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The New Rules of Writing Press Releases for Musicians
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Bard Marc Gunn
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Feb 20, 2006 18:31 PST
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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 Crier
- The New Rules of Writing Press Releases for Musicians
- Recommended Reading
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1. The Crier
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Greetings fellow musicians,
It's been a while since I've written, so I thought I'd send
a few of my favorite websites for music promotion.
CDBaby
http://www.cdbaby.net/
Sell your CDs online and get take advantage of their killer
digital distribution service.
SoundClick
http://www.soundclick.com/
Offer free MP3 downloads to your fans. You can now also sell
your MP3s through their website.
Sonicbids
http://www.sonicbids.com/
Electronic press kits.
Podsafe Music Network
http://music.podshow.com/
Podcasting is are the latest, greatest way to get your music
heard. The PMN was created by Adam Curry to your music out
to podcasts. Great site!
Diskfaktory
http://www.diskfaktory.com/
Duplicate CDs/DVDs in small quantities with full-color graphics.
Great customer service.
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2. Music Marketing Lesson
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The New Rules of Writing Press Releases for Musicians
by Marc Gunn
Read the full article online at
http://www.bardscrier.com/musicbiz/
When I first published The Bards Crier, I sent out a lot of
press releases; both for the Crier as well as for my band, the
Brobdingnagian Bards.
Well, somewhere on the way I got lazy. I stopped writing them.
That made it harder than ever to write them when next I needed
to.
As a result, I missed out on some big opportunities.
Two weeks ago, I sent out my first press release in probably a
year. Oy! The week after writing it and sending it PRWeb.com, I
had two radio interviews and three newspaper interviews for my
Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers CD.
Yeah. I know. That CD is P.R. bullet which is why I caught the
media attention. But it got me thinking that I need to get back
to writing more press release.
That's when I ran across David Meerman Scott's eBook "The New
Rules of PR." When do you write a press release?
The answer? All the time.
Press releases have evolved. They are no longer the static tool
sent via fax to specific editors. They can go out to tens of
thousands of readers worldwide with the click of a button. Once
they are published, they drive traffic to your website.
Course, if you're like me, you don't want to write press
releases. There's a solution for that too. Hire someone!
For as little $20 per press release, you can do what I did for
my Cat CD and hire someone to write the release for you. Or find
an aspiring writer and educate them on the process. They may do
it for less. You may need to educate them a wee bit.
Believe me, it is well worth the money to hire a professional
writer to get the traffic that will give your band that each
push up the music business ladder of success.
The New Rules of PR - Gift eBook from me to you
http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/documents/New_Rules_of_PR.pdf
Cedric, my Personal Press Release Writer
mailto:fith-@aol.com
Hire a Writer Website
http://www.elance.com/
Mi2N Music News
http://www.mi2n.com/
PRWeb.com
http://www.prweb.com/
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Bard Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards has helped 1000's
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
marketing and promotion advice by visiting www.bardscrier.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.bob-baker.com/af/bard.html
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/musicpromote/
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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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