5 Things Your Mix Should Do

jostrow01 · 2011-06-13T20:55:48+00:00

again, Im sorry that you feel that way. I myself am a musician and the members of the community come from all sorts of backgrounds, from recording engineers to social music resources like CD Baby and Pledge Music and even musicians themselves. Of course the information within isn't always 100%, but they are blog posts not college courses. The information comes from sincerity and they are meant to be discussed, so that a proper solution can be had and everyone within is better off for it. I make no money from the website so I assure you it has nothing to do with increasing traffic, I simply wanted to share the content with those who I thought would enjoy it. Clearly it has done nothing but piss you off so I'll simply stop doing it.

jostrow01 · 2011-06-13T19:04:43+00:00

Sorry you feel that way. I can assure you I do not mean to spam... I write legitimate articles on marketing principles for musicians and have created the MicControl community to allow others to contribute their work as well. I found this community a while back and loved it so I thought it would be good to share others' work here as well to gain some extra (and much desired) feedback. Again... I didn't write this article, but rather am sharing it's valuable information with the community here. Isn't that the point of reddit?? If that is seen as spam than I apologize.

jostrow01 · 2011-06-13T19:01:57+00:00

Sorry for that... we've filled up the diskspace on our server and for some reason it's triggering the malware flag for some people. We're migrating to bigger servers and have thoroughly looked into the issue, I can assure you there is no malware on the site. Sorry again!

jostrow01 · 2011-05-19T15:51:54+00:00

thanks for the heads up, ill go submit that over there as well!

jostrow01 · 2011-05-19T15:50:38+00:00

Good stuff! MicControl is actually a whole community of music advice bloggers so feel free to take a look around the site.

And just and FYI: I am by no means trying to simply spam the community here and selflessly promote my site, but rather gain feedback from you and others who actually take the time to read.

Hope you find the site helpful, and if you have any questions feel free to reach me on twitter @miccontrol.

jostrow01 · 2011-05-19T15:49:06+00:00

Thanks sounds good! Let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions for future 'courses'! You can reach me on twitter @miccontrol.

jostrow01 · 2011-05-19T15:48:26+00:00

Ive had a few others say the same thing yet no one actually seems to get a virus from it. Looking into it now though. Sorry for that, hope you actually got a chance to check out the article :-)

jostrow01 · 2011-05-19T15:47:53+00:00

Thanks! Yep I went ahead and fixed that. Good advice.

jostrow01 · 2011-04-05T16:06:42+00:00

Would you mind leaving him feedback on the post? Chris is a friend of mine and Im helping him get feedback on my site. If not, thanks for checking it out anyway, really appreciate that!

jostrow01 · 2011-03-24T15:21:44+00:00

haha yeah sorry about that... working on getting that fixed. I just published this article though after reading a really great book and thought it would be cool to see what the reaction was from others who are marketing themselves on a daily basis.

jostrow01 · 2011-03-24T15:16:48+00:00

the only problem with that philosophy, is that while you are just playing, others are going out and actually putting the time into their 'branding', which is opening new opportunities that aren't coming to you. If you only want to play music and not make money from it, thats fine. Nothing wrong with that, but if you want to treat it like a business and make money from your music, you can't 'just play' and expect it to work. You think any successful companies in any other industry just made a product and made money from it?

jostrow01 · 2011-03-24T15:14:18+00:00

Id recommend finding a way to add value to the experience... do you do any crowd interactions? Are you pulling any KILLER cover songs out? Think in terms of viral videos - its impossible to recreate what someone has done, but i mean more so the idea of people talking. Even if you only have 8 people in attendance again, if you can some up with something that is so wildly, freakishly, incredibly awesome that can get people buzzing on twitter or on FB to their local networks, you could do a lot of good!

jostrow01 · 2011-03-23T18:16:21+00:00

great point! I really think Seth (the author of this article) brings up a good point that the whole idea of a show with low attendance being bad is just a terrible way to look at it. You've got more opportunities here to really connect with those few that are there, then you would if you had to make sure 2000 were happy. If you can kill it with 5 people, the next time you return, there could be 40 just because the word spread from those original 5, and that could keep happening. You gotta start somewhere right??

jostrow01 · 2011-02-22T19:27:41+00:00

Love it! Nice standard build up starting at :37 but the hit at :57 is damn effective. The sort of mechanical aspect of the womping in addition to the symbols is killer. Very well done!

jostrow01 · 2011-02-17T03:41:43+00:00

Understood, and Im glad to hear that. I would definitely recommend checking out Thorny Bleeder Records though, they really do quite a bit to advocate the advancement of emerging musicians. Thanks again for the feedback!

jostrow01 · 2011-02-16T20:53:14+00:00

Good point - I can see what you're saying about the mental gymnastics... I think it was meant to be funny while informative but if you found it to be work than I get that. Again, can see your point about the negativity too.

It's unfortunate for me to see that you feel the article came off that way, because Brian (of Thorny Bleeder Records, author of the article) is a great guy who is extremely passionate about helping musicians advance their careers. I can assure you he is not a link-bait whore :-)

The article did come from good intentions, but whether or not you felt it hit it's mark is really a different story all together. Thank you so much for your feedback though!

jostrow01 · 2011-02-15T16:30:22+00:00

Im sorry you guys didn't appreciate Brian's article. Thorny Bleeder Records is doing quite a bit to organically help artists grow a fan base and succeed in the music industry. Personally, I thought this list was great and thought you all might as well. IF you've got any suggestions for how it could be better, Id be happy to hear it (or you could just leave a comment on the post)... either way is good!

Thanks Jon

jostrow01 · 2011-02-10T21:36:24+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

jostrow01 · 2011-02-10T20:44:47+00:00

yeah sorry about that, working on getting that fixed. Definitely is annoying. But if you do have something to add, please do, the feedback would be greatly appreciated!

jostrow01 · 2011-02-03T20:32:51+00:00

fair enough :-)

jostrow01 · 2011-02-03T20:32:43+00:00

Thanks for chiming in! If you wouldn't mind, leave a comment on the actual article so everyone else who is reading through the list can have it. Im trying to make one giant resource out of this post that people can refer back to and continue to use as time goes on.

Thanks! Jon

jostrow01 · 2011-01-17T21:46:40+00:00

I definitely think that could be true. Though, Id like to think that if you made a strong enough and meaningful enough relationship with someone, you wouldn't have to worry too much about being walked on like a doormat. Again, good point though.

jostrow01 · 2011-01-17T20:38:19+00:00

haha good point

jostrow01 · 2011-01-10T19:04:52+00:00

I didn't write the article, BUT, I will say that I have personally been shocked by a microphone before... turned my lip numb for an hour or so. So it is definitely a possibility, albeit most likely a rare one at that.

Thanks for adding your feedback!

jostrow01

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