcased, and now its gone. Bands that were using this as their primary contact for their fans. When the site went away, they lost all contact with their fans. If they had their own domain, their fans could find out what happened, and keep supporting the band. Now people are using MySpace the same way, and YES MYSPACE CAN TAKE YOUR WEBSITE even after you’ve been using it for two years. (Note this podcast was recorded on 12/1 and after much fighting, the band has since got their website back, but why leave yourself open to such a disaster?). MySpace issued this apology, “”MySpace has reinstated the registered URL www.myspace.com/mobile to the band–this was an error on our part and we apologize for any inconvenience caused. The band’s profile has not been altered in any way.”" Covering Mistakes Last week I made a mistake to my email list. Rather than getting mad, I laughed it off and apologized to my list. Many responded that it was no big deal. As a musician, you need to handle this with a smile, and keep moving on (and address the mistake later at a band meeting). You want the crowd to have fun, so you should be having fun on stage. I should’ve used the feature in aweber (who I use for my e-mail list) to send a test email. This would’ve saved me a ton of egg on my face. Life is a classroom, and we will all make mistakes. The only thing we can do is learn from our mistakes. Thanks to Ann Roose author of the book Musicians Guide to Brides How to Make Money Playing Weddings for the heads up on the mistake. Tales From The Road Dan Evans (from the Biggest loser and guest next week) talks about competing with naked people while he was performing. Other Sites Mentioned The Musicians Cooler at Friend Feed. Stage Clothes at www.stageclothes.net This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Today we talk about a band that lost it MySpace page when MySpace decided to pull it from them. There is nothing the band can do. After all what are they going to do ask for their money back? This is why every band should use their website as their home base, and use sites like MySpace and Facebook to be additional items to your website. Sponsors: www.budget.com/musician save $30 off a weekly rental or 10% off any other time rental. Get your own .com domain name using go daddy coupon code cooler3 at www.godaddy.com MySpace Horror Story of the band Mobile Dave talks about how people were use mp3.com to make a nice income. Then it got sued, then it got purhcased, and now its gone. Bands that were using this as their primary contact for their fans. When the site went away, they lost all contact with their fans. If they had their own domain, their fans could find out what happened, and keep supporting the band. Now people are using MySpace the same way, and YES MYSPACE CAN TAKE YOUR WEBSITE even after you’ve been using it for two years. (Note this podcast was recorded on 12/1 and after much fighting, the band has since got their website back, but why leave yourself open to such a disaster?). MySpace issued this apology, “”MySpace has reinstated the registered URL www.myspace.com/mobile to the band–this was an error on our part and we apologize for any inconvenience caused. The band’s profile has not been altered in any way.”" Covering Mistakes Last week I made a mistake to my email list. Rather than getting mad, I laughed it off and apologized to my list. Many responded that it was no big deal. As a musician, you need to handle this with a smile, and keep moving on (and address the mistake later at a band meeting). You want the crowd to have fun, so you should be having fun on stage. I should’ve used the feature in aweber (who I use for my e-mail list) to send a test email. This would’ve saved me a ton of egg on my face. Life is a classroom, and we will all make mistakes. The only thing we can do is learn from our mistakes. Thanks to Ann Roose author of the book Musicians Guide to Brides How to Make Money Playing Weddings for the heads up on the mistake. Tales From The Road Dan Evans (from the Biggest loser and guest next week) talks about competing with naked people while he was performing. Other Sites Mentioned The Musicians Cooler at Friend Feed. Stage Clothes at www.stageclothes.net tag:odeo.com,2008-12-07,23917529 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:22:21 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, myspace, Music Marketing, MP3.com http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23659153-Make-Your-CD-Go-Viral This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 221. Sponsor: Get your inexpensive Budget Rental Car savings. Save $30 off weekly rentals, or 10% off other time rentals at www.budget.com/musician Hello Stranger CD Campaign Julian Moor and the Band Georgia Wonder (www.gwonder.com ) created 40 CDs with a message “Hello stranger I am on a journey please pick me up.” The only thing you have to do is go to our