Thursday, November 30, 2006
Episode #16 - Starting a Podcast
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Doing an artist podcast can be a great way to promote your music and connect with your fans, but it's also a heck of a lot of work! Some things to understand and consider before you start your own podcast.
Music:
Death Cab For Cutie - "Title and Registration"
Check out Death Cab For Cutie on the Podsafe Music Network
Mentioned in this episode:
Doing an artist podcast can be a great way to promote your music and connect with your fans, but it's also a heck of a lot of work! Some things to understand and consider before you start your own podcast.
Music:
Death Cab For Cutie - "Title and Registration"
Check out Death Cab For Cutie on the Podsafe Music Network
Mentioned in this episode:
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Episode #15 - Thinking about Second Life
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Thinking a lot about Second Life this week, particularly the potential for word-of-mouth promotion and linking to and from web locations to sell your music directly at a Second Life event.
Music:
David Newland - "Roll Away"
Visit David on myspace
Mentioned in this episode:
Thinking a lot about Second Life this week, particularly the potential for word-of-mouth promotion and linking to and from web locations to sell your music directly at a Second Life event.Music:
David Newland - "Roll Away"
Visit David on myspace
Mentioned in this episode:
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
7 Tips for Marketing your Music Online by Julie Blake
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Just got this report by Julie Blake via a tip from David Hooper's always-excellent Music Business Radio podcast. Here's Julie's bio from the report:
Just got this report by Julie Blake via a tip from David Hooper's always-excellent Music Business Radio podcast. Here's Julie's bio from the report:
"Julie Blake is President of www.MusicBizWebsitePro.com, the Ultimate Do It Yourself Website Builder where you can a get a site with major label features on an artists budget. Julie offers a free consultation to help you create a website that gets results! Julie also hosts the "Online Marketing Minute" on Music Business Radio. You can get a FREE subscription to Julie’s monthly newsletter at www.IWantMoreFans.com featuring online marketing strategies for the music industry with a splash of inspiration to keep you motivated."Julie has some great tips, and I was particularly pleased to see her advise against autoplay music ("What if someone is at work... and music starts blasting just as their boss walks by?") and in favor of simple design, particularly with Myspace pages ("MySpace is slow to begin with, if you have a lot of flash and big busy graphics, people will lose interest and leave before your page loads.") Right on, Julie!
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Episode #14 - Flash: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly
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Adobe Flash is a a terrific piece of technology... when used for the right things. In this episode, I give my opinion on the best and worst practices of Flash use on music sites.
Music:
Amplifico - "All Your Sins"
Check out Amplifico on the Podsafe Music Network
Mentioned in this episode:
Adobe Flash is a a terrific piece of technology... when used for the right things. In this episode, I give my opinion on the best and worst practices of Flash use on music sites.
Music:
Amplifico - "All Your Sins"
Check out Amplifico on the Podsafe Music Network
Mentioned in this episode:
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Episode #13 - Keep Asking Why
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There's a lot of ways you can spend your time promoting your music online. Focusing on your goals and intentions is a good way to keep your perspective on just how much time and energy you should be spending in any one area.
Music:
They Might Be Giants - "Am I Awake?"
Check out TMBG on the Podsafe Music Network
Mentioned in this episode:
There's a lot of ways you can spend your time promoting your music online. Focusing on your goals and intentions is a good way to keep your perspective on just how much time and energy you should be spending in any one area.
Music:
They Might Be Giants - "Am I Awake?"
Check out TMBG on the Podsafe Music Network
Mentioned in this episode:
Friday, November 10, 2006
Episode #12 - Own Your Destiny
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No, this episode has nothing to do with the Skywalker family. It does have to do with registering your own domain name as a way to protect yourself against what some people see as the dark side of the force in our world, the fickle whims of a big corporation like Fox.
Music:
Blame Amy - "Perfect Fit"
Check out this great Blame Amy article on Indie Music Project
Mentioned in this episode:
No, this episode has nothing to do with the Skywalker family. It does have to do with registering your own domain name as a way to protect yourself against what some people see as the dark side of the force in our world, the fickle whims of a big corporation like Fox.
Music:
Blame Amy - "Perfect Fit"
Check out this great Blame Amy article on Indie Music Project
Mentioned in this episode:
- Bones/myspace story from Music Industry News Network
- Indie Pool
- C.C. Chapman's Second Life Office
- Uncle Seth's Second Life Band store
- My personal page at jaymoonah.com
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Clarification on Bob Baker’s Video Report
Just a quick clarification on Bob Baker's report "How to Use Video to Promote Your Music Online" -- in the last podcast episode I think I said that it was a free report, in actual fact it is a paid download for $11.95 US. Still well worth it if you ask me!
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Episode #11 - Video
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It used to be all about big time videos aimed at channels like VH1 & MuchMusic, but sites like YouTube have made video a real option for music artists at all levels of the industry.
I refer a few times in this episode to Bob Baker's report "How to Use Video to Promote Your Music Online", definitely check it out!
Music:
Geoff Smith - "Not On The Radio"
Check out the cool & cute video for "Not On The Radio" on YouTube
Mentioned in this episode:
It used to be all about big time videos aimed at channels like VH1 & MuchMusic, but sites like YouTube have made video a real option for music artists at all levels of the industry.
I refer a few times in this episode to Bob Baker's report "How to Use Video to Promote Your Music Online", definitely check it out!
Music:
Geoff Smith - "Not On The Radio"
Check out the cool & cute video for "Not On The Radio" on YouTube
Mentioned in this episode:
- YouTube
- Bob Baker - thebuzzfactor.com
- "How to Use Video to Promote Your Music Online" by Bob Baker
- OK Go "Here It Goes Again" video
- "Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru" video
- Tapes 'n Tapes
- Geoff Smith "Not On The Radio" video
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