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Turning Fickle Fans into Friends

May 13, 2010

Just got off the weekly skype call with one of our artists – Drastic Jo – she has a release scheduled for November 13 and we’re busy developing the direct to fan marketing plan. Typically one of the most important parts of such a plan is the acquisition stage – this is where you set [...]

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Is a Free Band Website Really Possible?

April 27, 2010

Yes, if you do it yourself, but frankly do you really have the time & the chops? It’s not just design and coding, it’s how to integrate social media, how to keep it fresh, how to professionally embed ecommerce and distribution, how to collect email, how to pay for hosting and tech support, and how [...]

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Your Music = Unique / Your Website = Derivative

April 16, 2010

Ask any band what they sound like and you can guarantee that they’ll tell you they’re unique. Sure they might give you qualifying reference points: Led Zeppelin meets the Eagles – Karen Carpenter on top of Diane Birch (Hmmmm!) but at the end of the day – when you listen to the band – there [...]

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Video Feedback made simple

April 9, 2010

@JonDBishop tweeted about a new site his buddy had made recently called SYNCHTUBE (@synchtube on twitter) – and being the nosey type, I went over to have a look. In just seconds I was sold on this concept!!!! I started playing with Synchtube just to see how well it worked, you can visit our current [...]

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Kilted Work – Drastic Jo

March 25, 2010

Introducing the latest project from kilted Chaos, and an ongoing project we’re proud to be working on! As winner of our recent FREE CHAOS competition, Jody Schneider, better known as Drastic Jo won a free website. We built a nice custom front page, that really tells you on first landing what her talents are.  Additionally [...]

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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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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, [...]

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Monsters Are Not Myths Kill Valentine’s Day Lameness

February 9, 2010

Monsters Are Not Myths are at it again – our favorite San Fran Indie band are spreading the love this Valentine’s day with more personalized songs for that special person in your life.  From their website: Monsters are not Myths, beloved Bay Area band and all-around funny people, will call your loved one or crush [...]

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RCRDLBL

February 8, 2010

It used to be that you only listened to one kind of music – your whole identity was wrapped up in a couple of bands that would shape your clothes, your hair who you hung out with and who you made out with.  From what I can tell – this is all pretty much in [...]

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Netlabel 101 with Blocsonic

February 8, 2010

We at Kilted Chaos love netlabels, I think that’s obvious, but the one we think is putting out quality releases right now is blocSonic. Now 3 years strong, the blocSonic crew are releasing a solid mix of netaudio samplers and original releases, and the quality of their recordings, and the attention to detail that goes [...]

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