[atlantaprog] Re: To the bands of ARIA: Re Marketing, etc.

Hi:

Been a long time since I posted anything, but on this one I can give some 
sincere advice.

Stay away from SonicBids.  First off, 95% of what they handle are pay-to-play 
things (gigs, 'festivals', CD inclusions, etc.).  Secondly, you'll be inundated 
with spam e-mails - they'll sell your address to just about anyone and 
everyone, plus the 'spam farmers' search SonicBids for new addresses and go 
nuts with sending you the same junk.

I'm not . . . repeat I'm NOT shilling for customers - my company is quite fine 
with the amount of current clients and I'm honestly not sure we could handle 
any additional with proper service.  But if you're serious about your music and 
want to take your best shot at exposure, get an agency/manage, but make sure to 
have someone outside the band take care of your business dealings.  The 
percentages that agencies and managers receive is not allot of money when you 
consider how much needs to go on.  Besides, (I'm being realistic and brutally 
honest here), you're too emotionally involved with your creations to handle the 
business end of things on your own.

Big part of this is to have one and only one person in the band be the contact 
point in order for your agency/manager and the band to be on the same page.  
Here's the two most important things I tell my clients:  1)  You will know 
everything we want to do before we do it and you have 100% say over what goes 
on.  2) Concentrate on your music and we'll deal with everything else 
(licensing, labels, sales, merch, gigs, logistics, etc.).

Cheers!

Kenny Solomon

Swiss Navy Productions
Artist Management, Representation, Media Relations and Consulting
www.SwissNavyProductions.com
E-mail: Info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(Main Office)
Kenneth L. Solomon
President, Swiss Navy Productions
Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
E-Mail: KSolomon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(New York Office)
Janie Lindenbaum
V.P.  Operations, Swiss Navy Productions
E-Mail: JLindenbaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

(UK/Euro Office . . . Telford UK)
Richard Cornick
V.P. for UK/Europe
E-Mail: RCornick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wade S" <cobwebstrange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: [atlantaprog] To the bands of ARIA:


>I know that several of you guys are in bands, so I thought I'd ask:
> 
> How are you guys promoting your bands online?
> What works?
> What doesn't work?
> Do you even feel like it's worth it to spend the time setting up accounts 
> with these places?
> 
> Here are a few places I've tried and the results:
> 
> 
> Online CD stores
> ----------------------
> www.cdbaby.com - They seem to be the best.  It costs about $35 to set up an 
> account, but we've sold a lot of CDs with them.
> 
> www.bathtubmusic.com - Signed up last year, no sales.
> 
> www.merchpurch.com - New company, just signed up last week.  First 100 
> people to sign up can sign up for free.  It's too early to tell how well it 
> will work, but I've met with the guy who runs it and he does have some good 
> ideas.  Plus, it was free.
> 
> 
> Places to post your MP3s
> ----------------------------------
> www.secondencore.com - you can post 3 MP3s for free.  I don't know how much 
> traffic they get.
> 
> www.myspace.com - How many of you guys have accounts there?  It seems like 
> everyone is signing up for myspace these days, but I don't know how much it 
> really does for you.  we're at www.myspace.com/cobwebstrange if anyone's 
> interested in checking out our page.
> 
> 
> There are lots of other places that I've signed up with over the years, but 
> I can't even remember them all (which could give you some idea of how well 
> those worked out).  I'd really like to hear about what you guys have found 
> works or doesn't work.
> -Wade
> 
> http://www.cobwebstrange.com
> 
> www.myspace.com/cobwebstrange
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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