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069 – Photoshoots, Concerts and Websites

recorded 18 September 2008

Discussed in this episode of With A Voice Like This:

If you’re free and in the Schaumburg, IL area this Sunday, September 21, you can check out  AcappellaFest 2008. It’s a concert featuring four Chicago area a cappella groups with special guest Scott Leonard of Rockapella (you may remember them as the singing group on the TV show “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?”). Check out the link for more information.

4-AM
We’re doing a photoshoot this Sunday, so if you follow me on Twitter or Plurk, you’ll see some updates and even a few poor quality pictures of the shoot as it’s happening. Also coming up in the week ahead, we’ll be doing a gig at the Palmer House in Downtown Chicago as The Garden Club once again, so you’ll be getting some tweets and plurks around that too.

At Any Rate
This was all about websites that offer new services and communities. The first one is ReviewYou.com [Edit: Link removed as site is shut down and redirects to CyberPR] from Ariel Hyatt and it’s about getting a review from a professional Music reviewer within a guaranteed 15 business day turnaround time.

The second site is MixMatchMusic.com [Edit: Link removed as Site shut down in 2015], which is taking a new approach to the musician community which allows for collaboration with other musicians, get new listeners and allow for anyone to remix all while making sure the musicians are paid for their work. Check it out and let me know what you think of it too.

Looking Ahead
Next week will be a special show since I’ll have Paul Natkin the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Music Commission as a guest. We will be discussing the Event Promoter Ordinance I first talked about in Episode 054 – The City of Chicago vs. Live Music. The Chicago Music Commission is a charitable organization (501(c)3) that first discovered the proposed ordinance and brought it to the attention of the music community and public at large and is now working with the city on this ordinance. We’ll have a lot to talk about in this show.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow podcaster Andrea from Geek is Chic commented in the show. Check out the information for her Podcastathon coming up October 11 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Music from the show
All That She Needs is by Della Valle featuring Jay Della Valle. You can also find out more information about Della Valle on MySpace.

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068 – Interview with Ariel Hyatt – Part 2

Recorded 4 September 2008

This Episode is the conclusion of the interview with Ariel Hyatt, President of Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and Author of the book, Music Success in Nine Weeks. Topics discussed in the conclusion were:

  • Info Marketing
  • The paradigm shift in the Music Industry
  • Experiential Souvenirs
  • It takes time
  • How to get Music Success in Nine Weeks
  • Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and how they work with New and Social Media
  • Connecting with your fan base

Comments from the Podcast Gallery
Podcasters Chef Mark Tafoya, founder of the Culinary Media Network and host of ReMARKable Palate and Andrea of Geek is Chic contributed comments in this show.

Links from this show

Music from this show
The music in the show is Should I Love Him or Walk Away by Wendy St. Kitts [Update: link removed, web address no longer valid]. In addition to her website, you can find her on MySpace and CD Baby. Thank you to Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR for the music.

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067 – Interview with Ariel Hyatt – Part 1

recorded 4 September 2008

This episode of With A Voice Like This is the first part of my interview with Ariel Hyatt, President of Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and author of the new book Music Success in Nine Weeks.

The topics discussed in this first half of the interview include:

  • Ariel’s background and what lead to the writing of the book
  • The purpose of the book and how to use it
  • Giving a context to who you are as a musician
  • Networking – the art of influence
  • Newsletters and New Media
  • Connecting with your audience
  • ‘What’s in it for me?’
  • USP – Unique Selling Point

Links from this show

The conclusion of this interview will be Episode 068 of the show.

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066 – What do You do when You’re Branded?

recorded  28 August 2008

4-AM
This episode of With A Voice Like This is about Branding on two levels. From the perspective of 4-AM, as we performed over Labor Day Weekend and will continue to do in period costumes as The Garden Club and personal branding in working with both With A Voice Like This podcast and as a member of 4-AM.  Decision points from which brand has the largest audience, which is best for the needs of what you’re dealing with to transition issues. A lot of thought about those things.

What you won’t hear in the show
I’ve decided that I’m going to go with my JimGoodrich account both on Twitter and Plurk. I’ll be transitioning as much as I possibly can, but feel free to follow me at there, in case I miss you.

I also talk about a blog entry that teaches you how to adapt an USB wireless dongle with Windows drivers for use with a Mac. It’s a blog entry you can find at How I got my wireless G adapter working with a Mac on torley.com.

Comments from the Podcast Gallery
Podcaster SuperMom7000 from TV Talk contributed this episode.

Big News, Special Time
Next episode will be an interview with Ariel Hyatt President of Ariel Publicity and Cyber PR and Author of the new book Music Success in Nine Weeks. This show will be recorded live Thursday, September 4th at 1:00PM CT, so please make note of the time and I hope to see you there. More detailed information can be found at the public invite.

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065 – Press Releases and MP3s

recorded 21 August 2008

4-AM
I’ve been practicing writing press releases after reading a section of the book Promoting Your Podcast by Jason Van Orden and run through the standard format of a press release, what needs to go into a good press release, how to structure the writing and where and when it should be sent. I used the blog entry How to Write a Press Release to help illustrate the points.

At Any Rate
This episode’s At Any Rate was a lot of fun for me, since I got to play some of the new Demo clips that are going up on the 4-AM website. Those include Rhumba Girl, Too Late Now and I Remember You. I also played a snippet from an arrangement I’m working on of Follow Me, by Uncle Kracker.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow Podcaster Andrea of the Geek Is Chic podcast gave feedback in the show AND an iTunes review for the show. Thank you again Andrea.

If you’d like to give your Comments from the Podcast Gallery and have them heard on the show, you can call 630.492.0487 and leave your thoughts on the voicemail line or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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