website and report where you found the CD, then leave it somewhere for someone else to find. Find out how this is working, how fast its working, and what to expect from this idea. Music “Hello Stranger” from the Band Georgia Wonder. Buy the CD or download at CDBaby.com You can also buy it at This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 221. Sponsor: Get your inexpensive Budget Rental Car savings. Save $30 off weekly rentals, or 10% off other time rentals at www.budget.com/musician Hello Stranger CD Campaign Julian Moor and the Band Georgia Wonder (www.gwonder.com ) created 40 CDs with a message “Hello stranger I am on a journey please pick me up.” The only thing you have to do is go to our website and report where you found the CD, then leave it somewhere for someone else to find. Find out how this is working, how fast its working, and what to expect from this idea. Music “Hello Stranger” from the Band Georgia Wonder. Buy the CD or download at CDBaby.com You can also buy it at This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 221. Sponsor: Get your inexpensive Budget Rental Car savings. Save $30 off weekly rentals, or 10% off other time rentals at www.budget.com/musician Hello Stranger CD Campaign Julian Moor and the Band Georgia Wonder (www.gwonder.com ) created 40 CDs with a message “Hello stranger I am on a journey please pick me up.” The only thing you have to do is go to our website and report where you found the CD, then leave it somewhere for someone else to find. Find out how this is working, how fast its working, and what to expect from this idea. Music “Hello Stranger” from the Band Georgia Wonder. Buy the CD or download at CDBaby.com You can also buy it at tag:odeo.com,2008-11-23,23659153 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:36:40 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, CD, Musician, viral marketing, Music Marketing, Hello Stranger, Georgia Wonder http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917530-Make-Your-CD-Go-Viral This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 221. Sponsor: Get your inexpensive Budget Rental Car savings. Save $30 off weekly rentals, or 10% off other time rentals at www.budget.com/musician Hello Stranger CD Campaign Julian Moor and the Band Georgia Wonder (www.gwonder.com ) created 40 CDs with a message “Hello stranger I am on a journey please pick me up.” The only thing you have to do is go to our website and report where you found the CD, then leave it somewhere for someone else to find. Find out how this is working, how fast its working, and what to expect from this idea. Music “Hello Stranger” from the Band Georgia Wonder. Buy the CD or download at CDBaby.com You can also buy it at This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 221. Sponsor: Get your inexpensive Budget Rental Car savings. Save $30 off weekly rentals, or 10% off other time rentals at www.budget.com/musician Hello Stranger CD Campaign Julian Moor and the Band Georgia Wonder (www.gwonder.com ) created 40 CDs with a message “Hello stranger I am on a journey please pick me up.” The only thing you have to do is go to our website and report where you found the CD, then leave it somewhere for someone else to find. Find out how this is working, how fast its working, and what to expect from this idea. Music “Hello Stranger” from the Band Georgia Wonder. Buy the CD or download at CDBaby.com You can also buy it at This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com This is show 221. Sponsor: Get your inexpensive Budget Rental Car savings. Save $30 off weekly rentals, or 10% off other time rentals at www.budget.com/musician Hello Stranger CD Campaign Julian Moor and the Band Georgia Wonder (www.gwonder.com ) created 40 CDs with a message “Hello stranger I am on a journey please pick me up.” The only thing you have to do is go to our website and report where you found the CD, then leave it somewhere for someone else to find. Find out how this is working, how fast its working, and what to expect from this idea. Music “Hello Stranger” from the Band Georgia Wonder. Buy the CD or download at CDBaby.com You can also buy it at tag:odeo.com,2008-11-23,23917530 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:36:40 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, CD, Musician, viral marketing, Music Marketing, Hello Stranger, Georgia Wonder http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23626849-A-Cool-Music-Marketing-Site I just found out about a new service. It’s called Our Stage. It’s kind of a Sonicbids (as you get a FREE EPK, and the ability to get gigs) meets Garageband (as you get reviewed by industry types) meets MySpace (as you can have friends). Meets American Idol (as you can enter and win monthly prizes of $5,000. There are also “Channel” prizes where you can win $100. Here is some text I copied from the website. How Does Our Stage