I would like to shine the spotlight on the many people who provide guidance, knowledge and marketing direction and tips for musicians. The people behind the websites and blogs that you visit. Who are they? What do they like? Get to know who these people that are sharing their experience with you. Are you a Marketer of Music? Take a minute to answer some questions. No real requirements, anyone who has a blog or website that provides marketing services and information for musicians is welcome to submit.
Our first profile is below, Hisham Dahud of Hypebot.com.
1. What is your name and email address?
Hisham Dahud: hdahud@gmail.com
2. What is your website url and name?
Hypebot.com
3. What is your Twitter username?
@hishamdahud
4. Give us a one sentence pitch for what you do and why we need to visit your site?
Hypebot is a leading music industry news and technology blog with a readership of over 11,000 music industry professionals.
5. One word of advice you would give a band that you just saw in a club?
“Great performance guys, now go and collect a few email addresses to place on your mailing list…. What? What do you mean ‘you don’t have one’?!”
6. Your first concert? Who, Where and When?
Cheb Khaled (Arabic for “Young man Khaled”) who became the most internationally famous Algerian singer in the Arab World. I was 5 years old on a boat in Alexandria, Egypt with my mother. He brought me on stage and where I had my first public performance playing the drums.
7. Your first album?
I traded my older brother half a Coke Slurpee for Mötley Crüe’s “Too Fast For Love.”
8. Do you prefer CD, Vinyl or Digital and why?
I prefer the sound quality of vinyl, the artwork and contents of a CD, and the connivence of digital.
9. Are you or were you ever in a band?
I’ve been in several bands ranging from symphonic, jazz, heavy metal, pop rock, live hip-hop, alternative, Arabic folklore and continue to work as a session drummer.
10. If you could be a rock star, who would you be?
Myself in 10 years 😉
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