Quick tip 134 Practice your setup
If you ever played in a band night that has several acts, or even open mic night, you must have seen that one act that just takes forever to set up. It is frustrating to everyone involved. The band taking…
July 9, 2015
Camaraderie over competition
Sometimes it seems like the competition in the music market is so fierce, that most of us feel like we are on a battle field. It might feel tempting to hold on to your secrets to success with your dear…
Quick tip 133 Working with sound engineer
Posted at July 8, 2015 by
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In your early days playing shows you need to perfect some skills. One of the most vital ones is to learn how to work with venue sound engineers. The sound engineer is extremely important person to you, and you need…
Can’t Keep up? 5 Ways to Simplify Your Music promotion
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I know, between work, family, friends, pets and your favourite video game, there just isn’t enough hours in the day to get your music promotion done. Few years back, I was there. It felt like an overwhelming mountain to climb,…
Quick tip 132 Booking shows for beginners
Posted at July 7, 2015 by
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By far the best way to promote your band is to get out and play a lot of live shows. For most of us this also is one of the main reasons why we got into music in the first…
Let the dust settle on the streaming storm
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It is almost every week I hear a musician giving out about the streaming services. It is getting to the point of where most of us accept the fact that people have embraced the streaming services, and they are here…
Quick tip 131 The misconception of getting signed
Posted at July 6, 2015 by
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Too often musicians build their career around the goal of getting signed. So today I am going to make it as clear as I can, that this concept is outdated and will only slow down your career. Gone are the…
My tips on getting 5000 Facebook likes on your bands page
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During the weekend my Facebook page reached 5000 likes 🙂 Even though I am fully aware this is only a number, it still felt like a bit of an achievement. Also I got a request to give some tips for…
5th of July Blog update
Posted at July 5, 2015 by
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Finally we had a roaster of a week in Dublin, but still nothing compared to what most of the Europe has had. In fact it has hit dangerous levels in many places. I know this might sound silly to those…
Quick tip 130 Twitter update
Posted at July 3, 2015 by
J.P. Kallio
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Twitter has been busy working on some of their new features. There are quite few updates to their advertising platform, for example a quick “promote your tweet” feature, which is not too far from the Facebook’s boosted posts. But the…
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