Work? As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don’t worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience- with no rigging, no cheating, and no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channel to determine the winner of that cha... I just found out about a new service. It’s called Our Stage. It’s kind of a Sonicbids (as you get a FREE EPK, and the ability to get gigs) meets Garageband (as you get reviewed by industry types) meets MySpace (as you can have friends). Meets American Idol (as you can enter and win monthly prizes of $5,000. There are also “Channel” prizes where you can win $100. Here is some text I copied from the website. How Does Our Stage Work? As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don’t worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience- with no rigging, no cheating, and no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channel to determine the winner of that channel, and then a site-wide judging contest to determine our Grand Prize winner. For more information about that, see the Judging section below! As a fan, all you have to do is listen to some great music and give feedback about just how great you think it is. Find your favorite artists and follow them as they grow! How Does the Ranking Work? The ranking or judging is done via two patent pending algorithms that serve up top ranking, middle ranking and relatively new uploaded material in a channel in “somewhat” random fashion for someone to judge. When we say somewhat, we mean that we take care of serving up the material in a fair and unbiased fashion. We are watching very carefully to make sure that each item in the channel gets equal exposure"we guarantee that. Whether that happens in a particular judging session, though, is another matter. Depending on how much our users like something (rank it favorably), and how long they want to keep on ranking, the ranking engine will try to get the user to discriminate how much more an item is liked over other ranked items, and thus, the reason why users may see what appears to them as the same item coming up during several battles. Our site users who judge cannot request what material they will be served to judge. During judging they have to view or play the material served, and at a minimum, they have to screen an item for 15 seconds each before they can rank one item over another. Then, all of the rankings from all of the users are taken together and the ranking engine bubbles up the best items to the top! Prizes? TWO (2) GRAND PRIZES, one for Music and one for Video, for each Contest Period, a check payable to the Music winner in the amount of $5,000, and a check payable to the Video winner in the amount of $1,000. ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE FOR EACH CHANNEL on the site (one for each Channel winner who is not selected as a Grand Prize winner for each Contest Period): a $100 Online Gift Card. Gift card is subject to the terms and conditions stated thereon. Approximate retail value (”ARV”) of each First Prize is $100. Mojo Ratings? What is a Mojo rating? Every artist gets a Mojo rating based primarily on where the fans rank them in our Channels. Other factors that figure into the Mojo rating are: number of Fans, number of Friends and number of media uploads as well as EPK completeness. On Marketplace, venues can use the Mojo rating to help them identify artists with a proven ability to draw a crowd. How do I get a Mojo rating? To get a Mojo rating, register on OurStage and activate your account using the link we email you. From there, all you have to do is create a free EPK from your profile page and activate it. To get a positive Mojo rating, just click “View My EPK” from your profile and click the “Activate My EPK” link. How Much Is It? OurStage is still a free site for all the services you have right now It’s free to join, free to enter competitions, and free to be ranked. The only part of OurStage that will be costing any money is Marketplace, our new site feature for finding gigs around the USA. OurStage Marketplace will be free until Labor Day 2008, and then it will still only cost a small monthly fee, about the cost of buying lunch. So don’t worry! You aren’t losing any features. The only change is that you can now opt to pay a small monthly fee to access and apply to gigs on the OurStage Marketplace. I Think It’s Worth Checking Out While I hate things like “It costs as much a lunch” comments this site seems to have alot of potential. The great thing about new sites with competition is it doesnt’ take much to be a big fish in a small pond, and when they are handing out prizes I say its worth a shot. If you’re using the service I would love some feedback, and if you’re not you can sign up at ourstage.com Music Marketing Tips From Cheryl Crow Cheyrl Crow’s got a Christmas CD that available at Hallmark stores. Inside the CD you get a