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Now testimonials have got a wonderful reputation, generally…well see for yourself, this is one individuals view of this actual article:
“Wow, I didn’t realise how simple it may be to implement this music marketing technique!” R.G, Chicago.
What is the problem with this? Well for one, it’s made up. I just done it. And two…who on earth is R.G?
Now this is what I automatically think of when I go through any web site, be it musical or not. The problem comes in the fact that most testimonials are just too distant.
Sure people could put a Web address down and even a picture. It does actually endorse a huge amount. It makes you less distant, and now more reliable. However,  all of us  are now in the 21st Century and our selling techniques should really keep up with the technology on offer.
The technology? That’s Flash. Now I have said in the past that a Website should n’t be made out of Flash…with the main reason being the search engines won’t pick it up. But Flash is such a simple tool that it must be integrated into our Websites for us to stand a slightest opportunity of selling anything.
So what do  all of us  need to do?
1st up is to actually embed Flash into our web sites so that it’s simple to work, like ably free, looks wonderful, simple to session up and more than anything…fool proof for the user.
Now I have searched high and low for a flash player that meets those demands (I could n’t tell you how a lot of I have downloaded), and I have found one. Now I think that it’s a traversty that this software hasn’t been shouted about.
You need a player- MP3 or Video (which may be found at this address: www.jeroenwijering.com. All you need to do is download either a movie player, or an MP3 player, upload the numerous players components to your web site, upload an MP3 or Flash movie file (FLV), then tell the wizard (which may be found at this address: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/extras/wizard.html) where everything is stored. It will automatically give you the code. You copy and then paste it in to the source section of your HTML where you want the player…and thats it.
Simple.
As a side note: You see  all of us  should do everything ourselves so that  all of us  are not reliant on any other service. Youtube has a habit of stopping videos overnight, their quality is poor and it looks like  all of us  are cheap. Sure use YouTube for traffic generation and generating leads, but I would not use it to sell on my web site – it is not professional only if you are selling DVDs or software. Doubts will go into customers minds about your products quality…and the sale will walk away. There are furthermore dedicated movie web sites that charge per month…but  all of us  want to decrease our money output. So what do  all of us  do?
So the best way is to be clever at the start and buy a Web hosting package that is cheap yet plentiful. Just be careful about your monthly bandwidth. Most hosting organizations now offer incredible bandwidth solutions/ month so you should n’t worry about that. I’m with Superb Internet Hosting who give me bandwidth of 750GB/ month…which is more than ample and at a normal hosting price. I do not need specific video hosting, poor quality free hosting and I do not need to pay anymore cash…bargain!
Anyway what do  all of us  actually do with our Flash players?
Ahh, I’m glad that you asked. Now this is what your competition are not doing. You see you could record customers reactions to your music (especially at a concert ) and place these as testimonials.
Promote performances by recording previous concert s/ gigs. Then question some of the goers before and following to see what they think? Promise them a free ticket, T-Shirt, compact disc  etc for their trouble. If you get some bad reviews (which could happen), edit them out.
If you are friendly with your testimonial makers, why not get them to do a short piece on your stuff? Only a handful (literally) of web sites have done this. Completely novel- they have interviewed buyers of the product to see what they think. Now that “nobody testimonial” has become a an individual. It doesn’t matter now who they are. How influential is that style of testimonial? It generates thousands of sales weekly for some web site s.
You should be using the Flash players to play your music (please no decrease d quality or 1 minute play versions). Now I have better my sales by well over 100 % by doing this technique. Throughout my texts I have placed an MP3. So instead of having a bulk amount of MP3s in one place – where they could readily be forgotten, I have placed them throughout and leveraged the same session of MP3s to a better advantage.
The Flash players should be used to interview your group or yourself. Because the Web is so faceless, adding a “face” to your web site stimulates your credibility ten-fold. If you are the head of the company/ web site, have you on your sales pages stating what you are actually selling- pointing out rewards to the customer, backing up your text.
If you do not like what you look like, the Flash players should be used to play your voice to endorse and direct people into making the proper decision.
Got a video or DVD? Flash player it at a reasonable size and quality to demonstrate what you have. Sales will increase with a demo of what you have.
Always recall though, that some people do not want to sit down and listen to you stating what you may be done. They want to see what may be done… that is the difference. If you play the guitar…Flash player yourself playing a certain specific style on one page and another style on another page. Therefore if I want to know how to make Flamenco music I do not want to see loads of other styles before you get to mine. Do not speak the specific style, just play it (and make it sound cool, vibrant and listenable).
So as you could see, there are a huge amount of scope for Flash players and they should be right up there with your top music marketing strategies.

