{"id":3222,"date":"2011-02-09T07:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2011-02-09T07:34:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T15:34:17","slug":"the-marketers-of-music-profile-hisham-dahud-of-hypebot-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/the-marketers-of-music-profile-hisham-dahud-of-hypebot-com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Marketers of Music Profile Hisham Dahud of Hypebot.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to shine the spotlight on the many people who provide guidance, knowledge and marketing direction and tips for musicians. The people behind the websites and blogs that you visit. Who are they? What do they like? Get to know who these people that are sharing their experience with you. Are you a Marketer of Music? <a title=\"Marketers of Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/marketing-posts\/the-marketers-of-music\/\" target=\"_self\">Take a minute to answer some questions.<\/a> No real requirements, anyone who has a blog or website that provides marketing services and information for musicians is welcome to submit.<\/p>\n<p>Our first profile is below, Hisham Dahud of Hypebot.com.<\/p>\n<p>1.\tWhat is your name and email address?<br \/>\n<strong>Hisham Dahud: hdahud@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2.\tWhat is your website url and name?<br \/>\n<strong><a title=\"Hypebot.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hypebot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hypebot.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3.\tWhat is your Twitter username?<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hishamdahud\" target=\"_blank\">@hishamdahud<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4.\tGive us a one sentence pitch for what you do and why we need to visit your site?<br \/>\n<strong>Hypebot is a leading music industry news and technology blog with a readership of over 11,000 music industry professionals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.\tOne word of advice you would give a band that you just saw in a club?<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Great performance guys, now go and collect a few email addresses to place on your mailing list&#8230;. What? What do you mean &#8216;you don&#8217;t have one&#8217;?!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6.\tYour first concert? Who, Where and When?<br \/>\n<strong>Cheb Khaled (Arabic for &#8220;Young man Khaled&#8221;) who became the most internationally famous Algerian singer in the Arab World. I was 5 years old on a boat in Alexandria, Egypt with my mother. He brought me on stage and where I had my first public performance playing the drums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7.\tYour first album?<br \/>\n<strong>I traded my older brother half a Coke Slurpee for M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce&#8217;s &#8220;Too Fast For Love.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>8.\tDo you prefer CD, Vinyl or Digital and why?<br \/>\n<strong>I prefer the sound quality of vinyl, the artwork and contents of a CD, and the connivence of digital.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9.\tAre you or were you ever in a band?<br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ve been in several bands ranging from symphonic, jazz, heavy metal, pop rock, live hip-hop, alternative, Arabic folklore and continue to work as a session drummer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10.\tIf you could be a rock star, who would you be?<br \/>\n<strong>Myself in 10 years \ud83d\ude09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Marketers of Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/marketing-posts\/the-marketers-of-music\/\" target=\"_self\">Submit your profile as a Marketer of Music.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to shine the spotlight on the many people who provide guidance, knowledge and marketing direction and tips for musicians. The people behind the websites and blogs that you visit. Who are they? What do they like? Get to know who these people that are sharing their experience with you. 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