code to download an extra song. Now this create a sense of urgency. I HAD to buy this CD at THIS store. The fact that there was an additional song adds more value to the purchase. Why not have business cards set up with a special link on your website where they can download the extra song. They only get the code if they buy your CD at the show. This way at a gig, if someone is on the fence, you can say “if you buy this CD now you will get an additional downloadable song.” When they purchase, you hand them a business card with the URL to your song, and you spent 10 cents on business cards, and the customer spent 10 dollars on your new CD. I use Vita Print for my business cards. I just found out about a new service. It’s called Our Stage. It’s kind of a Sonicbids (as you get a FREE EPK, and the ability to get gigs) meets Garageband (as you get reviewed by industry types) meets MySpace (as you can have friends). Meets American Idol (as you can enter and win monthly prizes of $5,000. There are also “Channel” prizes where you can win $100. Here is some text I copied from the website. How Does Our Stage Work? As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don’t worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience- with no rigging, no cheating, and no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channel to determine the winner of that channel, and then a site-wide judging contest to determine our Grand Prize winner. For more information about that, see the Judging section below! As a fan, all you have to do is listen to some great music and give feedback about just how great you think it is. Find your favorite artists and follow them as they grow! How Does the Ranking Work? The ranking or judging is done via two patent pending algorithms that serve up top ranking, middle ranking and relatively new uploaded material in a channel in “somewhat” random fashion for someone to judge. When we say somewhat, we mean that we take care of serving up the material in a fair and unbiased fashion. We are watching very carefully to make sure that each item in the channel gets equal exposure"we guarantee that. Whether that happens in a particular judging session, though, is another matter. Depending on how much our users like something (rank it favorably), and how long they want to keep on ranking, the ranking engine will try to get the user to discriminate how much more an item is liked over other ranked items, and thus, the reason why users may see what appears to them as the same item coming up during several battles. Our site users who judge cannot request what material they will be served to judge. During judging they have to view or play the material served, and at a minimum, they have to screen an item for 15 seconds each before they can rank one item over another. Then, all of the rankings from all of the users are taken together and the ranking engine bubbles up the best items to the top! Prizes? TWO (2) GRAND PRIZES, one for Music and one for Video, for each Contest Period, a check payable to the Music winner in the amount of $5,000, and a check payable to the Video winner in the amount of $1,000. ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE FOR EACH CHANNEL on the site (one for each Channel winner who is not selected as a Grand Prize winner for each Contest Period): a $100 Online Gift Card. Gift card is subject to the terms and conditions stated thereon. Approximate retail value (”ARV”) of each First Prize is $100. Mojo Ratings? What is a Mojo rating? Every artist gets a Mojo rating based primarily on where the fans rank them in our Channels. Other factors that figure into the Mojo rating are: number of Fans, number of Friends and number of media uploads as well as EPK completeness. On Marketplace, venues can use the Mojo rating to help them identify artists with a proven ability to draw a crowd. How do I get a Mojo rating? To get a Mojo rating, register on OurStage and activate your account using the link we email you. From there, all you have to do is create a free EPK from your profile page and activate it. To get a positive Mojo rating, just click “View My EPK” from your profile and click the “Activate My EPK” link. How Much Is It? OurStage is still a free site for all the services you have right now It’s free to join, free to enter competitions, and free to be ranked. The only part of OurStage that will be costing any money is Marketplace, our new site feature for finding gigs around the USA. OurStage Marketplace will be free until Labor Day 2008, and then it will still only cost a small monthly fee, about the cost of buying lunch. So don’t worry! You aren’t losing any features. The only change is that you can now opt to pay a small monthly fee to access and apply to gigs on the OurStage Marketplace. I Think It’s Worth Checking Out While I hate things like “It costs as much a lunch” comments this site seems to have