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Sweet and Amazing Discoveries In Live Music

December 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival

Did you see what we “un-locked” at the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival? We hope so, because we’ve got another CBB festival discovery for you. But this time it’s of the homemade variety.

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Book Review: How Seth Godin’s Linchpin Can Make You A Better Music Blogger

December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Seth Godin Linchpin

It’s always a pleasure to pass along tools and tips that have helped make me a better live music blogger, thinker and creative person. And one person who’s helped me do so is Seth Godin. Though, I’ve never met the guy, I have read his books, and his blog is one of my favorite to [...]

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Book Review: How Problogger’s Tips Can Help Improve Your Music Blog

December 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Problogger Secrets to Six-figure Income

Continuing our series on on blogging how to’s and tips, here’s a review I wrote for Website Magazine of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

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How To Start Your Own Live Music Blog: Part Two

June 22, 2010 By 1 Comment

When began our race with Lap One’s inspirational and creativity tips to help get you started and keep your blog running even when it gets tough and your creative side gets fried and your blogger legs start to wobble and burn. Now it’s time for Lap Two. And since every blog has a story, I’ll [...]

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How To Start Your Own Live Music Blog: Pt. 1

June 10, 2010 By 2 Comments

It’s time to take another special blogging detour from our usual concert adventures.  What sort of diversion are we going to take this time? Well, in this three-part series I’ll share some tips, tools and a story that you can use to start your own blog, whether it’s about live music or anything else.

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Does Your Favorite Music Festival Have An iPhone App?

April 13, 2010 By 7 Comments
Coachella iPhone App

As the summer concert season begins to heat up, let’s see which festivals are offering iPhone apps and giving fans easy access to set lists, exclusive content and mobile alternatives to the crumpled paper schedule.

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Book Review: Trust Agents: How Music Bloggers and PR Can Build Better Relationships

April 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
TApic

Like I did on Do You Know How To Pitch To Bloggers?, I’d like to share with you another helpful set of tools that music bloggers and PR folk can use to make better connections on the web via new and social media.

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The Rhythm Of Playing Live At SXSW Music Festival 2010

March 20, 2010 By 1 Comment

Ask anyone who’s been there before and they’ll tell you that playing and going to SXSW Music Festival is lots of fun. But there’s a little more to it than that. So let’s see how things are going so far at this year’s festival, and see what bands and fans can do to prep for [...]

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The Benefit Of Using Humor To Promote Concerts

February 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Yesterday I received an email from hip hop/folk artist Tim Fite. It made me laugh like most of his quirky and oddly entertaining newsletter updates do. But this one was special and I’d like to share it with you because of how he creatively promotes his upcoming New York show.

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