Black Entertainment Blog

2008-10-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

Did OJ Simpson Get A Fair Trial

Almost 13 years to date of OJ Simpson acquittal for double homicide, OJ has been found guilty of 12 counts of robbery and kidnapping.Unfortunately for OJ he did not have the type of Legal Counsel he had 13 yrs ago.

Now don't get me wrong OJ may have committed the murders but in a society ran by laws and regulations one cant help but come to the conclusion that the American justice system has one way of dealing with blacks when it comes to criminal law in our society and another when dealing with whites in America.

Recent examples are the case of the Jena 6 were local prosecutors and the judge attempted to give 6 black minors 20yrs to life in prison for a simple school fight trying all 6 as adults with attempted murder charges.
When in fact the kid that was beat up was well enough to go to a high school party that same night.

In OJs case the injustices began immediately after being acquitted.

Soon after OJ was found guilty of being responsible for the same murders in civil court the same crimes he was found Innocent of in criminal court.

The civil conviction led to hampering OJ of being able to earn a living for the rest of his life for again a crime he was found Innocent of in criminal court.

After a few minor skirmishes with the law OJ finally did something dumb enough to have him face serious charges.

I feel OJ should definitely do some jail time for acting in mature and for being involved with the use of a gun 5YRS MAX, but the way the law works when blacks are involved especially black celebrities OJ is now facing 20yrs to life for a crime that is basically equivalent to armed robbery or or a civil disturbance with a gun involved.

Again I feel that it is highly possible that OJ may have committed the crimes he got off for.

My point is that every black American should be concerned when they see OJ facing 20yrs to life in prison for an offense that the law was designed to only give out 5yrs for.
We should all be asking the question WHO'S NEXT!

2007-09-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

Promote Your Band With Cool Promotional Products
by Gareth Parkin

Your band may have started out as a fun thing, but if you want your music making to be more than a hobby, promotion will become a part of your life. Promotional products and business gifts can give your band a leg up on the competition and help boost your band’s bookings and music sales off the charts.

More and more bands are taking their marketing into their own hands these days – and that means knowing a little bit about how to design promotions, choose promotional products and business gifts and create a long-range marketing plan. Here are a few of the ways that you can use promotional products as part of marketing your band and earning money doing what you love.

Leaflets and flyers are promotional products.
Many companies that specialize in promotional products employ professional design departments that can help you create outstanding flyers, leaflets and promotional postcards that you can use to publicize your band, concerts and bookings. Hand out promotional postcards before concerts and offer a discount at the door for admission to anyone handing one in.

Use promotional products to create additional income streams.
Put your band on a t-shirt, visor, cap or promotional mugs and sell them at concerts and appearances, as well as offering them from your band’s myspace or web page. You get double benefits when you sell promotional items, especially those that “travel” with their buyers. First, you get income from the sales. Second, and perhaps more importantly, you get more exposure – of the most valuable kind. When fans wear or carry promotional products and advertising gifts with your band’s name, logo or photos on them, they’ll be telling others that they LIKE your music and publicizing it. Fan recommendations are the highest form of praise – and the most effective type of publicity you can get.

Order promotional products for special events and parties.
Attending a battle of the bands or holding a release party for a new CD? You’ll need banners, paper products and promotional giveaways for the fans that attend. Fun and celebration go hand in hand with promotional products – balloons, Frisbees, bracelets and other fun toys can be imprinted with your band name and/or logo and go home with your fans. Add in t-shirts for attendees and every person who wears one will be publicizing your band or event.

Hand out promotional products for other giveaways.
Radio station play can make or break a band – and radio DJs are always looking for novel and interesting ways to engage their listeners. You can garner extra publicity by handing over a dozen printed mugs, promotional pens or t-shirts to radio stations for them to use as prizes in trivia contests and the like. Again, you’ll get double exposure – first you get the radio exposure, then you get the visibility when your promo products are used by their recipients.

There are many ideas for unique promotions and publicity events that you can use with promotional products to publicize your band. For more ideas, contact a sales representative for a company that specializes in promotional products.

For additional information on advertising gifts, corporate gifts or promotional items then why not check out the leading promotional gift suppliers online today and start to make big savings.

Gareth Parkin is the co-founder of Ideasbynet, the UK's leading online promotional products, promotional items and business gifts company based in the north of England. Established in 2001, he has taken the UK gift market by storm by the application of modern business thinking and the latest search engine marketing techniques.