In this article we’re going to review one of the greatest concerts in the history of modern music, the Concert For

Bangladesh.

The Concert For Bangladesh was held on August 1, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in the greatest city in the world, New York.

To the youth of the time it was just another concert. But as history goes, it may very well go down as one of the greatest

events in mankind’s.

The brains behind the concert was ex Beatle, George Harrison, who had become very much into causes after the group split up.

In this case, the cause was the people of Bangladesh, who were literally starving to death. The concert was put on in the

hopes of bringing some hope to a dying region of the world.

Bangladesh had a troubled history. The events leading up to this concert are as follows.

In 1969 General Yahya Khan assumed power in Pakistan. His goal was to put an end to end the dictatorship and start a

democracy. In December of the following year the League of Bangladesh won a huge victory. It became the largest party in

Pakistan. But Kahn was unwilling to allow a power shift to Bangladesh. So the results of the election were ignored and a

reign of terror was unleashed in Bangladesh to eliminate the opposition to Kahn. It is estimated that over 1 million people

were murdered. This was the greatest atrocity since Hitler and the Jews. The ones who escaped to India suffered terrible

starvation, among other things. Thus, the reason for the concert.

It all started with a call that George Harrison made to Ringo Starr, another ex Beatle. He then made another call to Leon

Russell. Both agreed to come to the East Coast for the concert. After those calls, others were made to business managers, the

Garden itself and everyone and anyone Harrison could think of to be of assistance.

The list of performers were as long as King Kong’s right arm. At the top of the list was Eric Clapton, who had played with

George Harrison while with the Beatles on tunes like “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which was played at the concert itself.

Another friend of Harrison’s, Billy Preston, who played on the Beatle’s big hit “Get Back” was also there. At the concert

itself Preston played “That’s The Way God Planned It.”

A group that was up and coming at the time, Badfinger, was also in attendance. They were supposed to be the next Beatles,

actually founded by the Beatles and also on Apple Records. At the concert Badfinger served as a backing band and didn’t play

any of their original material.

Rounding out the all star cast was the great Bob Dylan, who sang many tunes including his signature tune “Blowin’ In The

Wind.”

The Concert for Bangladesh was not just a concert. It was an event. One that will never be forgotten and one that hopefully

will never come again.

Ideally each page of your web site should serve a specific purpose. The main purpose of the sales page for your cd is to sell the cd.
If have a page with Google Adsense, the main purpose is to generate money by to get people to click on the advertisement. If its not an important part of the process, do not load up the page with unnecessary things like animations or sounds. This will only distract visitors from achieving the task laid out for them, ie. buying your product.
Following are some suggestions to include in your web site and the main purpose of each.
1) Main Page – The main pages is a general landing page to funnel visitors to diverse areas of your web site. Start a apparent and simple navigation process linked to the other pages of your web site. *If you use Javascript for navigation, place text link at the bottom. This ensures that search engines will be able to spider your web site properly. You could furthermore use this page to feature your cd, music samples and other offer s.
2) Order Page(s) – Start a sales letter for each item that your are selling. Tomorrow we’ll go over some copywriting suggestions to build a successful order page.
3) Press Releases – This section is where visitors could read 3rd event articles published about you, rising your credibility and exposure.
4) Contact Information – This is so people could get a hold of you to book shows, ask questions about products, collaborations, interviews or other opportunities (you never know). Include as much contact information as possible, like your phone, cell, mailing address, email etc.
5) Privacy Policy – Complies with privacy laws if your are collecting any of information about your customers/visitors. This furthermore endorses to build trust and people will give their information more freely. Here’s a link to a privacy policy generator. http://www.the-dma.org/privacy/creating.shtml
6) Electronic Press Kit – This is where you refer the media to readily download an information package about you. Here’s some suggestions on what you could include:
*Biography
*Demo tunes
*Pictures
*Reviews/Testimonials
*Sideshow Of Photos
*Video or Film Footage (Windows Media or Quicktime format)
Start a biography with pictures in .pdf format and make it available for download. You could use the Writer program contained in the free Open Office Suite http://www.openoffice.org to do this. Open then program type (or paste) in your biography and insert pictures. When your done go to File > Export As PDF.
7) Lyrics – Allows fans to get more familiar with your music. furthermore adds content to your web site which will get pick ed up by the search engines if it has an incoming link form your main page or somewhere else.
Biography – On your bio page sections fans read about you and see your pictures. A sideshow of your photos sometimes adds a wonderful touch.
9) Concert Listings/News – Keep your fans and web site visitors updated with the latest news about your concert s/shows, interviews, appearances ond other topics of interest.

