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ATTN Bands

ATTN Bands: Record Release Dates (Part 2)

December 2, 2011

ATTN Bands is a recurring thread with tips and tricks for bands trying to make it in today’s crazy social media / music blogging world. Take it for what you will, but if somebody asked me to give a presentation about the music world, the ATTN Bands posts would be my starting point. This is [...]

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ATTN Bands: Record Release Dates (Part 1)

December 1, 2011

My diatribe in Tuesday’s Album Drops post transmogrified over the last forty-eight hours into thinking about the timing of record releases in general. The frequency and timing of your releases is of paramount importance, with the ultimate goal to not only sell as many records as possible, but also, in order to continue doing so [...]

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ATTN Bands: Situation Critical – Open for Platinum Blonde!

May 18, 2011

Platinum Blonde, one of Canada’s top pop bands in the 1980’s, is playing The Venue at River Cree Casino & Resort here in Edmonton (actually, it’s not officially in Edmonton, just west, but you get the idea) on July 16 – and they’re hosting a contest to see who opens for them.

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ATTN Bands: How To Increase The Odds Of Hitting It Big In the Blogosphere

May 1, 2011

courtesy digitpedia / flickr Creative Commons ATTN Bands is a continuing thread with tips and tricks for bands trying to make it in today’s crazy social media / music blogging world. Agree. Don’t agree. Take it for what you will. Earlier this week Bob Lefsetz wrote a post called “Albums”, which started with a discourse [...]

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ATTN Bands: Snoop and New Music Michael Talk Twitter and Myspace

April 23, 2011

This post marks the start of a new series I’ll be revisiting from time to time. ATTN Bands is meant as tips and tricks for bands trying to make it in today’s crazy social media / music blogging world. You don’t need to necessarily take my word as gospel, of course, but if somebody asked [...]

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ATTN Bands: Myspace – Imminent Implosion!

February 11, 2011

They can deny it all they want, but myspace’s demise is imminent – very likely before the end of 2011. I thought I would use this Friday to toss out some alternate options for when it does implode. The Bands If you’re a band, you’d better have a backup plan for fans to find your [...]

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ATTN Bands: Touring Western Canada – What Cities Should You Play Gigs In?

February 7, 2011

This post was inspired by a couple of tour itineraries I saw recently that completely bypassed western Canada’s major cities (three of which have populations over one million) in favor of small U.S. centers (or, even worse, dark days) as bands cross the country from the great lakes area to the west coast. So I [...]

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