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Cats Know Good Music Promotion When They Hear It
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Bard Marc Gunn
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Apr 29, 2005 19:26 PDT
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Bards Crier's Music Marketing and Promotion Tips
http://www.bardscrier.com/
A free guerrilla music marketing and promotion ezine for
unsigned bands by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards,
The Original Celtic Renaissance.
IN THIS ISSUE
- The Bards Crier News
- Cats Know Good Music Promotion When They Hear It
- Recommended Reading
- New Friends of The Bards Crier
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1. The Crier
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Greetings friends,
Obviously the regular emails are not working at present. With
two CDs in production, time is just running tight. So instead
I started an alternate method to promote bands who have free
music downloads. Is that you?
If so, submit your band and mp3 link location to
http://www.free-musicdownloads.net/blog/submit.shtml
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A late message from Dylan Benjamin (better late than never):
There are some major changes going on right
now that will affect YOUR MUSIC, your visibility,
and your online audience...
Last week, something VERY important came across
my desk and it effects YOU, so I put together a
7 minute video tutorial to follow and take
advantage of a "shake up" on the internet.
No sales pitch, just something that takes a few
minutes to learn about and should help you out...
At the very least - it will SAVE you $299 and
get more listeners to your website over the
next several years.
Just follow my instructions in the video - But do
it RIGHT NOW... (this little "back door" I found
out about probably won't be open to the public for
very much longer)
The video can be found on this page
http://musicmarketingtips.com/msn
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2. Music Marketing Lesson
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Cats Know Good Music Promotion When They Hear It
by Marc Gunn
Read the full article online at
http://www.bardscrier.com/musicbiz/
I've never gotten so much free publicity before!
Two years ago, I came up with a crazy idea for a new CD--"Irish
Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers". Say what you will about the idea:
maybe I am "psycho" or "drink too much". Maybe the lyrics suck,
or this is "the dumbest idea" you've ever heard. You're welcome
to your opinion. Meanwhile, I am recording a CD that cat lovers
are talking about.
You probably read it before: "when marketing your music, target
your message".
But what exactly does that mean?
It means that you should focus your message towards a specific
audience. For many bands, your niche is your fan base.
In my case, I have a tiny niche: Do you love cats? Do you like
Irish music? That's it. If you're a dog lover, you're probably
moaning. If you hate the Irish, you probably think I'm an
alcoholic.
Yet there's something about this idea that is brilliant. It
inspires a response. People love it or hate it. But it gets a
response.
You see, most of the cat lovers I know LOVE cats. They are
passionate about them. Most Celtic music fans too are passionate
about Celtic music. I've taken those two ideas and created an
idea that motivates people to take an interest.
Don't believe me? Check out Fark.com where I got 20,000 visits
in one week, Peoplesound, MonkeyFilter, and any number of
burgeoning web communities who saw this idea and wrote about
it. 95% of the respondents on Fark.com said I was stupid.
The other 5% signed up to my newsletter and are telling their
cat loving friends about it.
Some of the most hair-brained ideas are the ones that turn into
the biggest money makers. I mean, hey, anyone ever heard of
Apple Computers? The idea of a personal computer was once
laughed at. Now look at them.
I'm not saying my CD will do nearly as well as that giant. My
target niche may even be too focused to really make much money
from the CD. But when the CD is finally released I'm guaranteed
to continue getting some of the best publicity of my musical
career.
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers
http://www.catdrinkingsongs.com/
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of musicians save and make money with their musical groups
through his monthly newsletter, Bards Crier Music Marketing
and Promotion Ezine. Now you can get FREE "how-to" music
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3. Recommended Reading
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THE GUERRILLA MUSIC MARKETING HANDBOOK by Bob Baker
This hefty manual delivers 11 chapters and 7 best-selling
reports -- over 120 pages of tips and tools you can use to
turbo-charge your music promotion activities.
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=15
HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC SUCCESSFULLY ON THE INTERNET
by David Nevue
Learn the marketing and promotion methods that one musician uses
to bring in over $5000 a month in income from the Internet! There
are no 'pipe dreams' sold here. The author details step-by-step
how he finally said good-bye to his day job and starting spending
more time on his music.
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=16
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4. New Friends of The Bards Crier
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Sleigor Trout (added: 24-Jan-2005)
http://www.sleigortrout.com
Home page of those demented freaks known as Sleigor Trout.
Come in and download free mp3's, check out the forum and
chatroom or post some art in the gallery.
The Official Website of Cleavage (added: 24-Jan-2005)
http://www.cleavagemusic.com
The Official Website of the popular finnish band Cleavage.
On the site you can view pictures in a gallery, download
mp3's in good quality, write to cleavage in the forum or by
email and best of all... ITS ALL FREE!!!
Get Your Music Heard Around The World (added: 24-Jan-2005)
http://www.HearMyMusic.net
HearMyMusic.net is the place to hear live recording from
singers, rappers, musicians, poets, etc. from around the
world.
official website for divine MAGgees (added: 24-Jan-2005)
http://www.divinemaggees.com
divine MAGgees -- nontraditional female rock duo (Asheville,
NC): acoustic & electric guitar, acoustic & electric fiddle
and provocative vocal harmonies. mp3 downloads, video,
picts, bios, fan forum.....
ICON Magazine (added: 25-Jan-2005)
http://www.icon-magazine.com
ICON Magazine is an online publication as well as a music
community and search engine/directory that helps to network,
promote, and educate unsigned/independent artists/bands.
Free promotion for independent musicians (added: 25-Jan-2005)
http://www.musicforte.com
Independent musicians - Build and manage your fan-base with
our social network. Sell digital downloads and earn money.
Your mp3 music downloads will be indexed by Froogle for
wider exposure.
rotating leslie (added: 26-Jan-2005)
http://www.rotatingleslie.co.uk
Spikey Harmonic Rock
war within band page (added: 27-Jan-2005)
http://www.warwithin.tk/
Metal band looking for a record deal and good time.
Cheap Imitation (added: 31-Jan-2005)
http://www.cheapimitation.tk/
cornish 5 piece emo/post hardcore band.have 7 track e.p for
sale 'to fall is not to fail'
Czapla Music (added: 1-Feb-2005)
http://www.czaplamusic.com
Czapla Music specializes in Canadian contemporary jazz
recordings, guitar and bass lessons featuring high tech
studio with live to tape recordings, music curriculum,
transcibing, etc.
Vernal Tempest - Black Metal (added: 2-Feb-2005)
http://vernaltempest.cjb.net
Black Metal
JL Studios (added: 3-Feb-2005)
http://www.jlstudios.ca
Affordable 48 track recording studio specializing in Music
Production, Voice Over Recording, Multimedia Recording, and
Digital Media Services run by professionals.
Pierced Rock Band (added: 31-Jan-2005)
http://www.pierced.ca
Pierced is a new Canadian Rock band. Visit the site to
listen to music, read bios and lyrics, get event
information, view pictures, and contact the band.
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Fine Tuning
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Marc Gunn, Bard
P.O. Box 4067
Austin, Texas 78765
http://www.marcgunn.com <-- Bard Marc Gunn
http://www.thebards.net <-- Brobdingnagian Bards
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