Musicians Cooler: Where Musicians Trade Advice
Where Musicians Trade Advice Are you looking for more gigs, fans, exposure? A podcast by musicians for musicians. It's where Musicians Come to trade advice on everything from booking, giging, technology, technology, software, gear, and more. Moderated by David Jackson The Musicians Cooler Newsletter is where Musicians Come to Trade Advice
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Interactive Concerts Breed Intimacy
This is show 255 of the Musicians Cooler and originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today we got an email from Scott of the band megaphone and he talk about how he has created a new sites for band looking to get their music into the Rock Band Video game. You can find it at www.rockbandyourrockband.co …
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Focus on Your Strengths
I recently update a clubs website (www.northsideclub.com) after they came under new management. Now I did the old version of their website (you can see this on the from page of marketingmusician.com) but it was literally one of the first sites I ever did, and it looked like it. The owner was very ch …
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Song Manager For Bento
Today we talk with Paul Bordenkircher the man behind Song Manager For Bento. This software helps you organize your music publication efforts. Every detail key, tempo, genre, key, lyrics, and a general description of the track can be maintained in SongManager for Bento. It also records when your so …
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Inexpensive, Creative, Video Insights
Today we chat again with George Hrab. I saw some very cool, very creative videos that George has produced on pretty much a Zero budget. Brain Crack Dont let Brain Crack stop you from doing projects. What is Brain Crack? You have an idea in your head. You say, As soon as I get ___ or do ___ or ___ th …
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Bob Baker Book Secrets Work For Music Too! (REPOST)
Bob the buzz Factor Baker has done it again. First of all he is diversifying his audience. He is the Godfather of Music marketing, and now is taking the success he has experienced in books and teaching other authors how to be successful with his new book 55 Ways to Promote Your Book on the Internet. …
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Bob Baker Book Secrets Work For Music Too!
Bob the buzz Factor Baker has done it again. First of all he is diversifying his audience. He is the Godfather of Music marketing, and now is taking the success he has experienced in books and teaching other authors how to be successful with his new book 55 Ways to Promote Your Book on the Internet. …
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Is MySpace Dead?
This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Adam Hoek Twitter Band Adam Hoek is using Twitter to share his music. He has set up the Adam Hook Twitter Band. A place where musicians can work together to share tracks and build songs together. Find him on twitter at www.twitter.com/adamhoek and www. …
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The End of the Starving Artist
Today we have a chat with Miata Edoga the President of Abundance Bound a great website that teaches artist how to manage their money. Its got great free resources, as well as many different packages and best of all Payment plans to make them all affordable. Unlike other financial gurus who provide a …
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Promoting Your Band with Facebook and Twitter
Today we are thrilled to have another segment with George Hrab and this time George is talking about how he uses Twitter and Facebook. George is using Facebook as an area for Exclusive content and when it comes to twitter he has a great plan. Deliver great content that is occasionally mixed in with …
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Adding RSS to My Band’s Website
Paul Bordenkircher is looking for beta testers for his new software for songwriters at www.songmanagerforbento.com (paul at mesassand dot com to get involved). Dave King (www.davekingmusic.com) wants to add RSS to his normal (non blog) based website. He tried using Listgarden, but it still had issue …
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Portable MySpace Player
Today we talk about how to make a link to launch your myspace player. This question is from Kyle of www.myspace.com/weareaffinity To do this go to your myspace page. Click on the link in the upper right hand corner of the player that says pop out player A window will appear. Highlight and copy the l …
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Tales From the Road with George Hrab (repost)
Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this hilari …
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Tales From The Road with George Hrab
Today we learn great lessons about gigging from George Hrab (this is actually taken from his Geologic Podcast from July 23rd). This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com George (www.georgehrab.com) talks about a gig he did (as a drummer/percussionist) with a harpist doing jazz. In this helari …
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United Breaks Guitars
This show originates at www.musicianscooler.com Today I talk about a video that has has 2,565,069 in a WEEK. With this in mind, you should ALWAYS be on your best behavior as this one musician is now getting NATIONAL attention with his complaint about how an airline broke his Taylor guitar. For mor …
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CD Production on the Cheap
Kinaki,vs LuLu, vs Vervante Reviewed Sean G of http://www.learntodjfast.com/ had a great post about the differences between Kunaki, LuLu, and Vervante. In his example he was shipping for a full color DVD printing, DVD case, full color 1 panel insert, full cover case, cellophane wrapping, upc barco …
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Should I list My Music At This Site?
Today we start a conversation about what to look for when you see a site that wants you to list your music at their site. This show originates from www.musicianscooler.com Tales From the Road - Stage Thud Special tales from the road courtesy of Big Al and Mike at www.projectstudionetwork.com Strateg …
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Stories Sell More Music
Todays music marketing lesson comes from the band Casting Crowns. I went to their concert (not knowing who they were), and ended up buying their latest (third) cd. I also received a free book written by the lead singer. Well its been a year, and today I cracked the book. It has insanely personal sto …
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Paypal Micropayments increase profits by 23%
Paypal Micropayments Ive known about paypal micropayments for a while, but when I first heard about it, I didnt think you could switch from an old paypal account to a new micropayment. Now you can. Whats the difference? Standard Paypal Fees PayPal charged a minimum transaction fee of 30 cents plus 2 …
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Promoting Your Promotion
Promoting Your Band Via Facebook One way to communicate with your fans is by creating a fan page. This is near the bottom of the page with advertisements. Fan pages you can communicate with an unlimited number of fans. If you make a group there is a limit (so pages is better than groups). Promoting …
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Christian Strategies II
Today we continue looking into what its like to run a Christian band. We talk with Scott Walton who explains what it was like to be in a Christian band, but there are some down sides (like having people presume that you will ALWAYS play for free. What Does Dave Look Like? After receiving some constr …
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