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Radio Airplay Success For Unsigned Indies Through BeanBag1.com Branch 'Artist Airplay Advisors' Radio Airplay Success For Unsigned Indies Through BeanBag1.com Branch 'Artist Airplay Advisors' Mar 07, 2011 – Business Development, Management, and Indie Label BeanBag1 Entertainment (BB1) announces it's radio promotion subsidiary, Artist Airplay Advisors, has posted the eleventh unsigned (DIY) Indie artist that it has helped to achieve charted airplay at industry leading radio stations around the nation reporting to the Triple A and Americana charts. The latest band to benefit from Artist Airplay Advisors radio promotion by appearing on airplay charts is the unsigned Saints Of Valory from Austin. Founded under the direction of David Bean and J.P. Current BeanBag1 management artists include: Essra Mohawk, the legendary Frank Zappa/Jerry Garcia Band member, critically acclaimed solo artist, and successful songwriter for Cyndi Lauper, Tina Turner, Peabo Bryson, Lorrie Morgan, Keb’ Mo’, and others including the great ABC Network Schoolhouse Rock TV series. back | top

Comment faire la promotion de vos concerts? (dossier concert part 2) On l’a démarré en début de semaine, dossier spécial concert préparé par Dave Cool, le directeur des relations artistes de Bandzoogle. Cette série d’articles sur les 4 P vous apportera tous les conseils pour optimiser vos concerts. “Les 4 P” appliqués au concert, cela donne: Préparation, Promotion, Performance, Post concert. On a déjà vu la préparation, on va donc passer à la promotion. Avant de commencer, la première chose que vous avez à faire est de prendre l’entière responsabilité de la promotion de votre concert. Chris « Seth » Jackson a écrit un très bon article intitulé « Comment promouvoir un spectacle : Ne comptez pas sur quelqu’un d’autre » . Vous ne pouvez vraiment pas compter sur les autres pour promouvoir votre concert : pas sur les autres groupes, pas sur la salle, pas sur le booker, pas sur votre manager, pas même sur la promo extérieure. Voici les différentes façons de procéder. Communiquez sur votre concert Les blogs Newsletter Médias et publicité Facebook L’évènement Facebook

Music business handbook and career guide 5 Ways to Impress Venue Bookers and Get More Gigs This is a guest blog post by Dave Cool. Dave is perhaps best known for having directed and produced the documentary film "What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians". He is also an author, and former program director of the Centre St-Ambroise in Montreal. I spent three years as program director for two venues here in my home city of Montreal, overseeing 500 shows during that time. 1. Many venues are booked at least 3 months in advance, and the more popular a venue, the further in advance you should contact them. 2. Bookers are very busy people, so be patient. 3. Whatever you do, don’t lie about your draw. 4. No matter what venue you’re playing at, whether it’s a high-end club or a seedy bar, treat the staff like they’re your best friends. Show up on time: If soundcheck is at 6:00, try to show up early, and never show up late. 5. Sending a nice thank you note to the booker the day after the show is always a nice gesture.

7 Alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM | Mystery Tricycle Whether you are annoyed by the ads on Pandora, the limited number of skips, or the abyss of cruel 30-second song teasers from Last.FM, many online listeners are growing weary of mainstream methods of hearing new music. While the Pandora algorithm is strong, and the Last.FM related artists tool is pretty useful, don’t fool yourself in to thinking that there aren’t other great ways to expose yourself to new music in the depths of cyberspace. Here are 7 alternatives to Pandora and Last.FM that will infuse your day with an uninterrupted stream of music that large record companies haven’t managed to squash under their thumbs yet. StumbleAudio StumbleAudio has a killer recommendation engine that works better for me than Pandora’s. Songza Songza uses a recommendation engine that runs for each ‘channel’, but unlike Pandora, channels are not tied to specific listeners and rather are community property. Musicovery Stereomood Ah, the power of the ‘tag cloud’. 8tracks Grooveshark The Hype Machine

Comment préparer, optimiser et développer vos concerts (dossier) Part 1: la préparation En marketing (Pouah pouah marketing!), on désigne “les 4 P” pour décrire le Mix Marketing traditionnel: Produit, Prix, Placement et Promotion. Nous allons emprunter ce terme et l’appliquer au live avec Préparation, Promotion, Performance, Post concert. 1. Nous allons partir du fait que vous avez déjà choisi votre salle et confirmé la date avec le programmateur de celle-ci. Lorsque le concert est confirmé, voilà plusieurs éléments dont vous aurez besoin pour le préparer: - Qui fera la première partie? Tout d’abord: est-ce qu’il va y avoir une première partie ? Est ce que leur musique correspond à la vôtre ? Il y a deux écoles de pensée : pour la première, vous trouvez un groupe similaire au vôtre pour que la soirée soit musicalement cohérente. Il n’y a pas de bonne ou de mauvaise réponse à cette question, cela dépend vraiment de ce que vous voulez offrir à votre public. Est ce que leur public aime votre musique ? Vont-ils aider à la promotion du concert ? 2. Cela comprend : Rémunération La scène

Moontoast How to Get a Booking Agent to Book Your Band How to Get a Booking Agent to Book Your Band One of the most common questions I was asked by artists during my time as a venue booker was how they could find a booking agent. I inevitably answered that they should just keep playing gigs, grow their fan base, and an agent would find them. But is the answer really that simple? In a word, yes. What does this mean exactly? OK, all kidding aside, I know how hard it can be to get to that point. So what if you’re not selling that many tickets just yet? Build a mailing list with 1000+ people, get 1000+ Facebook Fans, and 1000+ Twitter FollowersAre there bands out there who have less than 1000 mailing list subscribers, Facebook fans or Twitter followers, but who have a booking agent? Other than that, you should always blog about your live shows. Should I get my friend/family member/fan to book me? One last issue that I’ll address is whether a band should hire a friend, family member or fan to do booking for them.

We Are Hunted - The Online Music Chart No One Will Remember Your Band: 10 Ways to Stop Being Forgettable This guest post is by Chris “Seth” Jackson, a bass guitarist and composer in pursuit of fulfilling his life’s dream of being a self-sufficient musician. He blogs his progress over at Howtorunaband.com to share the ups and downs of his adventure and to share great techniques that all artists can use to achieve success in the difficult world of music. This is one of our favorite posts of his about the importance of standing out when performing live. Enjoy! No One Will Remember Your Band: 10 Ways to Stop Being Forgettable What bands tend to forget, not everyone at the show knows who they are. 1. Displaying your band’s logo prominently while you’re playing has to be the number one way for everyone to know who you are. Simply announcing the name of your band during your set is not enough. Yes, even if someone really digs your band, they can still wander out and miss who you are. 2. Have something with your logo and website that you can give to everyone at that show. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.