Songwriting Tips From The Man Who Penned Over 70 Top 40 Hits
// July 5th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // SongWriting
Thats right, you can’t deny that this guy is doing something right!
When a friend was in town with her music buddy “Desmond”,
I was summoned to hang out.
Little did I know that this guy was the writer behind what many
consider to be classics – eg “Livin on a prayer” by Bon Jovi..
Whether you write “popular” music
or not, this guy has alot of science behind what he does.
I tried to delve in to some of that in my interview,
hope you like it:
**Listen to the interview here:**
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BTW Niche Music System CLOSES on Thursday 8th July.
We only have a few spots left, so to get amazing insight
AND incredible interviews like this, go to
www.nichemusicsystem.com to claim your spot!
Any Qs – send me an email: hagopt@gmail.com
Introduction To Music Marketing With Email
// April 15th, 2011 // No Comments » // email marketing for musicians, music marketing
Amanda Gagnon from email marketing giant Aweber jumped on the phone with
me for a quick intro to Music Marketing with Email.
Hopefully we’ll be coming back for more for some more in depth gems from
Amanda so if theres anything you want to know about email marketing and building a list, get in touch / leave a comment below!
Heres the call:
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New Apple 4.2.1 Jailbreak released of Ipod and Ipad
// February 10th, 2011 // No Comments » // music apps for ipad
Want To Jailbreak IOS 4.1.2?
Despite attempts by the powers that be
to stop flash and services like Grooveshark,
its happened again!
http://greenpois0n.com/
has the latest jailbreak and after testing it
on Ipad and Iphone 4 at the labs,
IT WORKS!
How Did He Sell Music On Itunes With No Website And No Marketing?
// February 8th, 2011 // 4 Comments » // How to sell music
Small town musician Matt French had a shock when he
started to sell music on Itunes and charted in the Itunes chart
for his genre of music without any promotion or marketing.
He doesnt even have a website!
Inspired by the simple and straight forward approach,
in a world of hype, tech startups and snake oil salesmen,
I needed to know more, so I tracked him down for this
10 minute audio interview:
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*Must Read* Facebook Tip And Music Licensing Closing..
// January 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // facebook marketing
Realised something that’s a must do if you have a Facebook Fan Page.
You may have heard me talk about this before -
Facebook is notorious for shutting down accounts
and they are VERY difficult to contact.
Here is the tip:
If you have a fan page, make sure that you
have more than one admin (preferably with
email addresses that link to your main URL).
That way if, for some reason, your account
gets thrown out of Facebook, it wont take the
Fan Page with it.
Hope this makes sense!!
ie if you have a fan page with only one admin,
and the account of the admin gets shut down.
Your fan page will probably disappear too!
Finally, if you heard the music licensing
interview and want to take part, today is the last day!
So head on over here to sign up:
Its a one to one course, where Aaron
spends 90 days with you helping to
get your music licensed.
Speak soon,
Hagop
PS Check GetYourStage.com to hear the interview.
PPS Cant decide whether i should go
work out now or not…?
Music Licensing
// January 9th, 2011 // No Comments » // musiclicensing
Here’s an interview I just did with Aaron Davison from
How To License Your Music.com.
Aaron’s been on here before….he’s the guy who sits in
paradise (Nicaragua) collecting royalty checks..
In this interview, he tells us about whats been changing
in the world of music licensing and about his new
program.
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Click here for more info on the program:
Quote:
“Someones music is getting licensed so it might as well be YOURS.”
Interview 50 Cent Mention..
// December 31st, 2010 // No Comments » // music promotion
In music promotion, remember how I was going on about testing your music?
Check this interview 50 Cent mention from Andrew Warner at http://Mixergy.com =>
Skip through to 43:42 to hear how 50 Cent tested his music to a target audience
to find what was working and what wasn’t…
Loved hearing this cos its the exact strategy taught in the Niche Music System!
This guy, Robert Greene, wrote a book with 50 Cent.
For more info on testing music, go to http://nichemusicsystem.com
How To Waste $500,000 Promoting Your Album..
// December 1st, 2010 // No Comments » // DIY Music, How to sell music, Music Marketing and promotion, music marketing, music promotion
How To Waste $500,000 Promoting Your Album..
The Email Music Marketing Series Part 3 with John Oszajca
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Listen to this rare interview where John Oszajca tells us how
he wasted $500,000 on promoting his albums,
and hear how you can achieve way better results for
virtually no money!
In a special video he made for you, John also spills it
on how he used email marketing (and spent VERY little money)
to get to the Number One spot on CD Baby…
and when you watch the video, Johns also going to give you
a template page that you can use to get people to sign up to
your list for free..
HOW TO GET TO NUMBER ONE ON CD BABY VIDEO
The Email Music Marketing Series Part 2..
// November 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // How to sell music, Music Marketing and promotion, music marketing, music promotion
- The best way to get repeat customers
- Email analytics – find where your fans are, what they open and click & what they dont open and click!
- Split testing
- How someone lost 12000 fans on Facebook over night in the middle of their album launch
- How to use music joint ventures to grow your fanbase and make money
- The importance of having an “email/online” fifth member..
- AND MORE!!
How Not To Lose 12,000 Of Your Facebook Fans…
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As we continue with the email music marketing series,
Listen in as I touch base with Scott James and we discuss:
Learn more about Scott’s incredible websites at:
http://www.websitesforrockstars.com/
Look out for the next installment in the series!
The Email Music Marketing Series
// November 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // Engagement, How to sell music, Music Marketing and promotion, music marketing
Why Is Email Marketing Important and How Can YOU Do It ?
These past few weeks, I keep bumping in to the
concept of ‘email marketing’ for musicians,
so I have decided to do a little series on it.
Check out this quick interview with Greg Rollet,
where we discuss the “Whys and the Hows” of email
marketing for musicians.
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Heres a little summary of the key points:
Why ?
- Permission to send them valuable info
- Social media sites die – your list is dead..
- This is an wealth/lifestyle creating asset.
- Your email address is like your home phone number
- Email is universal now
- You are used to receiving important info from there
How?
- Get attention with subject line
- message and call to action very important
- get them to take ONE action – click that link
- Don’t confuse people
- BE GENUINE
For more info on Greg (The MAN),
go here: GenyRockstars.com
Hatsune Miku and “when you meet your mother in law, you dont swear”
// November 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // DIY Music, Engagement, Music Marketing and promotion
Checkout this 3D projection Japanese Pop Star!
Miku Hatsune sells out stadiums and sells records etc..
She started life as a computer programmed voice from a music
synthesis program or “Vocaloid”.
The company behind Miku then took the voice and built a character
from the voice (just as I teach in my course).
Engaging with your core audience isnt as simple as just turning up.
although that can work sometimes!
People always manage the impressions they give,
its like my friend John Oszajca says -
“when you meet your mother in law, you dont swear”
Not that you should or shouldn’t do this with your music, but my point
being that managing/designing your appearance and what you stand for
etc can be very powerful.
For more info checkout:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku
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- Todd Dunnigan said: Fantastic interview with a true classic. I actuall...
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