Professor Green: 393,352 Facebook Fans & A Number 2 Album (Audio)

// August 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // music marketing, record label

professor green

Part 1

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Part 2

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Or to download, here are the links:
http://www.GetYourStage.com/ProGreen1.mp3
http://www.GetYourStage.com/ProGreen2.mp3

A good friend is over and we just saw a UK artist called
Professor Green came on TV.

He came from nowhere to go on to grow a huge fanbase
(393,352 fans on Facebook at time of writing), sell records,
get a publishing deal etc…

My friend is closely related to Professor Green,

so we recorded a quick chat for you on the
story of his success.

We got interrupted half way through…
but hopefully his story will come across..

I love this story because it highlights the power of scenes and niches,
and secondly because its just REAL!

Let me know your thoughts

Speak soon,

Hagop

Audio Interview With Gavin Bain & Free Book Give Away……

// April 25th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Live Music, Music Marketing and promotion, The Music Industry, music marketing, music promotion, record label, the music business

Audio Interview With Gavin Bain

Last week, subscriber’s to my premium service,
Niche Music System and I got to put our
questions to Gavin Bain who wrote the book
California Schemin’.

When told that rapping in his Scottish accent
wasn’t going to cut it, Gavin Bain and his co star Bill
reinvented themselves as two West Coast rappers
from California and ended up with a £250,000
record deal and a £70,000 management advance.

This interview also delves into the fascinating
depths of one mans incredible passion, drive,
persistence and good old fashioned hustle!
…SO GOOD ;p

Here is the interview:

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Let me know what you think….

Get This Book For FREE!!?

Im giving away my copy of the book to the
first person to join Niche Music System and tell me that
they heard the interview…(I’ll send it first class)!

BTW Pretending to be someone else is not why I wanted
to interview him. What drew me in was the extreme use of
“dramatic reality”.

So many artists miss what it is that their audience
really wants and in this extreme example,
Gavin and Bill (aka Silibil and Brains) hit the nail on the head.

In my own case, refining our concept really made it easy for
people to become fans and understand what we were doing
(ie got us way further…).

The converse of that would be doing things that make people
NOT interested in what you are doing!

What are you doing?  Repelling or attracting?!

A “resourceful” band

// November 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // DIY Music, Music Marketing and promotion, music recording, record label

Band Turn Local Music Shop into Recording Studio!

UK band Georgia Wonder got their local music store to help them to record their new album…

Recording studio

Financing recording when you dont have a label can be challenging.
Although the band had recorded their first two EPs in their home studio,
they felt that wanted to take it up a notch – not just with recording,
but also with quality instruments and machinery…

The band emailed their local store, to ask if they could use the shop to record their next record.
Surprisingly, Mike Devereux, of Nevada Music, was into the idea and gave them free reign to
use the shop for six months.

Georgia Wonder will video blog the whole thing on Muzu.tv and YouTube.

You can check it out here:

http://gwonder.com/madeinnevada