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Easy Gigs Around the Globe at No Cost to You
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Bard Marc Gunn
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Jun 10, 2005 07:27 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
- Easy Gigs Around the Globe at No Cost to You
- Recommended Reading
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1. The Crier
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I did it!
Greetings fellow musicians,
Two days ago, I submitted my resignation. For the past five years,
I've written this newsletter telling musicians to "live the dream"
of being a full-time musician. I will start living my dream starting
July 9th, 2005.
If you read my article on "Passive Income for Musicians", you'll know
that not all my income will not be from the Brobdingnagian Bards. That
will cover about half. The other half is from a mix of product streams
I created to supplement my income.
Passive Income for Musicians
http://bardscrier.com/musicbiz/2004/10/passive-income-for-musicians-my-top.shtml
In fact, I hope to finally release a compilation of Bards Crier
articles within the next couple o'months. The book is nearly done.
Since I've thought about if for several years now, I am really excited
to nearly complete the project.
But the biggest income comes from completing our eigth CD,
"Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales". The album is due out next month.
It features a fun mix of Irish folk and filk.
Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales
http://www.celticmusic.org/Brobdingnag_Fairy_Tales.shtml
In fact, I am looking for bands, primarily Celtic, comedy, novelty,
and folk groups who would like to be a part of an exciting,
first-of-its-kind music promotion for this CD. If you think you fit
the bill, email me. mailto:ma-@thebards.net?subject=BFT_CD_Promo
Thank you all for all of your support. I appreciate you reading the
ezine, telling your friends, and bandmates, and supporting my
sponsors.
Slainte! (that's Gaelic for "Cheers")
- Marc Gunn, Bard
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2. Music Marketing Lesson
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Easy Gigs Around the Globe at No Cost to You
by Marc Gunn
Read the full article online at
http://www.bardscrier.com/musicbiz/
I got an email from a fan asking if we were performing at the North
Georgia Celtic Festival this year. Unfortunately, we contacted the
festival. They were having trouble finding sponsors this year and
couldn't fit us in their budget. I understand that. However, Lady Red
asked a fascinating question that got me thinking perhaps there is
another way.
Did you watch "Star Trek Enterprise" at all? I'm a huge fan. It was
recently cancelled after four seasons, but the fans wouldn't let it
die. When Paramount said,"No. We won't take donations from fans", the
fans created a corporation called TrekUnited. Together, the "business"
raised over three million dollars in just sixty days to sponsor a
fifth season. Ultimately, Paramount turned down the money. The
organization still lives on and continues to push for a full seven
seasons for the show.
That anecdote came to mind when Lady Red asked, "How much money would
we have to raise for the budget to get you to the N. GA festival?"
Wow! What a brilliant idea!
Imagine if Your fans did a tenth of what Star Trek fans are doing for
"Enterprise". No festival would be out of reach. You could perform
ANYWHERE in the world, get well-paid, make your fans happy, and make
the festival happy too.
Thanks to Street Teams this may not even be unreasonable. Find someone
to coordinate the promotion. Ask your fans to sell tickets to the
event, or sell your CDs to friends to pay for travel expenses. Suggest
they each pledge a certain amount of money to make it possible. Tell
them to take up collections at special events like at your CD
listening party.
Or even better, have them find an organization to sponsor your band
to play at the festival.
"Enterprise" may have a much bigger following than you do. But with a
little creative music marketing, you can take your band on a road trip
around the world at no cost to your pocket book!
North Georgia Celtic Festival
http://www.emeraldrose.com/ngcf/
TrekUnited
http://www.trekunited.com/
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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_promotion1/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_promotion1/jump.cgi?ID=16
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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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