Where to Find Quality Musical Equipment
Posted by admin in Musical Equipment on October 25, 2011
Sourcing and purchasing quality musical equipment is not the same hassle as it used to be ten years ago. In those days there were just two options – you either went to a shop that specialized in musical equipment or you found it in the classified advertisements in both the local press and specialist music magazines. Music stores were and are few and far between, with little guarantee that you would find what you were looking for because of their limited capacity.
Purchasing through classified advertisements has always been a risky business, with no guarantee of the condition of the item being purchased. Today, thanks to the Internet, things are different, and there are numerous online stores that carry an almost unlimited selection of musical equipment, from the simplest guitar capo to the most expensive electronic studio recording equipment.
Aside from the obvious advantage of the wide range of musical equipment carried in Internet stores, there are several other advantages of obtaining quality gear in this way. Firstly, nearly all online shops offer some kind of discount, and research has shown that for some top of the range electronic equipment there are discounts of as much as R10,000 being offered – there’s no arguing that that is quite a saving in anyone’s money! Read the rest of this entry »
Great Ways to Promote Your Independent Music or Band
Posted by admin in Music Promotion on September 25, 2011
When you tell an independent musician the only way to survive without a major label is to market and promote his music it is like telling him he has terminal cancer. They end up taking that bit of truth as a death sentence. I believe they think this way on account of most artist think that the business side of music is linear thinking, boring and dull. This does not fit in with their out of box thinking and creative personality. Not to mention nobody wants to come across as a bad used car salesmen.
So let’s come up with some creative techniques to market your music. When you start to see CD sales increase, hits on your website, and more people at your concerts you will begin to see the fun in promotion. Feel free to play with these tips, have fun and be creative, but more importantly use them. Read the rest of this entry »