
This week’s episode, July 13, 2012 – The Power of Storytelling with Communications Expert Valerie Geller.
Each week Michael and Brian will discuss the latest events in the music business and music marketing events and techniques.
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Join Brian Thompson & Michael Brandvold for an enlightening 45 min. discussion on the power of storytelling with Valerie Geller, a communications expert and one of the most powerful women in radio. This podcast was brought to you by Music Xray. Today’s featured artist is Karl Hepler.
Links:
http://www.gellermedia.com/
https://twitter.com/vgeller
Featured Track Of The Week: Karl Hepler.
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.
http://karlhepler.com/
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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.
Transcriptions done with assistance from Tak (pronouced TACK) from The Pawnshop Manual. Go check their music out at www.thepawnshopmanual.com.
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It’s so refreshing to hear this interview and it use two of my favourite words: communication and storytelling. Extremely insightful.
Thank you Kathy!
Absolutely perfect storytelling you have here. Keep it up!