Free Website for Musicians Brainstorm – #Kiltfeed 01.06.10

• Kilted_Alex and its goodnight for me too #kiltfeed 6 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @michaelGregoire – thanks for that input sir. As always, you’re a genius – people should follow you and @blocsonic IMHO #kiltfeed 8 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew So until next week – it’s good night from me #kiltfeed 8 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Indeed – if you know an artist who could use a free website – keep an eye out for some FREE CHAOS next week – #kiltfeed 8 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex RT @michaelGregoire: @Kilted_Alex …others need or prefer the technical platform/support and promotional support. #kiltfeed 8 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex RT @michaelGregoire: @Kilted_Alex You’re right about netlabels. Some artists are perfectly capable of going it alone… #kiltfeed 9 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex With that big announcement, i think that about wraps today up. I think we’ve laid down a good “basic beat” for music and SM today #kiltfeed 10 minutes ago from TweetChat
• kilted_andrew Free Chaos – I like it – #kiltfeed 11 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Yeah – I think we need to work out how we’re going to do this and market the crap out of it next week – #kiltfeed 11 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – suffice to say that” Coming soon to Kilted Chaos – “FREE CHAOS” – yes, a free site for a lucky muso-type #kiltfeed 11 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – ooooh, a competition, everyone likes those!!!!! But hey, we’ve hinted enough for now i think no? #kiltfeed 12 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew I think we’re talking competition here – no? #kiltfeed 13 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew I think if I was a band looking to get into a professional way of delivering my music I’d be pretty stoked to win a website #kiltfeed 14 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – why not? Lets go out there and prove we’re not just waffling! #kiltfeed 14 minutes ago from TweetChat
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – true, there is those expenses, but then again – simple can be good design wise too… #kiltfeed 16 minutes ago from TweetChat
• kilted_andrew You mena – offer a band site – domain, hosting (for a year), everything – to a band – for free? #kiltfeed 16 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew But you’ve got little costs like the purchase of a domain name, hosting etc – the cost of a good looking design what about those? #kiltfeed 17 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – would we be insane if we tried to prove our words by giving an artist a totally FREE site? #kiltfeed 18 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – you’d be much more in control with WP than myspace – and hey, don’t just take our word for it musicians #kiltfeed 19 minutes ago from TweetChat
• kilted_andrew if you’re a band that only has a MySpace page – you might like a lovely wordpress site with integrated social media stuff – #kiltfeed 20 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex it’s important that people see the real artist – not some spam filled, generic myspace page first – ie, when they google you #kiltfeed 21 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – well, obviously wordpress! and some social media added in. Myspace could be a secondary tool (for fan collection) #kiltfeed 22 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew So – what did you have in mind for marketing to musicians @kilted_alex? #kiltfeed 24 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew -if i see “keep it real” one more time from an “expert” i’ll puke – BUT! I can safely say we have and hey, it works #kiltfeed 25 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew We “speak” music – understand visual branding across platforms – know how to use twitter & facebook – perfect for Indie bands – #kiltfeed 25 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – yes! happy clients, means happy kilted dudes, means more happy clients, etc etc #kiltfeed 25 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Absolutely – we know how to set up band sites – cool design, streaming audio, newsetters, mp3 downloads – easy content posting – #kiltfeed 26 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex (The problem with getting me started talking music – either listening to, attempting 2 create or marketing is i never shut up #kiltfeed 26 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew As we grow http://bit.ly/541p65 thr is nothing more powerful 2 our marketing than happy clients – all R business is word of mouth #kiltfeed 27 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Why not – there’s nothing like having working examples of a product to prove the point – #kiltfeed 29 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew rt – targeted marketing platforms that focus on a niche area through aggregating content & covering all niche keywords make sense #kiltfeed 30 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex Hey @kilted_andrew – should we let #kiltfeed people in on our giveaway madness? (im crap at keeping secrets 31 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew The tech requirement 4 Joomla site is higher than that for wordpress – simple as that – which means external resource which is $ #kiltfeed 31 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – i don’t ever see netlabels being the next big labels -but as promo for up and coming artists = invaluable stuff #kiltfeed 32 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Joomla was