{"id":23895,"date":"2020-05-29T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=23895"},"modified":"2020-05-28T17:12:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T00:12:54","slug":"ep-420-what-can-musicians-do-during-the-quarantine-to-generate-press-with-amanda-cagan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/ep-420-what-can-musicians-do-during-the-quarantine-to-generate-press-with-amanda-cagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 420 What Can Musicians Do During the Quarantine to Generate Press with Amanda Cagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ep. 420 What Can Musicians Do During the Quarantine to Generate Press with Amanda Cagan\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-11xeKlQnXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Amanda Cagan from ABC PR joins us to discuss press and publicity. <\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">What sort of expectations should musicians have when working with a publicist? During the COVID-19 crisis what can musicians do to generate press?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Amanda Cagan is taking the music business by storm with her thriving independent publicity firm, ABC Public Relations. Having worked on press campaigns for a wide range of music artists from Alanis Morissette to Backstreet Boys to Korn to David Lee Roth and most everyone in-between. Since starting ABC Public Relations in 2002, Amanda has worked with Journey, Styx, Don Felder (formerly of the Eagles), Sevendust, The Winery Dogs, Tom Keifer (Cinderella singer\/guitarist), The Dear Hunter, Jonny Lang, dredg, Tommy Emmanuel, Mr. Big, Egypt Central, Pierce The Veil, Andy Summers (The Police guitarist), American Hi-Fi, Silverchair, and many, many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">Visit <\/span><a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\" spellcheck=\"false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ABC-PR.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ABC-PR.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/830092396&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"MichaelBrandvoldMarketing\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/michaelbrandvoldmarketing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MichaelBrandvoldMarketing<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"420 What Can Musicians Do During the Quarantine to Generate Press with Amanda Cagan\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/michaelbrandvoldmarketing\/420-what-can-musicians-do-during-the-quarantine-to-generate-press-with-amanda-cagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">420 What Can Musicians Do During the Quarantine to Generate Press with Amanda Cagan<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Visit Hypebot for music business news and insights. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Hypebot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.Hypebot.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit Bandsintown to manage your tour dates and communicate with your fans. www.Bandsintown.com<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with marketing needs\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/contact-michael-brandvold-marketing\/\">message him with the contact form.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you like the podcast I ask that you visit iTunes and please Rate &amp; Review The Music Biz Weekly podcast. h<a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/musicbiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ttp:\/\/smarturl.it\/musicbiz<\/a><\/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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to The Music Biz Weekly Podcast on Spreaker.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/michaelbrandvoldmarketing\/sets\/the-music-biz-weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Listen to The Music Biz Weekly Podcast on SoundCloud.<\/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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit The Music Biz Weekly Podcast on Facebook.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Follow Michael on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/michaelsb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/michaelsb<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Jay on Twitter:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/labellogic1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/labellogic1<\/a><\/p>\n<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 KISS, ACCEPT, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Dream Theater, Little Caesar, Narada Michael Walden, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in speaking with Michael about what he can do to assist with your marketing needs contact him online at<\/p>\n<p>email: me (at) mikebrandvold.com<\/p>\n<p>website: www.MichaelBrandvold.com<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>As a teenager in the Pacific Northwest, Jay smuggled his Canon F-1 into rock concerts to get the perfect shot of the likes of Van Halen, Queen and Cheap Trick. After college, he toured as a musician gaining invaluable experience in what it takes to create and promote an album. He later translated that knowledge as an executive with Universal, Sony and Warner Music Groups.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>He moved to San Francisco and finally to Los Angeles for Universal Music where he worked for 18 years, most recently as VP New Media and Online Marketing for Universal Music Enterprises.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Jay has been on the cutting edge of Digital Sales &amp; Marketing with Universal, Starbucks Entertainment, Fox and Warner Music. It is this unique perspective as a musician, music executive, and fan that makes Jay\u2018s approach to Digital Strategy and Online Marketing so artist-friendly.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Jay co-founded Label Service company LABEL LOGIC and also works with clients as an independent consultant. 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