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Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com/

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I'm in Philly this weekend working on video footage we had shot during Folk Alliance in Memphis, TN back in February. Lynn King and I stayed up late last night putting together this great clip showing the POWER of the GoGirls Music Community I run. Check it out. I'm sure you will enjoy it. I would love to hear your feedback!



I'm also busy working on the new DVD from my workshop at Folk Alliance. It's part of my Indie Music Success series. This one will be volume 2. I know you will enjoy it. We hope to have it for sale in the GoGirls Music Store next month.

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com/

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Earlier this week I found a bunch of resources on PRESS KITS that I passed along to one of my consulting clients who was seeking out information. I thought I would share what I found with you. The links below are from doing a simple GOOGLE search.

Ingredients of a Demo and/or Press Kit
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/knab/articles/demo.htm

How to Make A Great Press Kit - A Musician's Guide
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Make-A-Great-Press-Kit---A-Musicians-Guide&id=59384

How To Improve Your Press it
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/knab/articles/presskits.htm

Bios & Press Kits
http://www.musicbootcamp.com/bios_and_press_kits.shtml

How to Make A Press Kit
http://www.getsigned.com/presskits.html

Band Press Kits, Music Press Kits, or Press Packages
http://mediawebsource.com/Presskit.htm

Band Press Kit Sample Outline
http://mediawebsource.com/bandpresskitsample.htm

I hope you find this information useful. If you are looking for something and need help, please leave me a comment.

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com/

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A Note of Health


Michele Zahakis-Monte is a certified Holistic Health Counselor dedicated to helping hard working musicians. Learn how to build your immune system and eat healthier while on the road. Learn about foods that keep you focused and grounded as well as foods that enhance your creativity. Visit www.anoteofhealth.com and fill out your health history located under contact. Michele will get in touch with you to schedule your one hour session.

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Artist Development Teleseminar Recorded live 4-18-07 Produced by: Indie Music Seminars Running time: 79 minutes

Madalyn Sklar interviews agent/consultant/author Eugene Foley about key elements regarding the most important topic in the music business, and one that is often ignored these days, Artist Development. Including a Q&A session with the audience!

What's covered in this teleseminar:

Developing your music career

What makes a song successful

How to make your press kit stand out

The importance of radio promotion

Having a successful tour

and more!

Download the teleseminar at www.gogirlsmusicstore.com

Mi2N is one of my favorite web sites because you can post and read all kinds of music related press releases.

You can easily submit your own news at http://www.mi2n.com/input.php3

You can sign up for their free newsletters at http://mi2n.com/subscribe.php3

This is something I highly recommend.

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com/

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“Artist Development, A Distinctive Guide To The Music Industry's Lost Art”


Wednesday, April 18th at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific
Join us April 18th for this free 60-minute "teleseminar" and listen to Madalyn Sklar, founder of GoGirlsMusic.com and IndieMusicCoach interview agent/consultant/author Eugene Foley about key elements regarding the most important topic in the music business, and one that is often ignored these days, Artist Development.

Missed a call? No problem!
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Madalyn's Note: I've been in touch with Nancy at SAVENETRADIO and it's a worthwhile endeavor. Please take a moment to check it out. Thanks!

Hello friends,

The time has come to take action to SAVENETRADIO. Our site is live at http://www.savenetradio.org/. Please click on the petition link and send a letter to your congressman today.

Thank you.
Nancy Tarr Wager
SAVENETRADIO

As an webcaster, listener and artist you understand Internet radio's revolutionary impact on the ability to reach music fans nationwide and globally. Artists deserve to be fairly paid for their creativity, but a recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) to almost triple Internet radio royalty rates has jeopardized the future of Internet radio, and could extinguish one of the few opportunities for independent artists and labels to expand their reach.

The new royalty rates were requested by the major labels who control the RIAA, but their artists are already heavily promoted on broadcast radio while 95% of artists need Internet radio. These higher rates will force many small, non-profit and public service radio stations to stop broadcasting on the Internet, and will virtually eliminate all small and medium-sized webcasters.

And the remaining large webcasters – they will stop streaming too. The few that continue will be forced to negotiate special deals with major record labels that will require more major label content and less independent content to be performed.

Furthermore, these new deals will cut out the artist altogether. If you are among the artists who have received SoundExchange royalties from Internet radio, those will disappear because the major labels' direct deals with webcasters will allow them to circumvent the 50/50 split mandated by the webcast laws and keep 100% of the revenue. This decision is a huge step backwards for the working musician.

We believe Internet radio has created a wonderfully rich and diverse music environment that should be encouraged and promoted. It is a vital alternative to broadcast radio, and for the vast majority of musicians, the only hope they have of exposure to a wide audience.

Don't let your music be silenced. Join us today in the fight to help save Internet radio by signing our petition: www.savenetradio.org/petition. We will use this petition to pressure Congress to do the right thing – to save Internet radio as the new mass medium that enables a diversity of voices, including yours. We hope you will also share your story of Internet radio, and we will print the best stories to demonstrate the value of this innovative medium.

Thanks for your support.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
If you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things in your own hands.

To affect the outcome of anything,
you must control the action at the point of decision making.
You're in control of your life
to the degree that you make the decisions.

If you let others make decisions for you, you have no control.
When you control your decisions,
you control the actions.

