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persistence

I have turned over a new leaf in persistance. I’ve set up a list of smart mailboxes in my mail program, which is apple’s Mail. Every Monday I go down the list and send a short email to every booking person on the list. They get an email from me every week. It’s usually super [...]
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March 1 at the Ten High gig report

Wow, what a night. I drove in to the club at around 7:30pm in what could be called, without any hesitation, a torrential fucking downpour. Visibility on the interstate was 100ft or so, I’d say. I was basically just following the headlights ahead of me because I couldn’t see shit. It had been raining all [...]
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Why Sonicbids sucks for indie artists

NOTE: This entry now includes a recent update at the end (10/26/07)! I have been trying out this website called Sonicbids for about six months now, and after a lengthy evaluation, I have decided that it sucks, just like all the rest of the websites directed at musicians. I know this is a generalization, and [...]
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Flyering Atlanta, the video

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The best way to get a gig

I work every sunday on a 99x event called Unplugged in the Park, and I have been trying to get the powers that be to let me play there. I gave the host a copy of my disc. He listened to it and he said he liked it, but I don’t have a firm date [...]
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trying to get a publicist

So, my roommate and friend, who is the assistant to a reasonably well known artist, advised me that I should really get a publicist to help get the word out about my CD. That sounded like a good idea. She had one particular firm in mind that she works with with her artist, so she [...]
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Career progress

Okay, so I have this core belief, and it is basically that if you never, ever give up, someday you will make it, especially if you have realistic goals. So, If that’s true, we can conclude that I will someday make it. If I do, I’d like to be able to help other people by [...]
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