Dave Claassen of BMI submitted a SXSW panel called "Profiting from Technology: Online, Offline and On Tour" that features IndieHitMaker.com, and its now a finalist up for popular vote.

Take a second and vote by:

1.      Creating an account here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/users/register

2.      Click the link inside your confirmation email

3.      Then click on each link below and select the “Thumbs Up” for both INTERACTIVE and MUSIC

Music Panel: http://snipurl.com/musicprofit

Interactive Panel: http://snipurl.com/techprofit

(Note: If your vote is not accepted, try signing out and logging back in using the links at the top of the panel picker page)

Be sure to share this with everyone and anyone you know who loves music, this is open to the public and anyone can vote - thanks for your support.

To keep up with the campaign, follow IHM and their partenrs on Twitter at:

http://twitter.com/indiehitmaker  |  http://twitter.com/bram_rocks

In case you missed it, we highly recommend reading this Music Industry article about Soundscan and Big Champange's new Ultimate Chart.  It offers expert analysis from industry insider, Moses Avalon.

Since we've built our business around servng the needs of live performing artists who know all too well that the CD is not dead, one of my favorite excerpts from teh article is as follows:

“Now I know the tech-biased media has convinced most that CD sales are
relics, but it’s the metric that still makes up 75%-85% of all recorded
music sales in the US.  How one ignores this is, in my view, pure
techno-arrogance.” - Moses Avalon

ATHENS, GA — March 2010 — The University of Georgia Music Business Program will host the “START ME UP! – HOW TO GET YOUR MUSIC BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND” educational panel on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 11:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. at Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, GA, located at 515 North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA 30030.   The panels are $5 at the door and will provide an opportunity for networking with leading music industry professionals.

Panel 1, “HOW I GOT MY MUSIC BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND” will run from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm and panel 2, “30 SECONDS TO PITCH YOUR PLAN” will run from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm and will be moderated by Chris Hanks, Director, Terry College of Business Entrepreneurship Program, and Bruce Burch, founder and director of the UGA Music Business Program at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business and award winning songwriter.

Panelists include:  James Andrews, managing partner / co-founder of Everywhere Social Media, Aaron Arnold, CEO of MusicIsMyBusiness, former assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs, Mark “Dill” Driscoll, founder of World Sports Promotions, McCann Event Marketing, Momentum Worldwide, and Ignition, Chris Esposito, president and CEO of Digital College Network, Duncan Freeman, founder of Band Metrics, Chris Hanks, Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Georgia Terry College of Business, Tammy Hurt, founder of Outsource Events, Inc, Placement Music, LLC, Clarkson Logan, co-founder of Maestro, Richard Nailling, co-founder, director and chief executive officer, Doria Roberts, singer / songwriter. 

 
From 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm, the “SPEED NETWORKING LUNCH SESSION” will provide the opportunity for participants to interact with the panelists. 

UGA's Music Business Program was established by director Bruce Burch in January 2006 as an interdisciplinary certificate program organized and operated by the University's Terry College of Business.  Students take a comprehensive mixture of classes, including capstone courses MBUS 4100 and MBUS 5100.  In addition to guest lectures by prominent figures in the music industry, students gain real world music industry experience through class projects, such as marketing / promoting a concert from start to finish, and externships with organizations like record labels, entertainment law firms, recording studios, booking agencies and other entertainment industry firms. 

For more information:  www.terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness

OR Check the event on Eddie's Attic Website: http://www.ticketfusion.com/store/one/index.html?store_id=1553&page_type=ticket&show_id=499792&cid=&qid=9787413888

Booking & Touring Success
Strategies & Secrets Online Course

The time is right to help you have greater success booking your tours with new strategies for these challenging times.   There is no other online course we know of like this one:

Booking & Touring Success Strategies & Secrets Online Course

The course is set up so you can listen and study all 5 modules and the 2
bonus classes at your own pace and at yourconvenience. Now you will have the convenience
of listening to all the material when you have time, no matter where you are.

Driving to a gig is a great time to take in some new ideas. Now you will have
the tools at your fingertips.

And, the author has priced the entire 12 hours of audio in 5 modules and 2 bonus classes
at only $197, but check out the discount for Indie Hitmaker.

Again, that’s a value of ($2,364.00 if you were to consult with Jeri G. by the hour.)

