Comments on: Indie Max 100: Category 4 – Performance http://arielpublicity.com/2009/10/22/indiemax100-performance/ Ariel Publicity is a New York based digital firm that connects artists to blogs, podcasts, Internet radio stations and social media sites. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:49:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Linda Wood http://arielpublicity.com/2009/10/22/indiemax100-performance/#comment-241 Linda Wood Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:33:41 +0000 http://arielpublicity.com/blog/?p=535#comment-241 Thanks. I've just printed this out so I can keep referring back to it. One question though: if we tell our mailing list sign ups that we won't spam them or share their email, how can we share our mailing list with the veune? Wouldn't that be a breach of trust? Linda. Thanks. I’ve just printed this out so I can keep referring back to it.
One question though: if we tell our mailing list sign ups that we won’t spam them or share their email, how can we share our mailing list with the veune? Wouldn’t that be a breach of trust?
Linda.

]]> By: Christopher Joel http://arielpublicity.com/2009/10/22/indiemax100-performance/#comment-242 Christopher Joel Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:36:24 +0000 http://arielpublicity.com/blog/?p=535#comment-242 I'm not sure I "get" #39. Rob says to play frequently, but limits it to 10-15 per year and includes any towns within a three-hour drive as "local". I'm in Nashville. Knoxville, Memphis, Huntsville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Lexington, Louisville, and quite a few other cities are within a three hour drive. As a new artist, NO ONE is going to drive to one of these other cities to see me play. Since I'm new, I'd have a hard time getting them to drive downtown in their own city to hear me play. So why limit concerts to 10-15 per year if the "local" range is so big? I could understand 10-15 times in your own town...is that what he meant? I would think it would be smarter to play as often as possible out of town (as in, all those place three hours or less away) and limit your in-town shows to one per month or so. As an example, that would mean I'd end up playing Nashville 12 times per year and Bowling Green, Lexington, Knoxville, and Birmingham 3-4 times per year each, hopefully increasing the size of the audience each time. Am I getting hung up on something unimportant or did I just read that wrong? I don't see how a new artist can develop an audience, while simultaneously learning how to put on a good show, by only playing 10-15 show per year. I’m not sure I “get” #39. Rob says to play frequently, but limits it to 10-15 per year and includes any towns within a three-hour drive as “local”. I’m in Nashville. Knoxville, Memphis, Huntsville, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Lexington, Louisville, and quite a few other cities are within a three hour drive. As a new artist, NO ONE is going to drive to one of these other cities to see me play. Since I’m new, I’d have a hard time getting them to drive downtown in their own city to hear me play. So why limit concerts to 10-15 per year if the “local” range is so big? I could understand 10-15 times in your own town…is that what he meant?

I would think it would be smarter to play as often as possible out of town (as in, all those place three hours or less away) and limit your in-town shows to one per month or so. As an example, that would mean I’d end up playing Nashville 12 times per year and Bowling Green, Lexington, Knoxville, and Birmingham 3-4 times per year each, hopefully increasing the size of the audience each time.

Am I getting hung up on something unimportant or did I just read that wrong? I don’t see how a new artist can develop an audience, while simultaneously learning how to put on a good show, by only playing 10-15 show per year.

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