Some Pretty Darn Clever Self Promo (great Example) |
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Apr 3 2014, 02:48 AM |
There is a project called THE GHOST SHIP OCTAVIOUS coming out with a CD at some point and it's a textbook in very clever marketing and getting word about your music to the people. This band that I"d never heard of, all the sudden is all over my social media. They did it by getting some KILLER famous guitar players to play guest spots on the new yet to be recorded songs (presumably by paying the guest soloists) and BOOM instant gravity!!
So Jeff Loomis and some of the other usual suspects are going to play on this once it gets actually written / recorded. But until then it's a clinic in how to get your next music project funded, and promoted using the tools of trades outside the "Music Biz" walls. or really, this is the new music biz https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/136884...ius-debut-album |
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Apr 4 2014, 11:11 AM |
I wonder if people expect to see all of those live when they buy a ticket for a gig of this band
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Apr 5 2014, 11:55 AM |
Correct!! I forgot about the live gigs - I must admit though that it would be TOTALLY awesome to see those guys onstage rocking together even if it's just for one time only
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Apr 5 2014, 11:57 AM |
That is one evil line up!
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Apr 7 2014, 01:26 PM |
Seems a little odd to have Neil Kernon record, mix, produce and master the entire thing. Neil's a very good engineer and producer but I don't think he's ever claimed to be a mastering engineer. Even if he had it is just not a good idea to have the same person do all those different things.
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Apr 7 2014, 03:30 PM |
It's so difficult to stand up nowadays when you are just starting and ideas like this one can help to get some extra attraction by fans and press so I think that it's a good movement. We are now talking about them! it worked.
I'm not sure if I would use this idea since it affects too much to the musical side of a projectand it adds problem when you want to support it live and continue with a new album, but this idea should inspired everybody to think on fresh ways to reach more people with our music. -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 8 2014, 07:47 AM |
Ah, Todd, it was not them who put it The cover was SO bad, that someone in the audience filmed it and posted it. Now, this is self explanatory - enjoy the video:
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Apr 8 2014, 10:06 AM |
... In a perfect world right I"m guessing the budget is low and he offered a "bundle" price as many producer/engineers seem to be doing just to keep working. I know whay you mean Todd. Last time I spoke with him, which admittedly was 3 or so years ago, he charged over $30k+ to produce and mix an album plus incidentals costs (studio hire etc) had to be met by the client. So even if he's reduced his fees he isn't low budget. In all honesty if a client can afford the $30k plus then they can also afford to pay for separate mastering by a specialist.* In this particular case I'd say it's more to do with promotion and publicity about hiring a big name be the producer and engineer. Happens a lot in the industry - people pay big money to hire a 'name producer' and skimp on the rest, or worse still pay for a 'name' who has no real engineering background and whose 'name' is based on having been in a well known band. A little OT - most of us prefer to book and schedule work well in advance so we can arrange studio time efficiently. This one is odd as they can't go in to the studio until they have the crowd funding in place and that could be tomorrow, next week, next month, next year... Personally I wouldn't even pencil that project in to my diary as you just don't know when/if it will show . So i'd tell them to come back to me when they had ALL the money in place. *I was in London a few days back to talk with a name producer (can't say who at this stage) about an incoming job. His fee was a large part of the production budget and was way more than Neil's $30k. The budget for recording and mixing (at windmill) was more than $100k. Orchestra hire and incidentals was in at 50K (which personally I thought was too low but I'm not the producer). So the production budget without mastering was well over $200k. My fee for mastering this one is $3k (includes expenses for that meeting), so @ 1% of the production budget. This post has been edited by tonymiro: Apr 8 2014, 10:07 AM -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Apr 8 2014, 04:09 PM |
Out here, everybody and his/her brother 'crowd funds' their record (indie documnetary, children's book, etc.). Even that's starting to become oversaturated, tedious eyewash.
I know that a lot bands pay for the production costs themselves and do a kickstarter or indie go-go campaign in the hope that their costs will be off-set. *with kickstarter I believe you have to actually reach your goal to get the money and with indie go-go you keep what you get(?) Don't get me wrong, I think crowd funding is great but now once again you have to offer something that stands out amongst the rest. Hence the 'guest' artists. It seems there's a ton of need funding requests now in my FB feed and in my inbox. I don't pay attention to most of them. This post has been edited by klasaine: Apr 8 2014, 04:10 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Apr 8 2014, 04:45 PM |
Ah, Todd, it was not them who put it The cover was SO bad, that someone in the audience filmed it and posted it. Now, this is self explanatory - enjoy the video: I would say that this is a Dangerous version... -------------------- My lessons
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Apr 10 2014, 05:23 PM |
Don't even start me on why I think the Medici's as well the 'big' record companies were actually a great thing for art and artists as well - as culture in general.
It's old, it's dead and it's gone for now. On to the next. *This is just a 'statement'. My opinion. This post has been edited by klasaine: Apr 10 2014, 05:25 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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