THE DAILY GURU
********************************************
©2006 by Max Steingart

Madalyn’s Note: Stand up and take charge. It’s your life so why not control it? If you have really good music what is holding you back from being the rock star that is already inside you? If you are unsure about your music, go work on it. Develop your craft! First and foremost you must have great music that will make you stand out from the masses. And if your music is really great, you have to believe it’s really great. If everyone keeps telling you over and over how incredible your music is, listen to them. And I don’t mean your friends and family who love you and might be saying nice things because they are supposed to. I mean industry people. I mean reviewers, bookers, venue owners and even your fans. So what are you doing today to become the rock star that is waiting to emerge from within you?

Copyright © 2007 Madalyn Sklar, IndieMusicCoach

Madalyn Sklar is a music business coach, consultant and author. She founded IndieMusicCoach and has spent over 11 years working with a wide range of independent musicians, helping them get focused and energized. Her goal is to help indie artists achieve greater success in the music business by working smarter not harder. She is also the founder of GoGirlsMusic.com, the oldest and largest online community of indie women musicians, with a vision of bringing together and empowering musicians from around the world.

Madalyn is available for one-on-one consulting and coaching at affordable prices. Check out www.IndieMusicCoach.com for more info.

Hey everyone,

I finally got a Myspace page for IndieMusicCoach. Check it out at http://www.myspace.com/indiemusiccoach

Will you be my friend?

And while you're at it, check out my GoGirls Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/gogirls

Keep rockin',
Madalyn

Jack Canfield is an author best known for being the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series. He has also written one of my all-time favorite books, The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

He is in the film, The Secret. He's been on Oprah and Larry King. I mean he's just everywhere these days and for good reason. So do yourself a favor and check him out. If you need some motivation in your life, read his book The Success Principals or check out The Secret.

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com

Here's a little goldmine of info I found for you...

Marketing Your Music Articles
http://www.music-articles.com/marketing

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com

Labels: articles, indie, marketing, music

You can decide to alter the course of your life at any time.
No one can ever take that away from you.
You can do what you want to do
and be who you want to be.

Nature is constantly at work around you.
Character and destiny are her handiwork.
She gives you love and hate,
jealousy and reverence.
You have the power to choose which impulse you follow.

While your character is formed by your circumstances, your desires can shape those circumstances.
The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts.
It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.

Your greatest power is the power to choose.

THE DAILY GURU
*********************************************
©2006 by Max Steingart

[Madalyn’s Note: Who do you want to be? An astronaut? A secretary? Donald Trump? A hard working, professional musician? You can be anything you want and achieve success because you have the power to choose it. Do you love what you do? If not, change it. You control your life and destiny. Think about that one while sipping your morning coffee. Rock on!]

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com

by Madalyn Sklar

What are you doing today to attract success when it comes to you and your music career? We are capable of "having it all" if we just decide what it is we want. I know it sounds silly doesn't it! What do we really want? So many indie artists out there know what they want... sell tons of CDs, have adoring fans, go on tour. I could go on and on. But what is success to you? Is it quitting your day job? Touring year-round? Playing before a packed house?

You can attract your own success by first having a written plan. Think about your definition of "success" and write it down. Or just fill in this blank, "I define success as ___________________________________". Don't skimp. Write it all down. What do you really want. Putting together a plan will do amazing things for you. It justifies everything. It will make you feel good. It will put you halfway there. Seriously!

Now the tough part, making it happen. My favorite saying is, "Just Do It". Why is that so hard for people? It's easy for me because I make it easy for me. It allows me to attract success. Remember there is no reward without risk. Take the plunge. Just do it! First step, a positive attitude. Having a great outlook on life does wonders. If you need help in this area go watch or read "The Secret". Second, surround yourself with people who believe in you and your music. You need support. There is nothing worse than getting shot down by your friends and family. But do persist because you need these people in your life. Show them what you are capable of! You need to work on attracting good things. If your thinking gets clouded with negativity, you will have a hard time attracting success.

Get out there. Just do it! Yes, you can!

Copyright © 2007 Madalyn Sklar, IndieMusicCoach

Madalyn Sklar is a music business coach, consultant and author. She founded IndieMusicCoach and has spent over 11 years working with a wide range of independent musicians, helping them get focused and energized. Her goal is to help indie artists achieve greater success in the music business by working smarter not harder. She is also the founder of GoGirlsMusic.com, the oldest and largest online community of indie women musicians, with a vision of bringing together and empowering musicians from around the world.

Madalyn is available for one-on-one consulting and coaching at affordable prices. Check out www.IndieMusicCoach.com for more info.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
“Artist Development, A Distinctive Guide To The Music Industry's Lost Art”


Wednesday, April 18th at 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific
Join us April 18th for this free 60-minute "teleseminar" and listen to Madalyn Sklar, founder of GoGirlsMusic.com and IndieMusicCoach interview agent/consultant/author Eugene Foley about key elements regarding the most important topic in the music business, and one that is often ignored these days, Artist Development.

Missed a call? No problem!
You can order copies of previous calls at www.gogirlsmusicstore.com

Sign up FREE at http://www.indiemusicseminars.com

Labels: artist development, business, eugene foley, gene foley, madalyn sklar, music, teleseminar

Here's a web site dedicated to helping musicians build their own site quite easily. There is a 2 week free trial. Check it out at BandSiteLive.com.

Rock on,
Madalyn Sklar
IndieMusicCoach.com
~providing one-on-one indie music consulting & coaching~
http://www.indiemusiccoach.com/

Labels: band web sites