Blasko and Seth discuss No Room For Rock Stars, a behind-the-scenes documentary of the Vans Warped Tour. This movie covers 4 bands on the Warped Tour with one band not even on the bill for the tour, but following it in hopes of getting a chance to play.
Want to have a killer set for your new band? Do you want to knock the socks off that crowd on your first show? I have an idea on how to write your band’s first set of songs quickly and to the greatest effect.
I feel a bit giddy! I just did my first guest post over at Michael Brandvold’s site. I’ve been overwhelmed with e-mail, tweets, and blogs lately, so I developed a strategy to manage my time. Here’s an excerpt of the post. The full deal can be read at Michael’s site. (Thank you, Michael!)
Inspired by Thorny Bleeder’s vlog about using YouTube to reward your fans, I decided to experiment with Shiplosion and received excellent results!
Have you ever tried blasting to all your friends to add your band’s fan page? How’d that work for ya? Probably not as well as you wanted.
Have you been spammed to add someone else’s band? Did you really care? Probably not.
What if you could have fun, and by doing so, both reward current fans and drive new sign-ups to your Facebook Fan Page? If my experiment is any indication, using YouTube to personally thank your fans does just this. Here’s what I did to get a 50% increase in my fan count.
As I’m in the middle of moving out of my apartment, I keep having that annoying feeling of “What am I missing” or “Am I forgetting something.” The same type of feeling creeps up on me after I’ve finished a show, and I’m about an hour away. “Did I just leave something really important behind?”
I went to a show tonight. Every Monday I try to catch “Metal Monday” at the 2 Bit Saloon in Seattle. Tonight, was a great show! However, I’m noticing mistakes that every band should just slap themselves over.
I’m slapping myself, because I’ve done the exact same thing in my bands. Here they are.
I did it. I took the plunge. I bought a tablet. Not the iPad, though. I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab
Why would I do such a thing? Well, I’ve been kicking around the idea of making the merch table mobile. I’m not saying replace the merch table entirely, but to expand on it by making each band member a walking merch stand.
I was inspired after reading Michael Brandvold’s 2000 Things to get 20,000 Fans. The latest article was “Press The Flesh” meaning to actively network and talk with people right after a show. But there are two conflicting things, working the room and working the merch table.
In an ideal world, everyone would flock to the band’s merch table right after the show ended. In reality, for smaller bands, everyone immediately flocks to the bar or outside for a smoke. Also, some clubs or house shows don’t have a place to set up a merch stand.
The solution? Be your own merch table. Combine networking and merch sales. This is where the Samsung Galaxy Tab
