The Murder Of Music, Think Before You Act |
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The Murder Of Music, Think Before You Act |
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Dec 9 2009, 04:18 AM |
My friend and an awesome neoclassical shredder Borislav Mitic has recently signed for Lion Music which is the metal label from Finland that also released my album.
Just before he released his new record he posted a very seirous story about "The Murder of Music" on the Lion Music's website. Some of other Lion Music artists (including me) also gave their input on this subject. CHECK IT OUT HERE! I would be interested to see comments on Borislav's text from GMC community. -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
www.emirhot.com www.myspace.com/emirhotguitar www.myspace.com/sevdahmetal |
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Dec 11 2009, 03:39 AM |
This is a perfect time to mention again that musicians that are succeeding now are using alternate promotion tools. Go look at Orianthi's career which took a HUGE swing up because after michael jackon's death she kept herself visible. Where?
Facebook and Twitter. I'm sure there's also a myspace following as well. Or you can look at pomplamoose (jack conte & his girlfriend) plying their trade, successfully, on youtube. They abandoned myspace and have doubled their following by covering popular (not necessarily "pop" but some of that too) songs on youtube so they'd show up in searches. Then you also get to see that "oh, they have some originals" and bam, they become featured. The lesson in all of that poorly-written monologue is that the WHOLE point is to look beyond the magazines of the 70's and 80's. They're not the only tool. -------------------- ::jafomatic
http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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Dec 11 2009, 04:02 AM |
This is a perfect time to mention again that musicians that are succeeding now are using alternate promotion tools. Go look at Orianthi's career which took a HUGE swing up because after michael jackon's death she kept herself visible. Where? Facebook and Twitter. I'm sure there's also a myspace following as well. Or you can look at pomplamoose (jack conte & his girlfriend) plying their trade, successfully, on youtube. They abandoned myspace and have doubled their following by covering popular (not necessarily "pop" but some of that too) songs on youtube so they'd show up in searches. Then you also get to see that "oh, they have some originals" and bam, they become featured. The lesson in all of that poorly-written monologue is that the WHOLE point is to look beyond the magazines of the 70's and 80's. They're not the only tool. I said I am not against internet promotion and distribution apart from some companies that are making money for doing nothing (if you read my previous post about Itunes). If you believe that what you've said can make an artist make a living of music by himself then try this: 1. Spend a year writting songs/lyrics/arrangements 2. Spend a month or two recording a demo for it 3. Spend 2 months rehearsing songs for the real recording 4. Call some good musicians to play on your real record and pay them (In my case I needed a good drummer and singer if I wanted some genuine rock stuff, because of these famous guys I actually sold something) 5. Find a good studio and spend another 3-4 months for the recording/mixing - and of course pay for it 6. Put your songs on Twiter, Youtube, Myspace etc... Please tell me after 2 years of hard work how much did you earn and how much did you spend? -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
www.emirhot.com www.myspace.com/emirhotguitar www.myspace.com/sevdahmetal |
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Dec 11 2009, 04:14 AM |
6. Put your songs on Twiter, Youtube, Myspace etc... They put covers on youtube, properly tagged, for marketing. They played and recorded everything themselves in their bedroom studios and they're selling mp3's of their originals through their own website. There's the way that those two (the pomplamoose folks) learned to embrace the new tools. Here's how I'd do it if I were you: 1. Sign up to do a few of the "famous song" lessons for GMC, especially shreddy ones that people would search for on youtube 2. Properly tag the videos that you copy to youtube 3. Frequently update the social networking feed of your choice with relevant stuff "In the studio recording new blah blah, here's a link to a pic of us jamming, blah blah" 4. more importantly, also update those streams with "we're going to be playing at such-and-such club this weekend." 5. Email jack conte and ask how he set up his one-page e-commerce site to sell his own music. 6. Do that. You have an edge on that Conte guy, in that you are a better trained musician and more able technician on your chosen instrment. He may have an edge (or two) in that he seems to have no day job and can play a ton of instruments. He has a small disadvantage that his girlfriend's voice gets really annoying after a few songs. The point is that they appear to have found a way to "make it" work. I'm sorry that they didn't go through the same amount of pain that you did. I respectfully disagree that your posted list is "the only way" but in any event, I really hope that I didn't tick you off. -------------------- ::jafomatic
http://jafomatic.net/tunes/ <-- Here lies the master collection of my collaboration and other improvisation recordings. |
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