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BRITNEY SPEARS VMA 2007 (Uncensored)

2007-09-11T21:15:00.000-07:00

Promote Your Music With Myspace
By Brandon Robertson

It’s 2007 and the internet and other technologies are having a huge impact on our world as musicians. Promoting your music and yourself or group has become easier and more effective than ever. Distributing your music has also become easier and more profitable than ever. But not every musician is aware of the new technologies available to them, nor have they kept up on the developing trends and upcoming changes. In 2007 and beyond, we’re only going to see more reliance upon digital technologies and the internet to promote ourselves and sell our music. As for promoting ones self, there are numerous ways to do it online. For local promotions, it’s still effective to hand out flyers and spread the word-of-mouth, but you still need an online presence to promote your music. If you’re trying to gain the attention of potential new fans local and beyond, you must get involved with some online promotion. Myspace is the best place on the internet to promote your musical project. It has the largest network of users interested and/or involved with music in the world. It’s easy to get friends on there and very simple to send out mass bulletins to your fans so they know when your next shows are, where they are, and whatever else you might want to promote, including new music you’ve just released. If you don’t have a Myspace page (or several) for your musical project, then you are really missing out. Having a Myspace page is practically mandatory these days, and you must get one ASAP if you’re still don’t have one. The first question a fan will ask you is “What’s your myspace page?” It used to be, “Do you have a Myspace page?,” but anymore it is expected that you have one. Don’t let down your fans, go to Myspace and sign up, but first, read the rest of this article so you don’t make any foolish mistakes. There are a few little known tricks to working Myspace properly to get the most out of it, so listen up as I share those with you. When you get a profile with Myspace, make sure you sign up for an “Artist Profile,” otherwise you won’t be able to upload your songs onto your page and your page won’t be setup right to promote yourself. To do that, go to www.myspace.com, and once there, click on the small link on the upper right hand area of the page that says “Music.” Once you are at that page, click on the link in the upper right hand area that says “Artist Signup.” Just follow the instructions from there and your account will be setup in seconds. That’s just the beginning though. After you’ve setup your artist profile, you should really setup another profile as a normal account. This is the main type of profile available on Myspace, and is easy to find once you go to their main webpage. The reason you want to do this is so that you have maximum exposure and flexibility for promoting your project on Myspace. Each of the two account types have different abilities within the Myspace realm. These abilities limit some of the things you’re able to do, and when you have an account of each type for your musical project, you will have the ability to do anything possible within the Mypace realm. The features of each account have only grown more different over the years and I expect this trend to continue, so be sure to get a normal profile now if you don’t already have on. If you didn’t know already, Myspace has recently added the ability to block friend requests from bands. This really hurt a lot of bands and groups as far as promoting on Myspace goes, but you can completely work around this problem just by creating a second normal profile to reach people who have blocked friend requests from artists. Not to mention, you will get a lot more fans by showing up in the search and browse results as an artist and as a “normal profile.” It’s quite likely that you’ll be able to double your friend requests by doing this. Once you have your normal profile, be sure to promote your artist profile on there so people will add you as a friend on both profiles and get a chance to listen to more of your music. Also, be sure to add a song to your normal profile from the songs you uploaded on your artist profile, that way this page is also very clearly promoting your music. If you know html code, create a direct link within your normal profile that people can click on easily and immediately to access your artist profile and become your Myspace friend. If you don’t know html code, just look up “create html link” on a search engine to get the html code you need to create such a link. Now listen up, because here’s one of the most overlooked tricks for taking full advantage of Myspace. A lot of musicians have their own website. This can be useful, but it’s not really necessary with Myspace. There are many advantages to using Myspace rather than using a website. Myspace is free and is within the biggest and best network for promoting your music. It also allows you to permanently befriend thousands of people on this network and communicate with them easily and conveniently for promotions and other reasons. Lastly, your fans are probably accustomed to using Myspace and understand how to search within it and to get the most information from your page. They don’t have to try to figure out how your website works and hope they find what they’re looking for in relation to your music. And because of this, you’re more likely to gain fans and get their attention. But taking full advantage of Myspace is difficult when your web address (URL) is a Myspace address. Not only are many of the names you may want already taken, but it’s hard to verbally tell people your web address and have them remember it. The trick is to buy a domain name and redirect so that when people enter your web address, they land on your Myspace account page. A lot of people don’t realize this is possible, nor how cheap, easy and powerful this trick is. It’s totally worth buying a domain name to do this. It costs less than $10 per year to register a domain and if you get it from Enom or GoDaddy, they can help you redirect the domain to your Myspace if you don’t know what you’re doing. Having a domain is a more professional way to promote your music and it’s much easier to communicate to your fans. These tricks have proven extremely effective for me and I’m sure they’ll work for you too. Make sure you do this right away. Brandon Robertson is "The Home Recording Guy." Sponsor of The Independent Musician Source. As a studio owner and veteran musician he's an expert at making great sounding recordings in home environments and on a low budget. He's teaching musicians all of the world how cheap and easy it is to record themselves and avoid wasting time and money at recording studios. His love of independent music has driven him to do whatever he can to support DIY and independent musicians everywhere. He's the author of two current books that every musician should read or listen to, including "The Ultimate Home Recording Guide For Anyone On Any Budget," and "The 22 Proven Secrets For Saving Tons Of Money When Buying Music Equipment." His books are available at: http://www.Guide.EasyRecordingHelp.com He also has a Free Audio mp3 Course that every musician should hear about promoting, recording and distribution available at http://www.Your.MusicianPartner.com Home site: http://www.IndependentMusicianSource.com

