{"id":10257,"date":"2015-02-05T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T05:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=10257"},"modified":"2015-09-30T18:52:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:52:01","slug":"ep-177-actions-you-should-take-for-your-career-pitching-your-band-to-media-with-josh-from-digital-tour-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/ep-177-actions-you-should-take-for-your-career-pitching-your-band-to-media-with-josh-from-digital-tour-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 177 Actions You Should Take for Your Career &amp; Pitching Your Band to Media with Josh from Digital Tour Bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b67yDivVQrA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s episode\u00a0177 Actions You Should Take for Your Career &amp; Pitching Your Band to Media.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Weidling from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaltourbus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Tour Bus<\/a> joins us this week as our special guest co-host.\u00a0Digital Tour Bus founder, Joshua Weidling, of Bartlett, Illinois, is no stranger to the music industry. Despite being only 24-years-old, Weidling has owned his own concert promotions company, created an annual Chicago music festival, and has launched the ambitious web project, Digital Tour Bus \u2013 all while pursuing and obtaining\u00a0a degree in Business\/Marketing, from the University of Illinois at Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>[display_podcast]<\/p>\n<p>For all discussions, training, tips and tricks related to music marketing don&#8217;t miss any episode of The Music Biz Weekly Podcast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Download The Music Biz Weekly from iTunes\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/michael-brandvold-music-marketing\/id400401604\" target=\"_blank\">Download The Music Biz Weekly Podcast from iTunes.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/the-music-biz-weekly_1\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to The Music Biz Weekly Podcast on Spreaker.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Please rate and review The Music Biz Weekly Podcast on iTunes.\" href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/michael-brandvold-music-marketing\/id400401604\" target=\"_blank\">Visit iTunes and please Rate &amp; Review The Music Biz Weekly.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Music Biz Weekly Podcast Facebook Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/musicbizweekly\" target=\"_blank\">Visit The Music Biz Weekly Podcast on Facebook.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/michaelsb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/michaelsb<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>About Michael Brandvold:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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 &amp; social marketing as well as e-commerce and customer acquisition and retention.<\/p>\n<p>Gene Simmons of KISS first tapped Michael&#8217;s skills as a pioneering online marketing strategist to launch and manage all aspects of Kissonline.com&#8217;s multi-million dollar enterprise, including their ground-breaking VIP ticket program.<\/p>\n<p>Michael has also managed the online efforts for Dream Theater, ACCEPT, Killer Dwarfs, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9822\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10257-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/musicbiz\/177-020615musicbizweekly.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/musicbiz\/177-020615musicbizweekly.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/musicbiz\/177-020615musicbizweekly.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/musicbiz\/177-020615musicbizweekly.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=10257-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/musicbiz\/177-020615musicbizweekly.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"177-020615musicbizweekly.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s episode\u00a0177 Actions You Should Take for Your Career &amp; Pitching Your Band to Media. 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