This 5 module online course will:

Ø Make you a better Negotiator

Ø Help you plan tours that make money

Ø Teach you the strategies Agents
use to book better tours

Ø Familiarize you with contract clauses
that can make you money

Ø Develop planning & routing templates
to maximize the number of gigs, increase
your media coverage and grow your
audience each tour

Ø Create booking habits that make it
easier to get return bookings

And that’s just for starters…

"I can’t wait to share the strategies that I’ve packed into these 5 Modules and 2 Bonus classes." - Jeri G.

Briefly, here are some of the details:

Booking & Touring

Success Strategies & Secrets

Online Course

“Listen on the course webpage or download and
listen on the way to your gigs.”

Module 1: Tour Goals & Planning Strategies

Module 2: Routing Your Tours

Module 3: Negotiation Techniques & Contracts

Module 4: Working with Presenters, Bookers, Promoters/Advancing the Gig

Module 5: Targeting Your Markets for Maximum Audiences

Bonus #1: Website Maximizer

Bonus #2: Copywriting

Bonus #3: 3 Months Free- Biz Booster Mentor Interview Series

Bonus #4: weekly Call-in Office Hours-to speak with me directly

It’s all about helping you boost your bookings
to create more profitable tours and sell
more merchandise. When you put these
techniques to use in your everyday business,
you’ll shave years off your learning curve—
and make more money, sooner.

To find out more about the course,

listen to the testimonials from people

who completed online course,

check out:
Booking & Touring

Success Strategies & Secrets

If you know someone who may benefit
from this course, or if you are trying to
train your own in-house agent—this course
will maximize their effectiveness for your
business in record time—Then, pass this email
along to them so they may also sign up.

I really am looking forward to working with
you to help you learn the Booking & Touring

Success Strategies & Secrets

so that you too, may book better gigs,
for more money and reach your touring and
career goals.

Jeri

jg@performingbiz.com

http://www.performingbiz.com

Have you ever tried selling Download Cards at live shows?  Did you report the sales to SoundScan?  Whether you've had trouble or found success selling Download Cards at live shows, you'll love our new ChartBuster Program which shows you exactly how to maximize sales, SoundScan reporting and Billboard charting chances.  In fact, the program already helped the very first artist to sign up get their first top 20 single on the Billboard charts.

Sign up for the new ChartBuster Program today: http://www.indiehitmaker.com/Indiehitmaker_Chartbuster.html

New IndieHitMaker.com "Cart Buster" clients, FERVoR, recently released their new single, "HABITUAL," online and will celebrate a release show this weekend in Atlanta, GA at the Hard Rock Cafe (details below).

FERVoR NEW SINGLE "HABITUAL" RELEASE SHOW!

w/ Amanda Hale (CD release) and Big Snow

Friday January 29, 2010 at the Hard Rock Cafe - 215 Peachtree St NE Atlanta, GA 30303

Doors @ 8PM

All Ages

$8 advance tickets - http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/8740.aspx

$10 at the door

Lineup:

Amanda Hale - 9:00PM

Big Snow - 9:45PM

FERVoR - 10:30PM www.myspace.com/fervor | www.fervorband.com

What is an ISRC and why do you need it? An International Sound Recording Code (ISRC) is a code issued by the RIAA (at www.USISRC.org) that is increasingly being used by "major download sites, digital distribution companies and collecting societies as a tool to manage digital repertoire and track commerce."  For example, if you have recorded music and want to distrubute it digitally online (on iTunes or other popular digital retail sites), you'll need to assign a unique ISRC to each song - for the life of the song - because most digital distribution companies require the code.

To register for ISRC codes, you can visit www.USISRC.org or go direct to the ISRC Application Page and follow the sites instructions.  

There is a $75 application fee and as the site notes, "All Registrants who apply through this site must own the rights to the recordings (as distinct from the rights to the songs) to which they would like to assign ISRCs."

IndieHitMaker client Sleeper Cell (Primoris Records)'s single "Black" hit #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales chart for the week of 11/21/09 as part of our new "ChartBuster" program.  "To Sleeper Cell and all the hard working staff on the road and at Primoris: CONGRATULATIONS!"

If you are a touring artist and are not reporting your live venue sales (CD, DVD, Download Cards, etc.) to Soundscan, sign up for IndieHitMaker's Soundscan Reporting program TODAY to maximize your opporunities.

When booking shows, its important to get creative. 

Check this great article out from SingingSuccess.com for great ideas:

Building A Fan Base With Community Planning

If you can find opportunities that align with your passions and perhaps meet the needs of local organizations, you'll be surprised at the doors that open!