Nick Nanton, "The Celebrity Lawyer" talks about how every business is like "show business" and gives tips and shares stories about how to become a Celebrity in your business Niche.
Up close and personal with Tim McGraw at the pre-show party to kick off his first show on the 2008 Live Your Voice Tour. It was great to see Tim again and the show was great!
Be on the lookout for Tim's new singles. You won't be disappointed.
but at least it will be a broken multi-platinum record.
I know I've already posted twice on this blog about Colbie Caillat. And I don't know how to explain it other than I just know when I hear something special.
My prediction is her record "Coco" will be one of the top 3 records of the year and maybe the biggest record from a new artist period. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, you need to do yourself a favor and pick up a copy. Its definitely this year's "room for squares." Its so even tempered and intimate you can't help but love it.
I guessed that Daughtry would have the biggest record last year, and I was right, but I didn't post it before it happened so I don't expect you all to believe me ;) (Although on January 27th 2007 I can prove that I was already touting it!)
Let's see what happens. Good luck Colbie...my money's on you!
When Lance was the only one in his office who was single, his “friends” got together and decided to help him out. So they put up this billboard.
Oh yeah and they made him his very own website as well:
http://www.datelance.com/
While this is a pretty funny prank that ever so timely in the month of February, what I want to call your attention to is how clear the message is here: Lance is looking for someone to date (or at least his friends are looking for someone for him to date!).
And while some might argue that he must have a strong desire to be miserable (that was a joke), lets assume that he’s looking for someone to enhance his life.
In dating we look for someone who is capable of enhancing our lives and fulfilling a portion of our personal lives that we are not capable of fulfilling on our own.
Now why don’t we do the same thing in our businesses? There are so many opportunities to find a great business “match” or as they are more commonly known: Joint Ventures (JV).
Finding the right JV can allow you to:
- reach an entirely new group of people for little to no up front cost
- leverage the relationship that another business has spent a lot of time and money creating with their customers and monetize it for your own benefit
- offer products and services to your existing customers that you don’t have to take the time to create or service and still make money
- Expand your business into new territories
- And so much more!
And this is just a very small list of things I wanted to outline just to get you thinking about these JV opportunities. There are thousands of other benefits, but you get the point. The opportunities are endless.
So, like Lance, why don’t you go out and try to find a great match for your business? Who knows, if you tell your friends they may even put up a billboard for you.
Check out this article from CMJ that certainly opens your mind to this as a new model and possibly makes it the "highly coveted prize" of today (similar to how major label record deals used to be sought after)
http://prod1.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=54047375
I've had great experience with licensing music for television. It has really brought some great revenue to some of the band I have worked with.
Special thanks to Matthew Antolick from the Oaks for sending it my way.
I'm in Nashville right now finishing up producing a record for Hanna Peterson at the County Q recording studio. We worked with an amazing band, here's the highlights:
Paul Scholten - Drums/Band Leader
Alison Prestwood - Bass
John Jarvis - Piano/Organ
JT Korenflos - Electric Guitar
Steve Sheenan - Acoustic Guitar
Glen Duncan - Fiddle, Banjo, Mandolin
Monty Allen - Backing Vocals
Many thanks to Jimmy Dulin, engineer/Pro Tools wiz for making the record come to life. I'll post some video and audio clips online shortly.
As for some good food for thought on how to do things differently and make money in music, check out these Web sites:
ttp://www.mixaloo.com/
http://www.sellaband.com/
http://www.discrevolt.com/
most of you have heard me preach this same message, but this guy gets more press than I do, so maybe you'll believe him :)
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/01/music-lessons.htm
when you're ready to discuss "The New Model" for the music business let me know...
Those of you who talk to me on a semi-regular basis know that I'm a broken record when it comes to the following concepts:
1. Make people feel like a "member" of your band and you will have a very lucrative fanbase
2. Make sure you have a product to offer at every price point for those who would really like to spend money with you.
That being said, here are two artists that really "get it" and are using these tactics to finance their records. This is exactly what I'm talking about. This is how you make money in today's market and allow your fanbase to get involved and really get a chance to participate with you.
