ok - so I am a little behind this week- oops- I just finished my term of teaching drum circles in schools and now.... school hoooliiidaays : ))))) One of my kid groups performed for end of term, so its been crazy! I now have 3 to 4 days to catch up with lots of admin before I leave for Canberrra and Melbourne for 10 days of dance workshops with internationally acclaimed dance artist Suraya Hilal. I am drumming for some of the training and then will dance the rest of the time! With this on the horizon I have also been working hard on a piano piece with my collaborator Sarah Hamilton as we will do some development work on it with Suraya Hilal next week. Its exciting as ever. This will be the 5th year I have done the workshop.
Ok so- hmmmmmmmm some of the things I am yet to address in Music Success in 9 Weeks ...... Expanding my mailing list....well.... I think I have been more successful over the past few years expanding my web site in person than on line. I have decided I need to design a mailing list form and buy a few clip boards so I can hand them around at performances more easily.
I still have not quite got to adding more email list/ free mp3 things around my sites. It is working here but hmmmmmmm after some research it seems like reverb nation still have the simplest version of this. Gotta look at this more today........
This week I also had a gig for a 50th birthday. I played drums for some of my favorite dancers, Tribal Jewels.
It reminded me that this kind of work is fun, makes people really happy and pays well. It is also a chance to network and promote all my activities- From drum and dance classes and performances as well as singer songwriter albums and performances. We made some great new friends who were really happy to further promote our work. It made me realize I need to revamp my cards perhaps even a 3 sided card which has my drum/dance activities - singer songwriter and composition for film/media arts projects.Part of me thinks it's overkill to promote everything at the same time but ....... I think perhaps people should not be underestimated in terms of their attention spans and their interest in fairly diverse areas of the arts. As Ariel says in Week 7- you never quite know who you are speaking with and how you might be able to help each other out with performances/ venues/marketing..... LIFE : ) Drum/Dance gigs can make new fans for my singer songwriter material and last week I sold a singer songwriter CD to a woman who had seen me drum and dance. So hmmmmmm it's all related and I think people are intrigued by artists who work across a number of fronts. I also have maybe found a new studio to teach from by doing a gig and chatting with people.
Another example of the worth of chatting online and off is I recently scored free tickets to a percussion concert featuring one of the most well known and respected percussionists River P Guergerian. From a post on a google group conversation I ended up with free tickets and then I introduced myself at the concert and thanked him, we had a great chat and talked about meeting up next time he comes out for a play and so now I have a lovely contact with a wonderfully inspiring artist : )
so yes...... approaching people as potential friends is made so much easier through the web but the in person contacts are really important too : )
This week I also decided to start a blog for my organic /permaculture garden. Partly for fun, partly because I like the idea of inspiring people to grow their own food and partly cause its refreshing to write about something other than ME : )
Ok I am going to stop blabbering on and do some work on email lists. I have also started mapping out ideas for products and merchandise and how to create the funnel for week 8's exercise..... more soon ......
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