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Five Things To Consider Before Launching Your Kickstarter Campaign

When I wrote my blog post awhile back about quitting my job too early and how I now need to work even harder and more hours, a lot of people on my email list wrote me and suggested I launch a Kickstarter campaign. I’ve seen some artists get well known for their success on Kickstarter.
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Thoughts From a Music Critic: Interview with Sean Maloney

In Nashville, those of us in the hip hop and electronic music scene get our info on what’s good in a few different places. Eventually, we all take our cues from Sean Maloney. Writing for the Nashville Scene, he’s established himself as the voice of hip hop music and electronic music in Nashville. This gives
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How to Make Moves and Pay Dues in the Hip Hop Scene

Ross Norton is relatively new to the Nashville Hip Hop scene. Yet, he’s already got his hands in more things locally than a lot of people; myself included. He emcees as Kid Dead. Also, he’s been performing as part of Last of the Horsemen along with some other projects. He’s also been booking a lot
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Why I Use Reverb Store For Selling Merch

I was talking to Ugly Lovely the other day. He has some new hoodies and t-shirts printed up. He was asking me what I was using to sell my own merch. So I wanted to put this out there. I am currently using Reverb Store through Reverbnation. I do this simply because they allow me
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9 Favorite Shows From 2011

The year is almost over! New Year’s Eve is a busy time of year for DJs. I’ve got two big shows coming up this weekend. I’m grateful for every opportunity to do what I enjoy. Meanwhile, I want to look back at some of my favorite shows of the year. Here they are in no
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The Real Reasons That No One Wants To Book You

Today I have a guest post from Celeste AKA GalaxCgirl. Celeste performs as GalaxCgirl in Asheville, NC and the surrounding area where she combines her DJ set with live visuals. Celeste was actually sent to my post about booking your own live shows after she made a similar rant on her facebook page. (Thanks J-Mo!)
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Six Albums You Should Have Listened To In 2011

One of my email subscribers, Sandy, asked me recently, “What are your biggest influences? What are you currently listening to?” I hate to just give short answers to music related questions as personal as this one! Furthermore as I was looking at what I was listening to and matching it up with some of my
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Gummy Soul Builds a New Hip Hop Empire

Nashville really is the perfect Music City. It’s full of surprises. When I first moved here, the surprise was that this is not just a country music city. There is a pretty nice hip hop scene in Nashville as well as an electronic scene. So as I was trying to carve my special place in
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How I Quit My Day Job Too Early and Wasn’t Ready For The Next Step

I was Bamboozled! Hoodwinked! Led Astray! However, it’s really my fault. I don’t think I was sold a lie. But I believed a lie. But let’s start with the truth. The truth is that I want to be a musician and DJ. I want to make great music and perform that music all across the
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Interview with Sophie Reeves: From Fan to Frontlines with Pretty Lights

What is it that you do? What is your job title? I am Pretty Lights Assistant Tour Manger / Production Assistant and also cant forget that I’m on Vibe Control! Vibe control is me keeping the peace Did you have a vision for how you’d be involved in the music industry? What else are you
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How To Use Google Alerts to Track Your Online Buzz

If you’re a DJ or an artist of some kind, it’s helpful to know what people are saying about you. I mean this in a promotional sense. Not so much in a sense of changing what you’re doing to please people. Anyway, Google Alerts is a great way to do this! I just put out
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