Check out these acts that are allowing their fans to help finance their records:
Scott Andrew
www.saveyoufromyourself.com
Adrina Thorpe
www.myspace.com/adrinaexperimental
And here's the best part, these artists have done the heavy lifting for you and created a new model for you to try out. So here's the next lesson: Don't be stupid and try to think of something totally different, just take what they have done and make it your own.
Let me know how it works out for you, I'll be looking forward to hearing of your success.
Here is a great post from my good friend and music marketing guru, Bob Baker, author of the best-selling book "Guerilla Music Marketing" who was the featured guest on my Music Marketing Mastermind Call a few months ago:
How to Sell 15,000 CDs in 18 Months
Check out this inspiring video interview with
musician Terry Prince, shot a couple of weeks ago
on the Santa Monica Pier. Do the math. He makes
more than $8,000 a month/about $275 an hour
playing part-time.
Watch it here.
Be on the lookout for a new product from Bob and I in the very near future that will help you take your music marketing to a new level of profitability!
per my post back on July 24th, 2007 I mentioned that Colbie Caillat's song "bubbly" sure smelled like a #1 song. (You can see the post here)
Well, congrats Colbie, looks like the song is still making waves and did in fact make it to #1, not to mention its done great on the international charts as well. You can find details here
More song picks coming soon!
Copyblogger continues to put out great content on a daily basis. this post really caught my attention because those of you who speak with me regularly know that I always encourage my clients to think about music and business in a congruent fashion because the music business is no different than any other business at its core.
It also has some great commentary about why an indie act would even want to consider getting a record deal...or not.
Check out this post for a great perspective and some advice you can actually use:
http://www.copyblogger.com/radiohead-the-4-hour-work-week/
Of Truth and Stories Release I just did the record deal for ReAmp Entertainment Group to sign the band "Of Truth and Stories" and the record came out amazing!
If you're a fan of great pop/rock with an indie flare, be sure to check it out. Its being released on Sept 25th and was worked on by an all start cast of who's who in the Music Business.
you can preview it at www.myspace.com/oftruthandstories
Here are the details for the album release
Sept. 25th
Of Truth and Stories
Prologue
Produced by Brett Hestla(Creed,Framing Hanley,Faktion)
Mixed by Pete Thornton (Shinedown, Between the Trees, Paramore, Limp Bizkit, Cold)
Mixed by David Bendeth(Breaking Benjamin,The Almost,Paramore)
check it out, you'll be glad you did.
Oh yeah, and if you want to talk about some up and comers in the music business, look no further than Derek Kohn and John Dyer of ReAmp Entertainment Group who have taken the band a very long way in just a matter of months.
You heard it here first!
Not too sure where this came from originally, but I got it from my good friend Bobby Burg, thanks Bobby, I laughed for like 30 minutes.
"There is a movement of Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz fans that are buying the old robots and setting them up in their homes or garages. Some program them for good, while the creator of this video obviously programmed these for evil. This is a lot better than indie bands ironically covering rap songs."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm-h1NZZVys&mode=related&search
Every once in a while, a product changes my life. And the Garmin Nuvi 360 is one of them, so I thought I'd share it with you. I just got it, and its a whole lot like my other Garmin c320 I used to have, which was great also (Garmin makes the best GPS units of any of the many GPS units I've sampled) but it also has a built in Bluetooth Speakerphone. This thing is amazing. If you talk on the phone as much as I do, this will really make you feel better about not getting into an accident by holding the phone to your ear, AND not make you look like you're waiting for Scotty to beam you up because you're wearing a dorky looking headset.
When my phone rings it makes an audible alert and I can answer the call by touching the screen or answering it on my phone, and chat hands free, and from all tests so far the callers on the other end of the line haven't noticed that I'm on a speakerphone at all.
Check it out:
Garmin Nuvi 360
I just have to weigh in on this tune. If this song doesn't absolutely tear up the pop charts, there's a problem. I'm going to go ahead and say that this one is going to launch a big career, its pop sensibility is a real throwback to John Mayer's early work on "Room for Squares", but it also has a scent of Jack Johnson in it. Check it out and tell me if you disagree!
I smell a #1 song...