50 Cents Catches Bootleggers

2007-08-17T19:13:00.000-07:00

VICK VS THE SYSTEM

Was Micheal Vick of the Atlanta falcons dogfighting maybe
but i think the big issue here is how the media is treating this case and the terms Virginia lawmakers are attempting to get Micheal Vick to accept before he has been proven guilty
The Virginia prosecutors are offering Vic the kinda of deals
that middle and lower class blacks get all the time.

Basically we wont prosecute you and give you 10 to fifteen
yrs instead accept 2 to 5 yrs.

In most cases with the lower class or those who cannot afford an attorney, the thought of spending 10 to 15
yrs or more of your life incarcerated is a great motivator to accept 2-5 yr plea bargains.

More so when the only legal rep you have is a public pretender telling you the whole time to take the deal.

But wait a minute this is Micheal Vick star QB of a
NFL team making millions a yr, in most cases a good
lawyer and fine money would be enough
but in this case the VA prosecutors are using a tried and true method for incarcerating black Americans.

Kobe Bryant Talking Big Sh*@t About Andrew Bynum

2007-01-16T10:15:00.000-08:00

HOW TO GET FREE RADIO ADVERTISING
(for your Record Label)

The greatest expense you're going to incur in promoting your record label is your advertising.

You have to advertise. Your record label cannot grow and flourish unless you advertise. Advertising is the "life-blood" of any profitable business. And regardless of where or how you advertise, it's going to cost you in some form or another.

Every successful business is built upon, and continues to thrive, primarily, on good advertising. The top companies in the world allocate millions of dollars annually to their advertising budgets. Of course, when starting from a garage, basement or kitchen table, you can't quite match their advertising efforts - at least not in the beginning. But there is a way you can approximate their maneuvers without actually spending their kind of money. And that's through "P.I." Advertising.

"P.I." stands for per inquiry. This is a kind of advertising most generally associated with broadcasting, where you pay only for the responses you get to your advertising message. It's very popular - somewhat akin to bartering - and is used by many more advertisers than most people realize. The advantages of PI Advertising are all in favor of the advertiser because with this kind of an advertising arrangement, you pay only for the results the advertising produces.

To get in on this "free" advertising, start with a loose leaf notebook, and about 100 sheets of filler paper. Next, either visit your public library and start poring through the Broadcast Yearbook on radio stations in the U.S., or the Standard Rate and Data Services Directory on Spot Radio. Both these publications will give you just about all the information you could ever want about licensed stations.

An easier way might be to call or visit one of your local radio stations, and ask to borrow (and take home with you) their current copy of either of these volumes. To purchase them outright will cost $50 to $75.

Once you have a copy of either of these publications, select the state or states you want to work first. It's generally best to begin in your own state and work outward from there. If you have a money-making manual, you might want to start first with those states reporting the most unemployment.

Use some old fashioned common sense. Who are the people most likely to be interested in your offer, and where are the largest concentrations of these people? You wouldn't attempt to sell windshield deice canisters in Florida, or suntan lotion in Minnesota during the winter months, would you?

At any rate, once you've got your beginning "target" area decided upon, go through the radio listings for the cities and towns in that area, and jot down in your notebook the names of the general managers, the station call letters, and the addresses. Be sure to list the telephone numbers as well.

On your first try, list only one radio station per city. Pick out the station people most interested in your product would be listening to. This can be determined by the programming description contained within the data block about the station in the Broad casting Yearbook or the SRDS Directory.

Let's say that you're listed 250 different radio stations. It's best to list the stations you want to contact alphabetically by the city or town they're licensed to serve, with a tab
separating each state. The next step is either a phone call or a letter to the station manager of each of the stations.