It is hard to find a human being who does not like music. It is a real magic which remove all the pain and tension from mind

and body. To feel the magic people go to concerts. These places are like heaven for people who have a good ear for class

music. The beauty of concert is timeless and nothing can replace its environment and zeal. Many concert lovers want to keep

the same magic in their homes and that is why these days concert posters are very famous.

What you can not find anywhere else, you can find over the Internet. It is the biggest market place these days. If you want

to buy some concert posters, then you can search them on various sites where you can choose, compare and buy posters of your

choice. Can these posters reflect the same magic that a concert does? You can answer it if you have ever been to a musical

concert. Everything about it is hypnotic. The music, the singers, the orchestra and also the audience.

Everything about a concert is enchanting. And it is true that concert posters can not reflect that kind of magic. But for a

hardcore fan of the band Eagles, an attractive poster of the same singing ‘Hotel California’ is more than a magic. It can be

very suave and nostalgic. And to feel this kind of charm people are buying concert posters. These are beautiful art pieces

with real photographs of great musicians. Online shopping is the best option to collect these stuff. It can also offer

posters of cars, bikes, animals, movie actors, cartoons, musical legends or sports stars.

These posters decorate homes, shops and showrooms. Concert posters of the musical geniuses are available which are

fascinating posters on good-quality glossy papers. Be it Ash, Bob Dylan, Curtis Stigers, Eagles, David Bowie, Eurock, Elvis

Costello, Lloyd Cole or Heather Nova to name a few, you can find posters of almost every concert legend on the Internet. So,

bring your musical hero with the whole environment to your home and feel its beauty.

With the major labels focusing on quick returns rather than artist development and the arrival of downloading music On-line, the traditional record company/artist relationship has become blurred to the point of being obsolete.
Nowadays, being independent has real perks.
How a lot of times have you heard or read somewhere that the Web has vary d the face of the music business forever? I would love a dollar for everytime I heard it.
However, it’s true and there are a number of reasons for this. Two that spring into mind are that:
1. A traditional record company/artist relationship is optional and not a necessity. You could do your all music sales and performer promotion On-line cutting out all of the ‘middle people ‘.
2. web sites could turn an artist with a local/regional fans into an artist with an international fans. As the Web is not ‘owned’ by any one entity the playing field is a lot more even.
To me, being an independent artist means that you are the one driving the bus and being in control over your own affairs.
A lot of skill ed musicians and performing songwriters around the world are at this truly moment waiting for that knock at the door, the opportunity to ‘get discovered ‘. What is like ly to happen is that they will spend their creative lives being truly disappointed.
If you are reading this and feel that this is you, contemplate this…
Where do you think you would be if you managed your career yourself rather than wait for an individual (or some company) to do it for you?
There are a lot of web sites out in cyberspace that are there to endorse you take control over your career by spreading practical information about performer promotion and the indie music business as a whole, take advantage of these web sites and go to as a lot of as you can
Embrace independence today and capture control over your own musical affairs.

Will Hannah Montana costumes be a rare thing to find this Halloween? They might be if you don’t get in early… Here’s why:

Hannah Montana concert tours have been selling out wherever Miley Cyrus performs, her songs are all over the radio, her

television show is a smash hit and she has gained a huge following of fans – truly achieving Rock Star status… Lets face

it, Hannah has become nothing short of a phenomenon! Especially among the pre-teen age group of girls who are close to her

age of 15.

Why? Simply because in the television show Miley Cyrus plays the part of a girl who has been a talented young musician from a

very young age, and she also performs as a rock star. This very story line has been responsible for inspiring millions of

pre-teen girls who now also want to be a rock star, just like Hannah!

Make no mistake, this has truly captured the imagination of a generation of young girls who all aspire to achieving the same

success now being enjoyed by Miley Cyrus… Simply put, just about every young girl now has the dream of becoming just like

her!

This has lead to skyrocketing interest in everything to do with Hannah. Just look at how her concert tickets have sold out

wherever she has performed. So you can be assured that the competition for wearing the best Hannah Montana costumes will be

fierce this Halloween!

