{"id":6904,"date":"2012-07-25T09:36:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=6904"},"modified":"2012-07-25T09:36:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:36:39","slug":"how-the-support-act-you-select-affects-your-bands-brand-rock-star-branding-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/how-the-support-act-you-select-affects-your-bands-brand-rock-star-branding-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Support Act You Select Affects Your Band&#039;s Brand &#8211; Rock Star Branding Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-Star-Branding-Podcast-iTunes-Art.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Rock Star Branding Podcast\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rock-Star-Branding-Podcast-iTunes-Art-300x300.png\" alt=\"Rock Star Branding Podcast\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This week&#8217;s episode of The Rock Star Branding Podcast, July 25, 2012 &#8211; How the Support Act You Select Affects Your Band&#8217;s Brand.<\/p>\n<p>Join Brian Thompson, Michael Brandvold and Steve Jones for a short 12 minute discussion on the various reasons why certain support acts are chosen for tours, including helping to sell tickets or appealing to an entirely different demographic.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the bands we discuss are Kool &amp; The Gang opening up for Van Halen on their 2012 tour,\u00a0Poison opening for KISS in 2005, Tragically Hip with a local opener in the Caribbean who did a cover of their biggest song before their headline set, and Bruce Springsteen not having any support acts whatsoever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7193\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6904-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/rockstar\/072512rockstarbranding.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/rockstar\/072512rockstarbranding.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/rockstar\/072512rockstarbranding.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\/rockstar\/072512rockstarbranding.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=6904-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/musicbizweekly\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/audio\/rockstar\/072512rockstarbranding.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"072512rockstarbranding.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>\n<p>Welcome to <strong>The Music Biz Weekly Presents\u2026 The Rock Star Branding Podcast<\/strong><em> with your hosts Brian Thompson, Michael Brandvold and Steve Jones.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Look for this new podcast in all the same locations that you can find The Music Biz Weekly Podcast, plus <a title=\"Brand Like a Rock Star\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brandlikearockstar.com\" target=\"_blank\">BrandLikeARockStar.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each week Michael, Brian and Steve will discuss rock star branding related to some of the largest acts in the world and how you can apply their lessons to your career.<\/p>\n<p title=\"Billboard Social 50 Music Chart\">These topics come from Steve\u2019s new book, <a title=\"Brand Like a Rock Star\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608321959\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=michabrand-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=1608321959\" target=\"_blank\">Brand Like A Rock Star: Lessons From Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll To Make Your Business Rich And Famous<\/a>. 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