This first contact should be in the way of introducing yourself, and inquiring if they would consider a PI Advertising campaign. You tell the station manager that you have a product you feel will sell very well in his market, and would like to test it before going ahead with a paid advertising program. You must quickly point out that your product sells for, say $5, and that during this test, you would allow him 50% of that for each response his station pulls for you. Explain that you handle everything for him: the writing of the commercials, all accounting and bookkeeping, plus any refunds or complaints that
come in. In other words, all he has to do is schedule your commercials on his log, and give them his "best shot." When the responses come in, he counts them, and forwards them on to you for fulfillment. You make out a check for payment to him, and everybody is happy.

If you've contacted him by phone, and he agrees to look over your material, tell him thank you and promise to get a complete "package" in the mail to him immediately. Then do just that. Write a short cover letter, place it on top of your "ready-to-go" PI Advertising Package, and get it in the mail to him without delay.

If you're turned down, and he is not interested in "taking on" any PI Advertising, just tell him thanks, make a notation in your notebook by his name, and go on to your next call. Contacting these people by phone is by far the quickest, least expensive and most productive method of "exploring" for those stations willing to consider your PI proposal. In some cases though, circumstances will deem it to be less expensive to make this initial contact by letter or postcard.

In that case, simply address your card or letter to the person you are trying to contact. Your letter should be positive in tone, straight-forward and complete. Present all the details in logical order on one page, perfectly typed on letterhead paper, and sent in a letterhead envelope. (Rubber-stamped letterheads just won't get past a first glance.) Ideally, you should include a self-addressed and stamped postcard with spaces for positive or negative check marks in answer to your questions: Will you or won't you look over my materials and consider a mutually profitable "Per Inquiry" advertising campaign on your station?

Once you have an agreement from your contact at the radio station that they will look over your materials and give serious consideration for a PI program, move quickly, getting your cover letter and package off by First Class mail, perhaps even Special Delivery.

What this means is that at the same time you organize your "radio station note book," you'll also want to organize your advertising package. Have it all put together and ready to mail just as soon as you have a positive response. Don't allow time for that interest in your program to cool down.

You'll need a follow-up letter. Write one to fit all situations; have 250 copies printed, and then when you're ready to send out a package, all you'll have to do is fill in the business salutation and sign it. If you spoke of different arrangements or a specific matter was discussed in your initial contact, however, type a different letter incorporating comments or answers to the points discussed. This personal touch won't take long, and could pay dividends!

You'll also need at least two thirty-second commercials and two sixty-second commercials. You could write these up, and have 250 copies printed and organized as a part of your PI Advertising Package.

You should also have some sort of advertising contract written up, detailing everything about your program, and how everything is to be handled; how and when payment to the radio station is to be made, plus special paragraphs relative to refunds, complaints, and liabilities. All this can be very quickly written up and printed in lots of 250 or more on carbonless multi-part snap-out business forms.

Finally, you should include a self-addressed and stamped postcard the radio station can use to let you know that they are going to use your PI Advertising program, when they will start running your commercials on the air, and how often, and during which time periods. Again, you simply type out the wording in the form you want to use on these "reply postcards," and have copies printed for your use in these mailings.

To review this program: Your first step is the initial contact after searching through the SRDS or Broadcasting Yearbook. Actual contact with the stations is by phone or mail. When turned down, simply say thanks, and go on to the next station on your list. For those who want to know more about your proposal, you immediately get a PI Advertising Package off to them via the fastest way possible. Don't let the interest wane.

Your Advertising Package should contain the following:
1. Cover letter
2. Sample brochure, product literature
3. Thirty-second and sixty-second commercials
4. PI Advertising Contract
5. Self-addressed, stamped postcard for station acknowledgment and acceptance
of your program.

Before you ask why you need an acknowledgment postcard when you have already given them a contract, remember that everything about business changes from day to day - conditions change, people get busy, and other things come up. The station manager may sign a contract with your advertising to begin the 1st of March. The contract is signed on the 1st of January, but when March 1 rolls around, he may have forgotten, been replaced, or even decided against running your program. A lot o f paper seemingly "covering all the minute details" can be very impressive to many radio station managers, and convince them that your company is a good one to do business with.

Let's say that right now you're impatient to get started with your own PI Advertising campaign. Before you "jump off the deep end," remember this: Radio station people are just as professional and dedicated as anyone else in business - even more so in some instances - so be sure you have a product or service that lends itself well to selling via the radio inquiry system.