alot of potential. The great thing about new sites with competition is it doesnt’ take much to be a big fish in a small pond, and when they are handing out prizes I say its worth a shot. If you’re using the service I would love some feedback, and if you’re not you can sign up at ourstage.com Music Marketing Tips From Cheryl Crow Cheyrl Crow’s got a Christmas CD that available at Hallmark stores. Inside the CD you get a code to download an extra song. Now this create a sense of urgency. I HAD to buy this CD at THIS store. The fact that there was an additional song adds more value to the purchase. Why not have business cards set up with a special link on your website where they can download the extra song. They only get the code if they buy your CD at the show. This way at a gig, if someone is on the fence, you can say “if you buy this CD now you will get an additional downloadable song.” When they purchase, you hand them a business card with the URL to your song, and you spent 10 cents on business cards, and the customer spent 10 dollars on your new CD. I use Vita Print for my business cards. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-15,23626849 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:57:30 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, free, contest, battle of the bands, Music Marketing, business cards, our stage, music sales http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23917531-A-Cool-Music-Marketing-Site I just found out about a new service. It’s called Our Stage. It’s kind of a Sonicbids (as you get a FREE EPK, and the ability to get gigs) meets Garageband (as you get reviewed by industry types) meets MySpace (as you can have friends). Meets American Idol (as you can enter and win monthly prizes of $5,000. There are also “Channel” prizes where you can win $100. Here is some text I copied from the website. How Does Our Stage Work? As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don’t worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience- with no rigging, no cheating, and no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channel to determine the winner of that cha... I just found out about a new service. It’s called Our Stage. It’s kind of a Sonicbids (as you get a FREE EPK, and the ability to get gigs) meets Garageband (as you get reviewed by industry types) meets MySpace (as you can have friends). Meets American Idol (as you can enter and win monthly prizes of $5,000. There are also “Channel” prizes where you can win $100. Here is some text I copied from the website. How Does Our Stage Work? As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don’t worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience- with no rigging, no cheating, and no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channel to determine the winner of that channel, and then a site-wide judging contest to determine our Grand Prize winner. For more information about that, see the Judging section below! As a fan, all you have to do is listen to some great music and give feedback about just how great you think it is. Find your favorite artists and follow them as they grow! How Does the Ranking Work? The ranking or judging is done via two patent pending algorithms that serve up top ranking, middle ranking and relatively new uploaded material in a channel in “somewhat” random fashion for someone to judge. When we say somewhat, we mean that we take care of serving up the material in a fair and unbiased fashion. We are watching very carefully to make sure that each item in the channel gets equal exposure"we guarantee that. Whether that happens in a particular judging session, though, is another matter. Depending on how much our users like something (rank it favorably), and how long they want to keep on ranking, the ranking engine will try to get the user to discriminate how much more an item is liked over other ranked items, and thus, the reason why users may see what appears to them as the same item coming up during several battles. Our site users who judge cannot request what material they will be served to judge. During judging they have to view or play the material served, and at a minimum, they have to screen an item for 15 seconds each before they can rank one item over another. Then, all of the rankings from all of the users are taken together and the ranking engine bubbles up the best items to the top! Prizes? TWO (2) GRAND PRIZES, one for Music and one for Video, for each Contest Period, a check payable to the Music winner in the amount of $5,000, and a check payable to the Video winner in the amount of $1,000. ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE FOR EACH CHANNEL on the site (one for each Channel winner who is not selected as a Grand Prize winner for each Contest Period): a $100 Online Gift Card. Gift card is subject to the terms and conditions stated thereon. Approximate retail value (”ARV”) of each First Prize is $100. Mojo Ratings? What is a Mojo rating? Every artist gets a Mojo rating based primarily on where the fans rank them in our Channels. Other factors that figure into the Mojo rating are: number of Fans, number of Friends and number of media uploads as well as EPK completeness. On Marketplace, venues can use the Mojo rating to help them identify artists with a proven ability to draw a crowd. How do I get a Mojo rating? To get a Mojo rating, register on OurStage and activate your account using the link we email you. From there, all you have to do is create a free EPK from your profile page and activate it. To get a positive Mojo rating, just click “View My EPK” from your profile and click the “Activate My EPK” link. How Much Is It? OurStage is still a free site for all the services you have right now It’s free to join, free to enter competitions, and free to be ranked. The only part of OurStage that will be costing any money is Marketplace, our new site feature for finding gigs around the USA. OurStage Marketplace will be free until Labor Day 2008, and then it will still only cost a small monthly fee, about the cost of buying lunch. So don’t worry! You aren’t losing any features. The only change is that you can now opt to pay a small monthly fee to access and apply to gigs on the OurStage Marketplace. I Think It’s Worth Checking Out While I hate things like “It costs as much a lunch” comments this site seems to have alot of potential. The great thing about new sites with competition is it doesnt’ take much to be a big fish in a small pond, and when they are handing out prizes I say its worth a shot. If you’re using the service I would love some feedback, and if you’re not you can sign up at ourstage.com Music Marketing Tips From Cheryl Crow Cheyrl Crow’s got a Christmas CD that available at Hallmark stores. Inside the CD you get a code to download an extra song. Now this create a sense of urgency. I HAD to buy this CD at THIS store. The fact that there was an additional song adds more value to the purchase. Why not have business cards set up with a special link on your website where they can download the extra song. They only get the code if they buy your CD at the show. This way at a gig, if someone is on the fence, you can say “if you buy this CD now you will get an additional downloadable song.” When they purchase, you hand them a business card with the URL to your song, and you spent 10 cents on business cards, and the customer spent 10 dollars on your new CD. I use Vita Print for my business cards. I just found out about a new service. It’s called Our Stage. It’s kind of a Sonicbids (as you get a FREE EPK, and the ability to get gigs) meets Garageband (as you get reviewed by industry types) meets MySpace (as you can have friends). Meets American Idol (as you can enter and win monthly prizes of $5,000. There are also “Channel” prizes where you can win $100. Here is some text I copied from the website. How Does Our Stage Work? As an artist, your first step is to upload your music or video and decide which channel competition to enter. Then, fans judge the work side by side with the work of others. Our unique judging capability (called Peer Relative Ranking, but don’t worry about that) makes sure that each piece is judged fairly by the real audience- with no rigging, no cheating, and no celebrity judges. At the end of each month, the top 20 and the top 10 in each channel go head-to-head in a special judging channel to determine the winner of that channel, and then a site-wide judging contest to determine our Grand Prize winner. For more information about that, see the Judging section below! As a fan, all you have to do is listen to some great music and give feedback about just how great you think it is. Find your favorite artists and follow them as they grow! How Does the Ranking Work? The ranking or judging is done via two patent pending algorithms that serve up top ranking, middle ranking and relatively new uploaded material in a channel in “somewhat” random fashion for someone to judge. When we say somewhat, we mean that we take care of serving up the material in a fair and unbiased fashion. We are watching very carefully to make sure that each item in the channel gets equal exposure"we guarantee that. Whether that happens in a particular judging session, though, is another matter. Depending on how much our users like something (rank it favorably), and how long they want to keep on ranking, the ranking engine will try to get the user to discriminate how much more an item is liked over other ranked items, and thus, the reason why users may see what appears to them as the same item coming up during several battles. Our site users who judge cannot request what material they will be served to judge. During judging they have to view or play the material served, and at a minimum, they have to screen an item for 15 seconds each before they can rank one item over another. Then, all of the rankings from all of the users are taken together and the ranking engine bubbles up the best items to the top! Prizes? TWO (2) GRAND PRIZES, one for Music and one for Video, for each Contest Period, a check payable to the Music winner in the amount of $5,000, and a check payable to the Video winner in the amount of $1,000. ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE FOR EACH CHANNEL on the site (one for each Channel winner who is not selected as a Grand Prize winner for each Contest Period): a $100 Online Gift Card. Gift card is subject to the terms and conditions stated thereon. Approximate retail value (”ARV”) of each First Prize is $100. Mojo Ratings? What is a Mojo rating? Every artist gets a Mojo rating based primarily on where the fans rank them in our Channels. Other factors that figure into the Mojo rating are: number of Fans, number of Friends and number of media uploads as well as EPK completeness. On Marketplace, venues can use the Mojo rating to help them identify artists with a proven ability to draw a crowd. How do I get a Mojo rating? To get a Mojo rating, register on OurStage and activate your account using the link we email you. From there, all you have to do is create a free EPK from your profile page and activate it. To get a positive Mojo rating, just click “View My EPK” from your profile and click the “Activate My EPK” link. How Much Is It? OurStage is still a free site for all the services you have right now It’s free to join, free to enter competitions, and free to be ranked. The only part of OurStage that will be costing any money is Marketplace, our new site feature for finding gigs around the USA. OurStage Marketplace will be free until Labor Day 2008, and then it will still only cost a small monthly fee, about the cost of buying lunch. So don’t worry! You aren’t losing any features. The only change is that you can now opt to pay a small monthly fee to access and apply to gigs on the OurStage Marketplace. I Think It’s Worth Checking Out While I hate things like “It costs as much a lunch” comments this site seems to have alot of potential. The great thing about new sites with competition is it doesnt’ take much to be a big fish in a small pond, and when they are handing out prizes I say its worth a shot. If you’re using the service I would love some feedback, and if you’re not you can sign up at ourstage.com Music Marketing Tips From Cheryl Crow Cheyrl Crow’s got a Christmas CD that available at Hallmark stores. Inside the CD you get a code to download an extra song. Now this create a sense of urgency. I HAD to buy this CD at THIS store. The fact that there was an additional song adds more value to the purchase. Why not have business cards set up with a special link on your website where they can download the extra song. They only get the code if they buy your CD at the show. This way at a gig, if someone is on the fence, you can say “if you buy this CD now you will get an additional downloadable song.” When they purchase, you hand them a business card with the URL to your song, and you spent 10 cents on business cards, and the customer spent 10 dollars on your new CD. I use Vita Print for my business cards. tag:odeo.com,2008-11-15,23917531 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:57:30 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, free, contest, battle of the bands, Music Marketing, business cards, our stage, music sales http://www.odeo.com/episodes/23601367-Building-Your-Tribe The band O.A.R. sells their CD on a USB bracelet. If you buy the bracelet at a show, you can come back after the show and have that night’s show saved to the USB drive. They are also selling these recordings (on a USB drive) on their website for $30. So they charge a little more to get people to buy the bracelet, but in the end you get a one of a kind product, and now you have a memory that can live on forever. Queen Makes You Buy Without Hearing It Queen and Paul Rogers are using a similar tactic on their new Cosmos Rocks CD. You can pre order their new CD, and in addition to the CD you receive FREE ACCESS to the Queen & Paul Rodgers “Album Club” This means you get first crack at listening to the new album. You get previously unreleased live tracks. Automatic entry into 12 prize draws to win exclusive prize. An opportunity to purchase an exclusive “Album Club” T-shirt. The “album club” t-shirt is uber marketing. You’ve made people... The band O.A.R. sells their CD on a USB bracelet. If you buy the bracelet at a show, you can come back after the show and have that night’s show saved to the USB drive. They are also selling these recordings (on a USB drive) on their website for $30. So they charge a little more to get people to buy the bracelet, but in the end you get a one of a kind product, and now you have a memory that can