Monday, August 25, 2008 

Hyperfest3 Recap

by Madalyn Sklar

Just arrived at Hyperfest3: me, Jenny, Kimo, Emily I love attending music conferences. There are so many good ones out there. Hyperfest is one of my favorites and for only being around three years I find it worth taking note. It's in Albuquerque, NM where it's hot and dry. But aside from that it's FUN!

Executive Director Allison Shaw and Festival Director Jenny Gamble have a great vision of bringing together both great live music and fascinating music industry professionals to participate on panels. It's a win/win.

I was busy Twittering at the Touring panel on Saturday. Here are some of the remarks...

Hyperfest3 Touring Panel "If you don't ask it won't happen" when trying to get opportunities says Ryan Cano of The Loyalty Firm

"Don't play too much in your own backyard." Tom Frouge, Globalquerque

"You have to get a street team everywhere." Jenny McPhee, TKO Booking

"Become friends with your audience." Chris J, Army of Freshmen

"The best bands are at the merch table talking to their fans." Jenny McPhee, TKO Booking

Doing my Social Networks for Musicians workshop I moderated the Press Kits panel next which was made up of local print papers as well as a local DJ and my new techie friend Catfish. After that was the panel on 360 deals headed up by my friend, entertainment attorney Ken Abdo. A little later was the producers panel led by my friend Robert Case of New Pants Publishing. I had to miss it because I was off doing my Social Networks for Musicians Workshop, which rocked by the way!

And the music was great!! It was everywhere. All you had to do was walk from venue to venue.

Check out more on Hyperfest at http://www.hyperfestival.com.

If you want to see all my pics from Hyperfest3 go to http://tinyurl.com/5cw2bg.

The PlatformsShelley Barratt band

Allie spelled it right!Somer is one rocker chick!

Copyright © 2008 Madalyn Sklar, IndieMusicCoach

Madalyn Sklar is a music business coach & consultant, blogger, social networks expert and author. She founded IndieMusicCoach and has spent over 12 years working with a wide range of independent musicians all over the world. 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.

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007 

How to make the most of a music conference



Coming up next month is one of my favorites, the Dewey Beach Music Conference. There will be so many great opportunities to meet and network with lots of great industry people. But what do you need to do to prepare?

There are lots of things:

*Load up on business cards and CDs.
*Have pen/paper to take notes
*Bring flyers about your show & don't be afraid to pass them out
*Show up with a positive attitude
*SMILE - it will make a huge difference

I have two great resources available in the GoGirls Music Store that can help:

Music Conference Teleseminar Panel
Earlier this year I hosted a Music Conference Panel featuring Allie Shaw (Hyperactive), Angie DeVore (Dfest) and Vikki Walls (Dewey Beach). They dished out lots of information and advice on music conferences. Including a Q&A session with the audience!

Check out this teleseminar call and learn how to make the most of a music conference!



Using Myspace to...
create a buzz @ a music conference

In this e-Booklet I'll show you how to use Myspace to get attention at a music conference! I talk about image & branding as well as useful tips before, during & after the conference.

I also provide Myspace page examples plus details on how to track friend requests. You'll learn valuable tools in this e-Booklet!

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

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