Anything can be sold, and sold easily with any method you decide upon, providing you present it from the right angle. "Hello out there! Who wants to buy a mailing list for 10 cents a thousand names?" wouldn't even be allowed on the air. However, if you have the addresses of the top 100 movie stars, and you put together an idea enabling the people to write to them direct, you might have a winner, and sell a lot of mailing lists of the stars.

At the bottom line, a lot is riding on the content of your commercial - the benefits you suggest to the listener, and how easy it is for him to enjoy those benefits. For in stance, if you have a new book on how to find jobs when there aren't any jobs: You want to talk to people who are desperately searching for employment. You have to appeal to them in words that not only "perk up" their ears, but cause them to feel that whatever it is
that you're offering will solve their problems. It's the product, and in the writing of the advertising message about that product are going to bring in those responses.

Radio station managers are sales people, and sales people the world over will be sold on your idea if you put your selling package together properly. And if the responses come in to your first offer, you have set yourself up for an entire series of successes. Success has a "ripple effect," but you have to start on that first one. We wish you success!

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2007-01-14T10:23:00.000-08:00

Social Networking and Music

Social Networking and Music: MySpace Puts It All Together in a Virtual Community
By Scott G

Today's music fan interacts with a "community" that is far larger than anyone ever dreamed possible before the widespread personal use of the Internet. This social networking is changing the way people market and sell music and it's doing so on a global scale.

Here's How:

One fan hears a song and "tells" a dozen others online. Each, in turn, sends the information (and sometimes the entire song file) to another dozen people, and so on. If the song's hook is catchy and universal enough, the artist can reach thousands of fans in a matter of seconds. It's fast, it's easy, it's free, and it's global.

Does this viral communication bring any income for that artist (or songwriter, or publisher, or manager, or agent, or distributor, or record label)? No. But does it provide vital publicity that has the potential of selling singles, albums, concert tickets and merchandise? Absolutely.

The New Means of Marketing:

This is a quantum shift in marketing. It holds out the possibility of bypassing brick-and-mortar distribution, while severely curtailing the barely-legal forms of radio "promotion" that many in the industry openly refer to as payola or commercial station extortion.

All this is possible thanks to an ever-growing variety of online forms of communication, including music sites, web portals, blogs (weblogs), music forums, and more. A new site called MySpace.com has put all of these elements together in one place. And because of their vision, MySpace is becoming an information destination for bands, fans, filmmakers, writers, artists, record industry professionals, and more.

The MySpace Nation: "Where do you live?" used to be a question that was spoken out loud; it's now typed. The answer to that question used to simply signify which part of a city you were from, with an accompanying suggestion of your socio-economic status, and a hint about which mall might be your usual hangout; it now refers not only to your city, but also your state, region or country.

Your virtual "scene" may involve people anywhere on the globe. My virtual community begins in Los Angeles and extends to Moscow, Big Bear, Amsterdam, San Francisco, London, New York, Miami, and several places I have not yet learned to spell correctly. In fact, thanks to social networks like MySpace, one can interact with several scenes. The people who like my goth songs overlap slightly with the rave-trance songs on my remix album, but they are not interested in the music I create for radio and television commercials (they can be quite disdainful of it, in fact). But each social network welcomes news of new music in their own favorite styles.

MySpace: The Future is Now

With two million members (and growing), MySpace.com offers a multi-level entertainment opportunity involving blogs, instant messaging, classifieds, peer voting, special interest groups, user forums and user-created content. Is it popular? You bet: they have statistics that show the site receiving 35 million impressions per day at an average of one hour online per visit. So far, all MySpace services are free, with the site supported entirely by advertisers who are eager to reach exactly the young, web-savvy and web-social music fan that MySpace.com attracts.

Created by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, MySpace is already successful on a level that caught many industry onlookers by surprise. While the main MySpace site leads to pure social networking, the section of the site called MySpace Music is a revolutionary way to reach their built-in web audience of two million networked users, and has the potential of rapidly expanding beyond that already impressive figure. As a means of launching unsigned and emerging recording artists, MySpace Music is a formidible tool.

Inside the Minds of the MySpace Creators:

"MySpace Music is what MP3.com should have been, but never was," Anderson said. "Very few people go to a website looking for bands they've never heard of. MySpace Music lets people find music online in the same way they find out about music in person: through their friends. Millions of friends come to MySpace to socialize, and through that process -- word of mouth and recommendations of friends -- bands get exposure to new fans and fans to new music." DeWolfe continues, "The most exciting use of MySpace Music is the way it's changing the band-to-fan dynamic. A band can go on MySpace and find potential fans all over the country just by sending an e-mail and saying 'Hello.' Bands are developing followings and finding street teams online." Offering downloads, band web pages, and the ability to connect directly with artists is just part of the attraction of MySpace Music. Each visitor to the site also can participate via user testimonials and ratings. The artists are also able to access a wide variety of music business contacts.