live on forever. Queen Makes You Buy Without Hearing It Queen and Paul Rogers are using a similar tactic on their new Cosmos Rocks CD. You can pre order their new CD, and in addition to the CD you receive FREE ACCESS to the Queen & Paul Rodgers “Album Club” This means you get first crack at listening to the new album. You get previously unreleased live tracks. Automatic entry into 12 prize draws to win exclusive prize. An opportunity to purchase an exclusive “Album Club” T-shirt. The “album club” t-shirt is uber marketing. You’ve made people pay to get into the club, and then you make them pay to prove they are in the club. For more information go to www.queenonline.com AC/DC Says No to ITunes To the best of my knowledge you can’t buy AC/DC in a downloadable version. This too me just begs to get your music stolen. If you don’t provide this format in a way for people to buy, those that want it in this format will steal it from you. Building A Tribe Uber Marketer Seth Godin has a new book called “Tribes.” You can hear Seth Introduce it at the “Marketing Over Coffee” website (a cool marketing podcast). While I haven’t read the book his prelude ot the book really got me thinking. In it he states something so obvious and (for me) so thought provoking. He said a tribe needs two things: 1. A common interest 2. A Way to communicate. We have a common interest (the music business, selling more music, getting more fans, gigs, technology), and we have a way to communicate (voicemail, email, forums). Many bands name their fans: KISS- Kiss Army Grateful Dead - Dead Heads Jimmy Buffet - Parrot Heads (notice the last two make a killing on tours). Terri Clark - “Hat Brats” where she is letting them write a verse in a song, ask her questions, and other items that only members can do. Def Leoppard - “Fan Club” (how original) $30 a year. By having merchandise, or special names, it helps build a tribe identity. So far I’ve got more from the launch audio from Marketing Over Coffee, than the book, but I’m only 28 minutes into it. Do you have any examples of tribes? How do you build your tribe of fans? You can buy the book in iTunes for around 6 bucks The band O.A.R. sells their CD on a USB bracelet. If you buy the bracelet at a show, you can come back after the show and have that night’s show saved to the USB drive. They are also selling these recordings (on a USB drive) on their website for $30. So they charge a little more to get people to buy the bracelet, but in the end you get a one of a kind product, and now you have a memory that can live on forever. Queen Makes You Buy Without Hearing It Queen and Paul Rogers are using a similar tactic on their new Cosmos Rocks CD. You can pre order their new CD, and in addition to the CD you receive FREE ACCESS to the Queen & Paul Rodgers “Album Club” This means you get first crack at listening to the new album. You get previously unreleased live tracks. Automatic entry into 12 prize draws to win exclusive prize. An opportunity to purchase an exclusive “Album Club” T-shirt. The “album club” t-shirt is uber marketing. You’ve made people pay to get into the club, and then you make them pay to prove they are in the club. For more information go to www.queenonline.com AC/DC Says No to ITunes To the best of my knowledge you can’t buy AC/DC in a downloadable version. This too me just begs to get your music stolen. If you don’t provide this format in a way for people to buy, those that want it in this format will steal it from you. Building A Tribe Uber Marketer Seth Godin has a new book called “Tribes.” You can hear Seth Introduce it at the “Marketing Over Coffee” website (a cool marketing podcast). While I haven’t read the book his prelude ot the book really got me thinking. In it he states something so obvious and (for me) so thought provoking. He said a tribe needs two things: 1. A common interest 2. A Way to communicate. We have a common interest (the music business, selling more music, getting more fans, gigs, technology), and we have a way to communicate (voicemail, email, forums). Many bands name their fans: KISS- Kiss Army Grateful Dead - Dead Heads Jimmy Buffet - Parrot Heads (notice the last two make a killing on tours). Terri Clark - “Hat Brats” where she is letting them write a verse in a song, ask her questions, and other items that only members can do. Def Leoppard - “Fan Club” (how original) $30 a year. By having merchandise, or special names, it helps build a tribe identity. So far I’ve got more from the launch audio from Marketing Over Coffee, than the book, but I’m only 28 minutes into it. Do you have any examples of tribes? How do you build your tribe of fans? You can buy the book in iTunes for around 6 bucks tag:odeo.com,2008-11-10,23601367 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:19:51 -0800 no Musicians Cooler podcast, seth godin, music business, ac dc, usb drive, queen paul rodgers, paul rogers