by Michael Brandvold | Jun 18, 2012 | Music Marketing
I went shopping for some vinyl recently at Cheapo Records in Minneapolis, MN. One of the treasures I found was a self-titled release from 1976 by a UK band called City Boy. It was produced by a young Robert John Lange (now known as Mutt). Anyway, part of the joy is...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 18, 2012 | Audio, Dropping The Needle
Welcome to episode 9 of the podcast Dropping The Needle, June 18, 2012. This episode we discuss a quote made by Penny Lane in the great movie Almost Famous, “…if you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.”...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 15, 2012 | Audio, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing
Welcome to episode 63 of The Music Biz Weekly, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson. This episode is brought to you by MusicHype and Music XRay. This week’s episode, June 15, 2012 – Booking Gigs and Finding an Agent, A...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 14, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
I hate when it happens to me, but I also love to learn by real world examples and experience. Here is a lesson in the failure of how to use of social media. I am getting married in August and we booked a bus a couple months ago with US Coachways to transport guests...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 14, 2012 | Music Marketing
Author David Meerman Scott made a honest and realistic quote, “if you want 20,000 fans you must do 2000 different things that each generate 10 fans.” This was my favorite quote from 2010 and I am going to take this on as a challenge for 2011 for an ambitious project...
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