Details from DeWolfe:

G-Man: What's the history of MySpace?

Chris DeWolfe: We launched the general MySpace site in September of 2003. Our vision was to create a portal where our users could mobilize and connect around shared interests -- whether those interests be music, television, dating, nightlife, politics, religion or anything else.

G-Man: How does music fit into the MySpace network?

Chris DeWolfe: Almost from the day we launched, music became one of the primary interests of MySpace users. We believe that most people hear and sample new music based on recommendations from friends. The network affect of our site (friends telling friends), allows new trends and music to spread very quickly. At the same time, bands began flocking to MySpace as a mechanism to promote themselves, find new fans, book shows, and even secure label deals.

G-Man: What are the revenue streams for MySpace?

Chris DeWolfe: MySpace is currently supported by online advertising and sponsorship. We may add premium services later, but any service we currently offer for free will stay that way. We've been lucky to secure top tier advertisers such as Sony Music, Interscope, Warner Music, Dreamworks, Napster and others. The promotion works for these types of advertisers because most of our users are hip 18-34 year-old influencers who love music and frequently go to movies during the opening weekend.

G-Man: What are the advantages for artists using MySpace?

Chris DeWolfe: Artists may sell their CDs on our site. The primary use so far has been for bands to mobilize new fans who they ordinarily wouldn't have met. A band from Iowa can quickly develop a following in New York or Los Angeles. Additionally, bands use the site to book tours and fill venues. The MySpace social network is international. Because MySpace is an online network, it makes geographical boundaries less relevant.

G-Man: Can you compare the MySpace entity with other networking sites?

Chris DeWolfe: Most sites are narrowly focused on business networking, classifieds, or dating. MySpace is a portal that uses a social networking infrastructure. MySpace includes, games, blogs, music, classifieds, forums, mail, instant messaging, and user rankings. Our model has lead to an incredibly sticky site where the average user spends over an hour per session on the site. We have also served more page views than our largest competitor in each of the last three months.

MySpace is just extending functionality around existing mass behavior. Most if not all of those other sites didn't or don't have that luxury -- they were counting on behavior to develop around functionality. To put it another way, we're not building it, hoping people will come. People are already on the site sharing information about bands; bands are already recruiting fans and local help; users are already clamoring to download music; they're already ranking and rating music; they're already showing up at our parties to hear music they learned about on MySpace. MySpace music works because two million people are already doing what we're now making it easier for them to do.

G-Man: What marketing arenas are involved (or planned to be involved) with MySpace?

Chris DeWolfe: Two of our bigger marketing partners are the Warped Tour and Rock The Vote. The Warped Tour, in particular, is a great fit for us. We are sponsoring the Uproar Stage and bands from MySpace will be playing at Warped Tour venues. This partnership offers great exposure for MySpace Music and participating MySpace Music bands.

Rock the Vote is also a great partner as it fits in with our mission of allowing our users to mobilize around shared interests. MySpace users can register to vote directly from our home page. We will also be participating in several of their music shows.

MySpace Phenomenon On-the-Grow: Strategic partnerships are developing almost as fast as bands are meeting fans on the site. The Los Angeles Music Network (www.lamn.com) will bring its membership base and marketing strength into a partnership arrangement with MySpace.

Linking listeners, reaching behind borders, and uniting musicians with fans and industry professionals, the MySpace nation is a phenomenon. Since a passport is free, everyone in music marketing had better pay a visit. It's at http://www.myspace.com. See you there.

# # #

Scott G is president of G-Man Music & Radical Radio. His music is on commercials for Verizon Wireless, Goodrich, Monaco Motor Coaches, BAE Systems and more. A creative director of the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP) and a member of The Recording Academy (NARAS), he writes about music for MusicDish.com and the Immedia Wire Service. The G-Man's albums are released by Delvian Records and are on Apple's iTunes. He can be reached via http://www.gmanmusic.com and http://www.myspace.com/thegman.

