Our Thoughts Go Out To Haiti
We would just like to state that our thoughts are with the people of Haiti as they go through this extremely difficult time. And we would like to request that you donate something/anything to help them get the food, supplies, shelter, medicine and water that they so desperately need.
You can text 90999 with the message “Haiti” to automatically donate $10 to The American Red Cross or you can visit The Red Cross website at www.redcross.org to donate online.
Average Band Lifespan is about nine months
According to The Village Voice:
As of ‘09, bands have an official life span of about nine months dating from the launch of their MySpace pages, thanks to the comically accelerated, DSL-enhanced hype cycle. Faster than you can tweet “Serena Maneesh,” entire genres of music are “discovered” by attention-starved writers; bloggers engage in hilarious slap-fights about who was there first; magazines feel pressured into writing clueless, hackazoid, late-pass trend pieces; bands get elevated to a critical mass of attention they can’t possibly handle; and the phenomenon is promptly abandoned once we find a newer, shinier toy to play with.
How will your act buck this trend?
Fans Determine UK #1 For Christmas
Thanks to social media and fans rallying their support, Rage Against The Machine’s 1992 “Killing In The Name” will be the #1 song on the UK Christmas charts.
Rage Against the Machine Get Christmas Number One Spot in the U.K.
Tom DeLonge on Music Business 2.0
Good video from musician Tom DeLonge, former member of Blink 182 on music business in this day and age. Check it out:
Tweet for a Track Viral Promotion
Tweet For A Track lets you easily trade a mp3 for a tweet from your fans. And best of all, it’s free!
It works like this:
1. You upload an MP3 and post a tweet with a link to download the free song.
2. To get the free MP3, your followers re-tweet and are emailed a download link.
3. As their followers see their tweets, more tweets are re-posted and the MP3 is spread virally.
Sounds like a pretty neat idea. Let me know if any of you have tried it.