Episode 3 - The Facebook Debacle Working Indie Musician
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Episode 3 show notes: - welcome to episode 3! (feels weird to be at 3) Feedback - from Jonathan Romley of Artist Force - moderator of the panel I talked about "I enjoyed your video. I also hoped for some more insightful vision of the future than I was able to extract. You've made a good point – often, our guess is as good as the next well informed social media fanatic. I wish you the best with your vlog." - from Doug Hanna, filmmaker "Love the show- Keep it up! I don't have a music Facebook page, but what I find from a Facebook Fan Page for my films and movies is that it does get you a few new fans. Facebook makes a big deal about anything anyone does so if someone becomes a fan of "Bob The Singer" it will come up on all of their friends home pages that says So-and-So became friends with "Bob The Singer". You might get fans that way." - goes on to talk about some of the general benefits of having a fan page. - This happened to me with The Leviathan Chronicles. So I Set One Up - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Devo-Spice/116693183739 - the set up sucked - browser crashed 6 times while trying to upload photos - discography application kept erroring back to photo album application - after completing the photo album the discography application still didn't work - uploading music requires that you prove you're who you say you are by faxing them a copy of your drivers license, then takes a few days to approve - I was approved, but still don't know where users can play the songs I uploaded Was It Worth it? - maybe - 121 fans, as of now, roughly 1/3 of friends on personal page - however, many fans are not friends, possibly half, so I am reaching new people Don't Invite Friends? - couldn't figure out how to invite friends, so I asked a friend - she said don't, she hates when bands invite you to become fans - then volunteered to do it for me - I posted on Twitter, cross posted to my status Set Up on TheSixtyOne.com - easy process - must have separate account as listener, can't be both artist and listener - makes a game out of listening to music and discovering new music - several friends jumped onto it after I did and have become hooked Question - What web sites do you use to promote your music, and how well has it worked out for you? - send feedback to workingindiemusician@gmail.com
Episode 3 show notes: - welcome to episode 3! (feels weird to be at 3) Feedback - from Jonathan Romley of Artist Force - moderator of the panel I talked about "I enjoyed your video. I also hoped for some more insightful vision of the future than I was able to extract. You've made a good point – often, our guess is as good as the next well informed social media fanatic. I wish you the best with your vlog." - from Doug Hanna, filmmaker "Love the show- Keep it up! I don't have a music Facebook page, but what I find from a Facebook Fan Page for my films and movies is that it does get you a few new fans. Facebook makes a big deal about anything anyone does so if someone becomes a fan of "Bob The Singer" it will come up on all of their friends home pages that says So-and-So became friends with "Bob The Singer". You might get fans that way." - goes on to talk about some of the general benefits of having a fan page. - This happened to me with The Leviathan Chronicles. So I Set One Up - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Devo-Spice/116693183739 - the set up sucked - browser crashed 6 times while trying to upload photos - discography application kept erroring back to photo album application - after completing the photo album the discography application still didn't work - uploading music requires that you prove you're who you say you are by faxing them a copy of your drivers license, then takes a few days to approve - I was approved, but still don't know where users can play the songs I uploaded Was It Worth it? - maybe - 121 fans, as of now, roughly 1/3 of friends on personal page - however, many fans are not friends, possibly half, so I am reaching new people Don't Invite Friends? - couldn't figure out how to invite friends, so I asked a friend - she said don't, she hates when bands invite you to become fans - then volunteered to do it for me - I posted on Twitter, cross posted to my status Set Up on TheSixtyOne.com - easy process - must have separate account as listener, can't be both artist and listener - makes a game out of listening to music and discovering new music - several friends jumped onto it after I did and have become hooked Question - What web sites do you use to promote your music, and how well has it worked out for you? - send feedback to workingindiemusician@gmail.com