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2007-01-05T12:15:00.000-08:00

How To Start Your Own Record Label From Scratch

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From 1993 through 1996 I had a great experience with
my nephew running street teams for several very succesfull
independent record labels Young Black Brotha's, Sickwid It,
Suave House,Ruthless Records, Rap-A-Lot Records To name
a few. I got to see first hand how these cash-cow
independents operated so if you ever dreamt of becoming
big like Puff Daddy or Jay Z listen very closely I am
going to spill the beans from production to marketing &
distribution.
As a srteet team our job was to promote artist and new release
cds we promoted by "tagging" placing billboard size posters
everywere, passing out flyers and music samples were our main
focus. To get from scratch to record label owner takes only
4 steps:PRODUCTION,MASTERING,MANUFACTURING/MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION.
1.PRODUCTION; With todays technology one can record in there
garage and get studio quality sound for any music production
but for vocals a sound proof booth is needed to get proffesional
sounding vocals.
2.MASTERING; Once all vocals and tracks are laid down and mixed
all tracks should be mastered you can do it yourself our if you
have no knowledge you can hire a a local studio engineer to master
your production.
3.MANUFACTURING; Back in the 90's one would have to order a minimum
of 2500 cd disc to begin manufacturing but again with todays technology
there our services offered such as print on demand that will
for very little money manufacture 1 cd at a time and even drop ship
it to customer.
4.MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION; In my view this is probably the most important
function and will make our break your indie record label project dont get me
wrong good music is important but i have seen great songs make very little
in sales due to poor promotions and on the flip side of that i witnessed
terrible songs at least in my opinion sell 100 thousand units or more due
to great marketing.
A.Create as much marketing materials as affordable, locally distribute flyers
posters one sheets postcards etc...
B.Hook up with one of the print on demand services for distribution
C.Contact one-stop music distributors that cater to your brand of music
a one-stop is basically a music cd wholesaler.
D.Use the power of amazon and ebay for sales websites.
E.Do live shows and promote and sell your finished product.

There you have it how to hit the big time as a music mogul in
4 easy steps, sure there is a lot involved but if you have the
determination and persistance you can do it too.
And by the way you dont have to sell a gold record or be on BET
to make a lot of money as record label one 1 man label we worked with
out of the bay area of calif sold 20.000 units locally at $6.00 to
$7.00 a cd.SickWid It Records Sold 800,0000 units cailf state
wide as independent before being picked up by JIVE records
So dont fool yourself Its definetly Possible "GOOD LUCK"

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The producer directs the entire operation of recording and readying the song(s) for release. The producer is responsible to get the performances recorded and the technical work done on the release, within the deadline and within the budget. The job is both very creative and technical. You will need to know how to transcribe songs from the radio, read music, and then create your own patterns and fills, rolls and unique style. You will also need to know how to make music, record and mix that music, making sure you sound good enough to implode any sound system available. The producer is the power behind the scenes and works to make sure that everything is moving towards getting that final product that is envisioned. At a bare minimum the producer must direct others to complete the tasks, so an overview knowledge of all the essential production steps must be present in the person who is the producer. If you want to become a professional producer quickly, it is essential that you have both "hands-on" practice and theory study. The best training is going back and forth between the theory and the hands-on. The most important question you may be asking yourself is where can you receive the best available training ? Do you want to go and sit in a classroom or would you rather take courses online. As you can imagine there are pros and cons to both situations. At some colleges it can take you up to 3 years to complete there most comprehensive music production courses. Sometimes they offer shorter courses if you only want to learn parts of the music production world. And as you can well imagine it is quite expensive! But if you have rich parents this may be the way to go. On the other hand there are excellent music production workshops on the Internet where you can learn every aspect of music production without spending a fortune. The one that I would recommend was set up by Jay Dynasty a.k.a.Nebula1 Not only is it "cheap" but you will be amazed with all that Jay is going to give you including the BEST strategies and secrets that he uses as a performer and a producer! Be Amazed At What Is Offered At This Workshop Now About the Author Andrew Conway is a successful affiliate marketer and musician who regularly makes a living from the Internet. For all things concerning music, go to http://www.ultimate-free-downloads.com Feel free to use this article as long as the bio info is included

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Radio Airplay For Newcomers: How We Did It
In the early and mid-90s, I did quite a bit of promotion work with local musicians. At that time, I was helping musicians who primarily played in coffeehouses get their first CDs played on college/public/community radio stations. We thought that with all the radio DJs out there in that market, we might find some who might be willing to listen to and take a chance on giving some unknown but talented person some airplay.

The scene has changed a lot since then. You now have the explosion of the Internet and streaming MP3 sites in which anyone can upload their music and be heard anywhere at any moment. Yet, some independent artists still do pursue radio airplay as part of their career strategy. In fact, I get unsolicited inquiries fairly often to this day. I thought I would take a look back and share some details on how some artists had some success...a few a bit beyond their expectations.

