Music Marketing Service #Kiltfeed 03.12.10

by Andrew on March 12, 2010

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There Are No Short Cuts

by Andrew on March 11, 2010

Oh I’m sorry – you mean you joined a band ‘cos it looked cool: sex, drugs & rock and roll – win the label lottery and get a lifestyle in your twenties that other people never see in a lifetime.  Well go borrow a time machine and go back to the 70’s and 80’s because you’re fucked. [click to continue…]

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Now Reading…

March 8, 2010

Yes! Reading! A paperback book – how very old school of me huh? And a good read it is too – i’m only on chapter 3 at this point, but allready i’d recommend any new band or artist to go out there and buy a copy of this – it’s that good!
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Oh if you must use Myspace ….

March 2, 2010

Oh go on – get your band a myspace page! – even though I personally can’t stand the place – Myspace does remain a valuable, free asset for fan generation and is a great platform to be discovered on! Therefore ll give a quick heads up on the Myspace thing and why you should still [...]

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The kilted Chaos Questionnaire

February 24, 2010

1/ How many hours a week do you spend on your site?
2/ Why do you do this?
3/ Why should people come to your site?
4/ How do artists / bands get onto your site?
5/ What can a band / artist do to get featured on your site
6/ What are the top three [...]

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7 Questions For Music Sites #Kiltfeed 02.24.10

February 24, 2010

Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew and its goodnight from him #kiltfeed 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck

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Kilted_Alex @michaelGregoire had some stellar points about music promotion etc: http://bit.ly/bwKKL4 #kiltfeed #netlabel 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck

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kilted_andrew So [...]

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Marketing New Music Artists

February 19, 2010

A couple of stories have popped up this week that has me reaching for my keyboard – the one with letters not notes.   Alex commented about Suzanne Vega’s move to Direct to Fan Marketing and DMN noted that Sade just moved half a million units, going gold in her first week.
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Cover your ass against the copyright police

February 19, 2010

In the light of Google closing down music blogs, AKA #musicblogocide2K10, I got to thinking about the ongoing question of how to “stay legal” on your blog – and a quick easy solution came to me: ADD THE LICENSE!
Really, its simple. If your favorite band allows you to use a track on your blog, copy [...]

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Quick food for thought

February 16, 2010

“I’m back to where I started from.

Taking names, making mailing lists…
It’s a relief not to have to deal with a record company,

and their A.D.D. attention spans.”
- Suzanne Vega in the New Yorker
AND:
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones move to subscription based fan marketing – and it works!
Two major artists, both trying innovative marketing moves to have more [...]

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Free Chaos has a Winner

February 12, 2010

And that winner is: JODY SCHNEIDER – Follow her here on Twitter and her myspace page is here
We have some great things in mind for the website we’ll be starting work on soon. And we’ll be blogging a lot more about Jody’s work, and the entire creative process of how an artist gets that self [...]

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