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Alicia went to varsity before inking a deal with musical impresario Clive Davis, who signed her to his fledging J Records label. The potent multi-genre label proven to be an ideal fit for her big talents, and Alicia Keys was shortly rewarded Davis’ confidence in her abilities with contributions to the soundtracks of Shaft and Dr. Dolittle two. When Alicia Keys first came out she was as rotten Kanye West, but she modified overnite. When she earned her first Grammy she was all in the camera speaking real greasy Alicia Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January twenty-five, 1981, in the Hell’s Kitchen area of Manhattan, in NY City, Manhattan. She’s the child and only kid of Teresa Augello, a paralegal and part time actress, and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Keys’ mum is of Scottish, Irish, and Italian descent. When she performed for the Essense Festival before Katrina, she came on the stage like a Prima Donna. Briefly Alicia Keys wasn’t nice before somebody instructed her to tone it down. Alicia Keys at the 2009 American Music Awards that occurred on Nov twenty-two, 2009 at Nokia Theater in L.A. Just click here if you want to get more visual content on this great artist.

Previously, new bands could only get heard through already established means, such as record stores and MTV. Because of the major costs associated with those channels, new indie bands could not gain recognition. Only indie rock bands on major record labels gained any popularity.

With the rising popularity of MySpace in the mid 2000s, indie bands started gaining momentum and popularity. New bands could add thousands of people as friends, and distribute free mp3s to every single fan connected to them instantly. Suddenly, the playing field for musicians was leveled. Indie bands that had never recorded a full independent album were instantly as popular as major acts who had toured for years.

An excellent example of a MySpace-popularized band is The Arctic Monkeys. The Sheffield band, who built up a substantial fan base through the internet in 2005, saw searches noticeably increase in the weeks leading up to the release of their debut single “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, which went on to take the #1 spot in the singles chart the week of 29th October 2005. Since then, Hitwise data reveals that searches on the band had gone into overdrive, increasing by 62% ahead of the release of their debut album, “Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not”.

New bands should pursue every available avenue for promotion. Many free tools are available that will popularize an indie band, such as MySpace, along with Facebook and PureVolume. You can build pages that promote your band and provide avenues for generating a fanbase in areas that were not normally accessible before.

We’re sure each and every one of you have their own list of musicians who would qualify for this list. Here’s our list of two top offenders to date:

Ashlee Simpson - The crazy hoe “cries” after the Super Bowl booing, and is relegated to blaming her band and formulating some preposterous reasons why she had to lip synch her songs during that Saturday Night Live episode. Note to Miss Simpson: If PAYING FANS do not like the way your wretched ass voice sounds at any given moment, they are PERMITTED to boo you, express frustration with you, and generally dislike you. IT’S THEIR RIGHT, they paid to see your ass perform! It says so on the ticket Ash, have you ever read the backs of the tickets Simpson? Didn’t think so.

Kelly Osbourne - Just because your dad used to be a rocker doesn’t mean you deserve to even get a shot being one. But you did…and you blew it. You have no observable talent. You can’t force people to buy your overpriced CD’s. You cannot get “angry” that your debut album sold less copies than Waterworld did on DVD. If you are not good, people do not “HAVE to” buy your garbage. Retire from your “career” and stop mooching off of your goddamn parents’ identities and money. I hear that Target is hiring. Here’s the link:http://www.target.com

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We live in a high-speed world. We want every thing now. Sadly, the “I want it now” attitude does not working in the field of marketing. Marketing is all cafefully planned, that’s why you must assume the position of the bard.

Bards of old traveled the world and weaved their musical webs to whomever would listen. If there were even one person, then the bard would cast his spell. And in the world of music you have to build your fan base one fan at a time.

I remember my first band. I hooked up to sing with this glam rock band a decade ago. We were about to play in the rec room of our dormitory. There were a dozen people and I was excited. It was my first opportunity to play on stage, when the drummer declared, “If there aren’t more people, I’m not playing.” I was devesated. It awoke me to something a number of bands have…arrogance. And it started me on the bardic path.

Since then, I’ve made every opportunity to play to individuals. I was down in San Marcos, Texas last year and my partner hadn’t yet arrived. A couple came in looking to hear some “Irish” music. I played “An Irish Lullaby” for them. The woman was in tears by the time I ended. Her husband? A music writer for the local paper. Needless to say, we got a spectacular review of our first album!

You see, every person is important. And the more the each individual adores you, the more likely they’ll tell their friends and bring them out to shows. And the sad thing is no matter how hard your try to bring a crowd, sometimes they don’t come out. So make each show the best it can possibly be for the one or two people in the audience. They will appreciate it, buy your album and tell all their friends.

One devoted fan is worth a hundred casual listeners. And you never know. That one listener could be your ticket to success!

Bard Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards has helped 1000’s of musicians make money with their musical groups through the Bards Crier Music Marketing and Promotion Ezine and the Texas Musicians’ Texas Music Biz Tips. Now you can get personal advice by visiting http://www.bardscrier.com for FREE “how-to” music marketing assistance.

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