There was no doubt in my mind that my 12 year old daughter was going as Hannah this year for Halloween, she has truly become

obsessed with dressing up and trying to look as much like her as she possibly can (along with every other pre teen girl who

watches television). This means I have to make sure that she has simply the best costume to wear to Halloween this year… I

simply could not bear to see the disappointment on her face again if I didn’t get her a Hannah Montana costume, God knows it

nearly broke my heart when we missed out on the concert tickets!

Just as the demand for her concert tickets has run hot, the demand for Hannah Halloween costumes is also starting to run hot.

Wise parents of Hannah fans might take a lesson from the high demand for the concert tickets, and step in early to make sure

they secure a costume for Halloween while stocks last.

Just to make sure that we didn’t miss out again, my daughter and I have already bought her costume for this Halloween.

We literally scoured the internet for the best quality costumes at the best prices and my daughter made a website to share

with others the best place to find your Halloween costume for this trick or treat season.

Visit this website to discover the best source of high quality and low cost Hannah Montana costumes available this Halloween.

(For the purpose of this article I’m going to make a couple of assumptions before I go any further. They are that you have a little bit of vocal or musical instrument knowledge and that you furthermore have a fledgling network of companions and contacts)
Starting up a performer is a truly inspiring time in a musicians life. There’s a fine balance of nervous anticipation and the fear of the unknown that follows the whole process.
A performer has a diverse dynamic than working as a solo artist. There are other people involved, other personal ities, other strengths and weaknesses in character and abilities and because of this it’s really important that you have several things worked out before you start looking for performer members.
1. Have a wonderful idea of your own strengths and weaknesses
The performer members that you want to get will need to be around the same level of competence as you are. The main reason for this is that you could all grow together rather than have one or two musicians carrying everybody else. This kind of player imbalance causes doubt in the group and doubt is one of the major killers of bands.
2. Know beforehand how the performer is going to be run
Is the performer going to be run by you or the whole group? The personal ity types of the musicians that you pick will need to be agreeable to the way the performer is going to be run.
3. What instrumentation is the performer having in its lineup?
This is mainly determined by the type(s) of music that you want to play but having an idea of what musicians you are looking for will be of amazing endorse.
It’s now time to hunt down some performer members
4. Ask your network of companions and/or contacts
This is always a wonderful place to start. Ask everybody that you know or come into contact with. If you do not have much of a circle of companions and/or contacts this will be a amazing opportunity to broad n it. This is one of the reasons why networking in the industry is so important, for opportunitys such as this.
Having a musician referred to you has a much better opportunity of working than one that comes from an advertisement. This leads me onto my next point.
5. Post an advertisement
Having said that I have had made some amazing contacts from musicians enquiring from a ‘muso wanted’ ad. The key to effective ads is that they need to be concise, to the point, not too lengthy and put in places where musicians are truly like ly to see it and read it like in a music shop, a local/regional music magazine or a music classifieds web site.
A sample ‘ musician wanted’ advertisement could read something like this:
BASS PLAYER WANTED
To join folk/rock band
Influences include
Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Counting Crows
Some experience like red
Own gear and transport essential
Interested?? Give me a call
Corey – (put home and/or cell telephone  number here)
As you could see, the ad is apparent in its intention.
It apparent ly states the musician wanted, the kind of music the performer is playing, what the music could sound like and that the performer has some experience behind it. Ensure you have a apparent contact name and phone numbers (if you want to include an email address as well that is cool).
Do not put in stuff like ‘work waiting’ or ‘no time was ters please’. You could judge those sort of things yourself when an interested musician contacts you.
Once you have done that the waiting game begins.

Buying front row concert tickets used to mean packing a cooler, a sleeping bag (and sometimes a 12 pack of beer… depending

on the event) and being ready to wait in line for hours… sometimes days… in order to ensure that you were one of the very

first to purchase tickets so that you could get great seats.

The advent of online ticket sales has changed this tradition greatly… to the dismay of some and to the great joy of others.

Nowadays, when tickets to a concert go on sale, rather than a great surge of bodies trying to jam through a couple of front

doors, many front row concert tickets are obtained by the simple click of a mouse that happens to occur milliseconds after

the “virtual box office doors” are flung open.

This new era in event ticket sales has made it harder for the average “fan” to obtain front row seats… or even main floor

seats for that matter, and many prospective ticket buyers that were not fortunate enough to be in front of a computer within

the 2 minutes that the tickets were available for sale get left with no tickets at all.