Most of the artists I assisted were folk/acoustic musicians. The first thing we did was try to identify stations that would be willing to hear them. Through the help of a folk dj e-mail list which posted digests of radio show playlists, we had an idea of what was being played and who was playing it. We then contacted the show hosts or music directors first by e-mail, providing a musical description of the artist and the CD (without flowery hyperbole about how fabulous the CD is), and asking if there would be interest in airplay. If they responded positively, we sent a CD and short bio. We did not just blindly send out CDs to an address just because it was on a list of folk radio stations. We wanted to be sure that money and time (both ours and the DJs) was being spent wisely by going to the people and places that would give the best possibilities for airplay.

After a few weeks, we would check posted airplay lists or send follow up e-mails to see if the CD was being played. On the average, about half of the stations we would send a CD to would report airplay. We had some heartening success stories. Some local artists were getting international interest as well as national airplay. A couple even got reviews in folk magazines such as Sing Out! or Dirty Linen. One musician's CD ended up on a radio station's top 40 year end "best of" list. I also offered additional help to a regional artist who already had a respectable following in her marketing efforts. Eventually we lost count of all the stations that played her CD and she ended up being signed to a folk label.

Lessons here: 1) Do your homework first--it's worth it. (Unfortunately, people who still send me unsolicited and inappropriate material haven't learned this one. ) 2) Never say never...unless you at least try, you just never know who might hear you, and where.

Wendy Vickers is a writer, encourager, life coach, and speaker. Wendy offers resources, encouragement and support for musicians at her websites http://wendyv.com and http://embraceencouragement.com

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Internet Music Promotion For Musicians

In the days before the internet, when the major record labels had the music market sewn up tight, it was all but impossible to break into the music business in the traditional sense without having a recording contract with one of them. This often led to artists becoming broke before their album ever actually hit the music store shelves.

The long established "standard recording contract" that was used by the industry, heavily favored the company, at the expense of the star. Advances had to be recouped, recording and manufacturing and distribution costs repaid before the artist saw nickel number one.

Now all that has changed, and for the independent recording artist or band these days, it is definitely a blessing in disguise, although some may not see it that way. The "lure" of the big label contract is still a desirable thing for most young artists, just because they have never been exposed to the potential of the internet as a sales and marketing medium.

More seasoned artists have realized, in the past ten years or so, that the internet is definitely the way to go if you want to seriously pursue a career in music. Mainly because it is virtually open to anyone, regardless of budget constraints. Many bands and solo artists are, as I write this, creating small empires for themselves solely by means of the electronic information highway.

Online music promotion, while still in it's infancy, is becoming a force to be reckoned with by not only the major record companies, but other online artist. The competition, while not yet fierce, is significantly stiff enough to raise the caution flag for many. Add to that the seemingly incomprehensible way that advertising and marketing works on the web, and it's no wonder that many would-be internet superstars give up before the fight even starts.

But it doesn't have to end there. There are resources available for struggling artists to take advantage of when it comes to learning the in's and out's of internet music marketing and promotion. Online courses dealing with website creation and search engine marketing and optimization are too numerous to count.

If your eyes glazed over as you read that last sentence, don't feel alone. The vast possibilities that exist for creating a buzz, and establishing a fan base for your music are endless. There has actually never been a better time to get started in online music promotion than right now. And the fact that so many established artists are currently using this means as their primary marketing and distribution system only lends weight to the argument.

Ever hear of a guy called Jimmy Buffett? Well, after numerous successful years of feeding the record companies coffers, Jimmy decided that he'd had enough. Do you blame him? After all is said and done, a major label artist might end up actually being in the hole after everything is paid for on a major CD release. Don't believe me? The evidence is everywhere. Do a search on Google for the term "artists royalties", what you get back will look like some kind of horror story. But it's all true.

Jimmy Buffett decided to form his own record company "Mailboat Records", and he's doing quite fine now, and actually has been able to steal a lot of talent from the likes of Island Records to come over to his new label.

When you consider that a major recording artist has to sell somewhere around 3 million CDs just to break even, and an independent label can sell about 10,000 and the artist makes just as much, well, the choice really isn't that much of a choice anymore now is it?

Add to all this the newest thing, digital downloads, and you have a brand new market ready to explode for the independent artist out there who has enough get up and go to take a crack at it.

The future is yours independent musician. Let's make the most of it.

Don Newton is the President and Founder of the Independent Internet Musician's Association. A life long musician, producer, and self taught internet marketing expert, he now spends his time educating musicians and other music industry professionals about how best to promote their business on the web. Don can be reached at: Don@iimusica.com, the IIMA website is located at http://www.iimusica.com.

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