Promotion

Many of my all-time favorite songs are “growers” – album tracks that don’t really grab you the first few spins, but eventually dig their hooks in and don’t let go. Few artists these days have the luxury of writing growers, because listeners aren’t willing to invest that kind of time. Unless the artist is proven [...]

A few weeks ago, Kevin English of eleetmusic got me in to the closed beta of Rock Band Network, which provides the necessary tools to get your songs into the game. When it launches, the RBN Store will sell those songs through the game’s interface, with 30% of the purchase price going back to the artist. Now [...]

Full details are here, but to cut to the chase: Would you please download my track? (it’s free) http://www.reverbnation.com/playlist7?artist_id=334871 If time permits, I’d like to write about my first ReverbNation street team mission after the voting ends on Monday at 11:00 a.m. EST. UPDATE 1/11/10: We won! I’m still planning to write about the street [...]

I promote to establish and nurture a genuine relationship with my fans. I measure my success by the number of subscribers to my mailing list. Notice I said mailing list, not Twitter followers or MySpace “friends.” I’m talking about the people who grant me permission through a double opt-in process to email them directly on [...]