{"id":6560,"date":"2012-05-18T05:17:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T12:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=6560"},"modified":"2012-05-18T05:17:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T12:17:55","slug":"top-10-reasons-you-will-not-become-the-famous-rock-star-you-think-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/top-10-reasons-you-will-not-become-the-famous-rock-star-you-think-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Reasons You Will Not Become the Famous Rock Star You Think You Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MusicWelcome to episode 59 of The Music Biz Weekly, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson. This episode is brought to you by Bandzoogle<\/a> and Music XRay.<\/a><\/p>\n

This week’s episode, May 18, 2012 – Top 10 Reasons You Will Not Become the Famous Rock Star You Think You Are.<\/p>\n

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Top 10 Reasons You Will Not Become the Famous Rock Star You Think You Are<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Because wishing for fame and riches proves you don’t understand the reality of today’s music business.<\/li>\n
  2. Your fan base right now is made up of only family members.<\/li>\n
  3. Because you probably don’t have the tenacity, persistence, perseverance and determination to slog it out below the poverty level for another 10 years it’s going to take you.<\/li>\n
  4. You have only played 3 shows so far.<\/li>\n
  5. Because you’re still trying to “make it” the old way by waiting for a big record label to discover you and treat you like a god.<\/li>\n
  6. When you hear marketing and business plan your response is… What?<\/li>\n
  7. Because you haven’t quit your job yet.<\/li>\n
  8. You would rather drink beers at the bar than find new fans.<\/li>\n
  9. Because you don’t embrace and encourage file-sharing.<\/li>\n
  10. You still use MySpace as your band website.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Featured Track Of The Week: Luke Dowler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    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.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Our \u00a0Featured Artist Of The Week, as selected from the submissions we received on our Music XRay account, is Luke Dowler with his song Coming Alive.<\/p>\n

    Following in the footsteps of artists like Springsteen and U2, Luke Dowler manages to take the singer songwriter\u2019s plight for honesty and social change and combine it with wide-open guitar textures and pop sensibilities that can fill an arena or break down perfectly to a small coffeehouse.<\/p>\n

    Visit Luke online at his website here<\/a>, on Twitter here<\/a> and on Facebook here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    We’re pleased to welcome our good friends over at Bandzoogle<\/a> for being one of our new sponsors for The Music Biz Weekly Podcast.<\/p>\n

    Use the promo code “musicbiz” when joining and get a 6 month completely free trial of Bandzoogle (vs. the standard 30 day).<\/strong><\/p>\n

    If you’re a solo artist or in a band, you need a website. That’s Step 1. And if you don’t have one, Bandzoogle is the place to go to get one up and running in no time. It’s super easy and totally flexible. No programming required. And you can sell your music digitally and keep 100% of the sales. Killer. Check ’em out at Bandzoogle.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Each week Michael and Brian will discuss the latest events in the music business and music marketing events and techniques.\"\"<\/p>\n