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For what you're saying, Matt, Topspin is pretty cool. I think it's www.topspin.com... but could be wrong. Richard Sales Sent from my IPad www.glasswing.com On Jun 14, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the live show aspect as you say below is important. > > The connection that I'm trying to make is mostly to people who > download one's CDs and like them - figuring out how to make it easy to > get them on an announcement list. (And then to sort the announcement > list by localities, so that people on the other side of the country > are not bored by the announcements of local shows.) > > Arguably, you can't force people on your mailing list. You mostly want > to make it easy to find and sign up for. > > -- > Matt Davignon > mattdavignon@gmail.com > www.ribosomemusic.com > Podcast! http://ribosomematt.podomatic.com > Rigs! http://www.youtube.com/user/ribosomematt > > Steve Uccello <stevebassbird@yahoo.com> was all: >> Matt, finding your audience can be a very long and discouraging task, I >> feel like I am terrible at it. Being as strategically efficient as >> possible and taking any 'shortcuts'one can are definitaly essential (if >> you figure any out let us know!) But to me it seems the best way to go >> about it is to offer something very high quality, not meaning any >> qualitative value on playing etc, just being really good at whatever it >> is you do (whether it's a classical concert pianist or a performance >> artist who smears strawberry pudding all over themselves while playing >> a kazoo, you know what I mean) and then offering that thing >> consistently for a long period of time. As well as playing, I've put >> on a few shows & house concerts around the Monterey Bay area (promoting >> and playing w/ Steve Lawson, Lobelia, Bryan Beller/Kira Small, Bill >> Walker, Atmos Trio, Gustaf Fjelstrom) I even opened for Kim Boekbinder >> as well as Saul Kaye. And it seemed I had to do a quite a few >> before people even got the idea they were happening and worth coming >> to. And that was even with a few radio spots on KPIG and flyering, >> emailing etc. Seems people (& I'm totally guilty of this too) go: 'I >> missed it this time, but I'll make the next one' and so it goes. Seems >> good to also team up with other folks and help promote them, and to >> just keep doing it unflinchingly for a super long time maintaining a >> high quality experience %100 of the time. I always ask myself, "am I >> doing my audience a favor or are they doing me a favor by coming and >> listening?" But, I've rambled long enough! And hey, let's try to do a >> show together sometime, (seriously) or at least meet up and jam or hang >> out! Good luck with everything, it certainly is tricky to get things >> off the ground and even more so when you do something 'out of the box' >> oh that makes me think of a cool panel discussion Steve Lawson did >> about out of the box music, check it out here: >> >> http://www.stevelawson.net/2009/07/podcast-of-the-outside-the-box-panel-from-unconvention/ >> >> Best wishes, Steve Uccello >> >> http://www.uccelloprojects.blogspot.com/ >> www.steveuccello.com >> >> >> >