just 2 “heavy” 4 wht the band needed – nice 2 know in retrospect but at that time wordpress was still pretty basic #kiltfeed 33 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – i think thats exactly the role of a netlabel – just ask @michaelGregoire of Blocsonic how important it is #kiltfeed 33 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew But revenues will be slow to start with – the model requires much sweat equity – from both label and musician #kiltfeed 34 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew If the role of the netlabel is to provide tech resource, marketing and fan relations for the artist then yeah – it makes sense – #kiltfeed 35 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – oh wait, you have direct experience with using Joomla! for a band website? How was that experience? #kiltfeed 35 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – but couldnt people use Joomla! ? (Ducks and runs off laughing) #kiltfeed 36 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew In a world where content production – the delivery of quality information – is key to being found – wordpress is a great platform #kiltfeed 37 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – i tell you sir, with our knowledge we should have our own #netlabel #kiltfeed 37 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex And for some reasons why @gillespeterson has a killer marketing machine: http://tinyurl.com/yz9bls2 #kiltfeed 38 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex take a look at how @gillespeterson and @freddiejoachim rocked out with WordPress as another example #kiltfeed 39 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Yep – I’m about to do a 12 week course at Berklee music on using the Topspin marketing platform – it’s all about direct to fan – #kiltfeed 40 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew It took years to learn how to stitch the tech together – not all musicians want to do that – its about investing in yourself #kiltfeed 41 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – yes, as you proved with the nice #thesiswp mod you used for @music2work2 (Love that customized slider BTW!) #kiltfeed 41 minutes ago from TweetChat
• kilted_andrew If you’re serious about making money from your music then you’re gonna need a professional platform – #kiltfeed 42 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – aren’t you going to learn soon about a new platform (shhh) that says WordPress should be the big foundation? #kiltfeed 43 minutes ago from TweetChat
• kilted_andrew True – but there’s a difference between “hobby” musicians and those who are pushing to make a living from their music – #kiltfeed 43 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex here’s whats on my tuneage as we #kiltfeed jam – oh yeah, very nice stuff! ♫ http://blip.fm/~iskbm 44 minutes ago from Blip.fm
• kilted_andrew Right – have an online platform that allows you to distribute and connect to your market outside of any walled garden (Facebook!) #kiltfeed 44 minutes ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew the downside to this is -musicians are usually broke-ass BUT! marketing is way more affordable and EASIER now #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew It’s what we’ve been preaching to all small businesses – the tech is now manageabale for most people to run their own site #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex I also think “Citizen journalism” like @aurgasm & @Slowcoustic (naming just 2) will become an even bigger marketing voice #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew I agree – I think it’s part of a wider move towards bringing control of Media and voice back to the content creator – #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Everything I know about Social Media marketing has come from working in the Music world on and off for the last 10 years #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew Seriously, if myspace was a hot marketing tool, there’d be “experts” coming out every hole – but there’s not #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – I think we’ll see a move away from myspace pages, as artists realise the lack of control + poor marketing it is! #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex music marketing is gonna be a hot item this yr. Already ive seen 2 specialzed analytics tools to measure Social Media “influence’ #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Well – music is good for pretty much everything – what kind of things have youbeen thinking of? #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew oooops – wrong account – heh! #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex I know you’re a “muso” anyway @kilted_andrew but i’ve had music on my mind a lot lately #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• andrewmccluskey @Kilted_Alex hell yes – well – welcome to 2010 and this is the year everything starts to pay off – I can feel it in ma water – #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex @kilted_andrew – me, i’m running some hip-hop jazz and ready ti improvise and brainstorm what 2010 will bring on today’s #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Fires up some classic Rage Against the Machine and prepares for the #kiltfeed about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• kilted_andrew Is that a #kiltfeed I hear coming down the track…? about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck
• Kilted_Alex There now follows a whole bunch of tweets marked #kiltfeed hopefully we won’t bore you too much and hey, we’re jamming today! its all improv about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck

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