Welcome to episode 61 of The Music Biz Weekly, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson. This episode is brought to you by Bandzoogle and Music XRay.
This week’s episode, June 1, 2012 – 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wish For Overnight Success.
Join Brian Thompson and Michael Brandvold for a 45 min. discussion on a recent article that Brian wrote, 10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Wish For Overnight Success.
Find the original blog post here. Or read it on Music Think Tank here.
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Featured Track Of The Week: Akeem.
We’re stoked to announce our brand new Featured Track Of The Week, as selected from the submissions we received on the opportunity we created on our Music XRay account. If you want to submit your song to be featured, create a profile on Music Xray and send it to us here.
Quinton Akeem Miller (Stomp) is a 22year old R&B/Pop Singer/Producer from Louisiana. He has done songs with Young G, Logan Chapman, DRU and others. He is currently working on his solo project which is yet to be named.
Find him on Twitter @ThreeRingAkeem and on ReverbNation.
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About Michael Brandvold:
Michael Brandvold is a freelance music industry consultant based in Northern California. Having launched Michael Brandvold Marketing to leverage his years of experience to provide direction to large and small clients in the areas of online & social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.
Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael’s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com’s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.
Michael has also managed the online efforts for Motley Crüe, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.
About Brian Thompson:
Brian Thompson, Managing Partner for Thorny Bleeder Records, is a Vancouver based music industry entrepreneur, record label owner, artist manager, marketing consultant, radio promoter, publicist, web designer, blogger, and industry speaker.
Formerly the corporate head of music buying and marketing for a large national music retail chain, Brian has since moved on to become a well respected voice on the convergence of artist development, music marketing, social media, and technology.
As usual great insights. Very realistic and good food for thought.
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