Musicians Blueprint

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Todays Musicians need every advantage to stay ahead of the competition. An online presence is crucial to succeeding as a musician and social networking is the best way to achieve this. Videos are huge and You-Tube has become the second largest search engine in the world. Music Videos, until recently have been only a pipe dream for most of us. But now there is Animoto. These guys have revolutionized Music Videos by not only making them affordable but fast and easy as well. In fact right now you can make short videos for free because they are still in Beta. The short video below took me about ten minutes to create from pictures I already had and music From the library of Animoto. Of course you can upload any music you like and you can remix until you like what you see. If you want to make your own video Click Here

Musicians Blueprint has recognized the importance of social networking. In Western Mass. there are very few places at all to discuss our music, so we decided to begin a forum dedicated to helping all musicians from everywhere who want to learn the ins and outs of, not just social networking, but all types of social media, musicians resources, product advice, or to discuss your experiences, your gigs, or whatever is on your mind. Please head over there now and get the conversation started. Click Here

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Musicians Blueprint as of February 2009 is still a relatively new site.  We would like to address our market in Musicians Resources on a National and possibly Global level. However, we would be remiss not to acknowledge our roots in the Western Massachusetts area. Periodically we will be posting about what we believe to be among the most important steps any musician should consider when planning to promote their music in our local market, although if you are not from our zip code, please drop me a line and I will be glad to point you in the right direction no matter where you’re from.

That being said, I would like to talk about one important resource for the Western Mass musician. http://www.link2rock.com is a website devoted to musicians that began their careers in this area and continue to show support to the local community. If you or your band has a website, then this is a great place to get a link back to your site. This is a very important strategy to social networking for todays musician. They also will post a video of live original-based shows, past or present, that are filmed in venues throughout Western Mass.

We all know that the road to a successful career in the music industry is paved with hard work and dedication. In order to get ahead and distance yourself from the rest of the pack it’s important to utilize the resources that have become mainstream to the informed artist. An online social strategy must be part of your daily routine if you want to be a stand-out musician. Exposure through sites like link2rock is a great place to start. The founders, Larry and Kevin, are self proclaimed to be devoted to the music, bands and the fans.

So I suggest you go and sign up within the link2rock community and get yourself or your band known. If you’re looking for more ways to network, leave your address at the top of this page to get this great e-book I found on social networking. It’s a digital book which you could be reading within minutes from now.

Best of Luck

Brian

Social Networking has become mainstream for todays musician. But the days of my space has been preempted by focused social Media sites such as Friend Feed, Twitter, and Facebook to name just a few. Now there is a new place devoted to The Social Musician in all of us. Linked-musician.com is well on it’s way to becoming the go-to place for national and international correspondence. This multilingual company is connecting musicians globally by removing language barriers and incorporating comprehensive communication for all.

This is how the administrators at Linked Musicians describe themselves;
“Linked Musicians is a unique and powerful social networking enabler for the live music industry. It is the first truly international, local-for-local, multilingual music industry social networking website, targeted at musicians, bands & orchestras, professionals & amateurs, and products & services providers in live music, like booking agents, recording studio’s, instruments & equipment suppliers, music schools, media, theatres, etc. For all musicians, from beginners to professionals, all instruments, and all music styles.

Linked Musicians facilitates the growth of the international live music business by providing networking & community services via internet to the professional & amateur music industry. These services enable musicians, bands, fans, event organisers and music industry businesses to extend, use and communicate with their people network.”

This is a powerful tool for every musician to take advantage of. Whether your in a band or looking to join one, exposure is what sells. What better way to gain recognition than to present yourself to your peers locally or even globally if you like. The secret is to network, become part of a community or start your own, it’s your choice. Take a look at the Mission Statement by clicking on the banner above. When you get there navigate to the ‘about us’ tab. These guys aren’t messing around.

In the music industry today Social Networking is the #1 technique for getting your songs heard. Let’s face it, the internet is here to stay. If your a musician and your not using any of these social networking websites then you are leaving a lot on the table. A network is viral, it’s like a train. Once it is in motion it’s hard to stop. Momentum in music is a powerful thing if you can harness it. Through social networking you can create your own community of like minded people. Friend Feed, Twitter, My Space, U-tube, And Facebook are just a few of the hundreds if not thousands of places you can network.The best thing is it’s free.

This is advertising at it’s best. However free is a relative term, if you consider time as money then it’s not free at all. In fact it can turn out to be quite time consuming. Don’t let that scare you though, most people I know really enjoy it. Once you join at least one of these services then the next thing you should consider is making a home for all the content you create. The best place to keep your content is on a blog. Unlike a web site a blog can be easily updated and there is no need to know any code or computer language. Wordpress Direct is a new site where you can create your blogs for free. If you think you’ve never seen a Wordpress Blog, your wrong. Your looking at one right now.Get your free blog Here

If you like Wordpress Direct you can always upgrade to a paid version. This is really cool. This site will automatically post relavant content by going out onto the internet and finding articles and videos and placing them on your site. Don’t worry they leave all the controll in your hands and will not do anything without your approval. Still Confused? Check out this great video on Social networking.