There are some positives to this new method of purchasing concert tickets however… one must simply understand the dynamics

of the situation, and arm themselves with the knowledge of putting free tools to work for them.

Since many prospective concert goers realize that their only chance at finding good seats is to purchase tickets online right

away, they tend to make the purchase regardless of whether they know for sure whether they will be able to attend or if they

truly will want to attend at all. This provides an excellent opportunity for “deal hunters” online.

Luckily, for these online “deal hunters” free tools have been created to make the task of locating sold out concert tickets

for sale very easy. They also work for those seeking NFL season tickets, Nascar tickets, as well as several other categories

of event tickets.

The tools utilize a data feed of prominent ticket resellers to provide a ‘real-time’ listing of all the available sold out

concert tickets for sale. Prospective ticket buyers may search by artist, sports team, city or concert venue in order to find

exactly what they are looking for.

Front-Row-Tickets.net is a great example of a truly innovative tool that comes to the rescue for many, and doesn’t cost a

single penny to use…. it sure beats waiting in line for 12 hours!

Most people would say the 1st thing to do is to find a name for the band. Lets start from there s hall we??
The auditions are over, you have found your bass player and you all seem to get along really well. The excitement is in the air and you have had your 1st performer bonding celebration.
Now its time to start your musical journey together.
Personally, I think that finding a performer name is THE hardest decision that the performer will ever have to make and and so one of the most important decisions as well.
A performer name is a truly important part of the artists identity. It’s the 1st point of contact a punter has with the band.
I cannot recall how a lot of times people have raved about a performer to me but cannot tell me the name when I ask them. Right there is the was ted opportunity for a band. It frustrates me no end.
This is a best example of how extremely important a performer name is.
The performer name is the 1st thing that a punter will recall. They won’t address the performer by the names of the individuals in it when they talk to their companions (unless they’re personal companions of yours) they will address the performer by its name.
The best way to find a performer name is through sheer persistance. Finding a performer name that is agreeable by everybody is not an simple task.
Here are some performer name event suggestions:
1. Get every member to write down their own list of potential performer names
This may be the 1st task that the performer could do collectively. session a date for the 1st performer meeting and betwixt now and then do that task.
2. Make brainstorming performer names the topic of your 1st ever performer meeting
When everybody gets together put all of the lists out on the table and go through each one keeping to one side the names that ’strike a chord’ (sorry about the pun) with all of you and getting rid of the rest.
As a group try brainstorming some ideas. This is a amazing way to start formulating what the performer is all about, what its image is etc, etc.
3. Establish a competition among all your companions /family/anyone else via email
This is a amazing way to start compiling the beginnings of your artists email list. List all of your companions /family/anyone else that you want to include and their email addresses and compile them all into one mailing group. Send out an email outlining the competition and be ready for the suggestions to come flooding in.
It’s important to have a cut off date for the competition (perhaps by your 1st performer meeting) and to have a prize on offer. Of course the prize is totally up to you.
Ensure that when you do find a performer name that you announce it through your email group. You have just started email promotion of your band.
Whatever you do have fun with the process and do not let the quest to find a performer name override the other things that you have to do such as writing tunes and finding rehearsal space.
I guarantee that once you have agreed on a performer name you will all collectively breathe a huge sigh of relief. The hardest part of the journey has been achieved.

the internet can be a great place to buy tickets. Just shop around and keep your eyes open for deals. Do read the fine print

and stick with sites that offer basic security and the cost savings can be incredible.

I am going to give you my quick and easy recipe for buying concert tickets online.There are only a few steps and it is a

cinch on you know how

Smart shoppers can even find ticket deals directly from those who have purchased tickets they’ll be unable to use. The

savings can be incredible.
Some basic tips are to not buy outside the stadium from someone on the street. There is no way to find them again once the

ticket is found to be a fake. Especially since these are cash transactions. Find out if the person is a licensed ticket

broker. Many states require this provision, which helps the consumer in the end. Legitimacy is the name of the game, and as

many ways that you can check on the broker, the better.

The National Association of Ticket Brokers offers consumers assurance that they are dealing with a reliable broker. NATB

membership is displayed on the Website of member-brokers, and offers the support of an additional place to file complaints if

something goes awry.
Another sign to look for on sites is the VeriSign Secured ,Verified by Visa™ , Mastercard SecureCode™. This is one type of

security rating that assures purchasers of the safety of their transaction.. Protect yourself from counterfeit tickets and

scam artists. Don’t pay with cash, use a licensed broker with a reputable site, and make sure the site you choose is secure.