Posts tagged blog
Kanye West Discusses 808s & Heartbreak – VIDEO
Jan 13th
In this interview Kanye West talks about his blog and how melody is a huge deal when he writes his songs.
Props: iRoseTouch
Travis Barker posts hospital pics on MySpace Celeb Blog
Oct 17th
"The staff here is THE BEST, but this is what I have to say to hospital life" - Travis Barker
Travis Barker has been blogging from the hospital the past couple of weeks via Myspace Celebrity Blogs. The doctors say he will be out very soon, we wish him all the luck on his return.
To check out all the good stuff click here.
SerTop is moving to Las Vegas
Sep 24th
If you notice that the writing around here is getting pretty slow, its because we are packing and getting ready to move to Las Vegas. Once we move things will be back to 100% and we’ll be introducing you to many different kinds of musicians. You can expect us to be close to normal Monday October 6th.
5 Ways to Make Your Music Grow
Aug 26th
This article is assuming you have a solid recording, do you? If not you shouldn’t be in a major rush to get one. Make sure that you have all your songs layed out exactly how you want them before you rush to the studio to pay money for a sub-par recording. It’s important that everyone in your band is on the same page when it comes to wanting to grow beyond the limits of your town, state, and eventually country.
1. Social Networking
Yeah, We are positive you’ve heard this before, but it’s not about where your music is at its about how hard your pushing it. Are you adding 100-150 friends a day? Did you know that most major record labels will ask you how many friends you have on MySpace, how many plays you have, and other questions about your social stats. I know for some it seems hard to believe that, but it is 200% true. The Labels want to make sure people like your music and that the band is marketable. Some social networks that would be good to promote your bands music on are MySpace, Facebook, Buzznet, Purevolume, YouTube, and many others. The good thing about social networks is that they are all free! How’s that for convenient when your scraping gas money to get to the next city and amaze more fans?
2. Give Away Free Stuff
What’s this guy talking about, free stuff? I can’t afford that…SELL SELL SELL. It is so powerful to give away free stuff and to partner with small companies. Let me give you an example: Kyle from the band Neverset called us right before a tour they were going on and asked to help them out by making some wristbands for them. They agreed to let us put our website on the back and their logo on the front of the wristbands. They did not sell these wristbands, they threw them out after every live show, and guess what you seen when you went to our website? A Neverset banner linking to their MySpace. That is just one example of something you could do. It’s important that when your giving away free stuff that it is unique and has your website on it. This way people can get back to you, instead of thinking what was that cool band that came to town??
3. Get a Manager – Now we are talking big leagues… Not really. A manager comes in handy because while your making the music and working on your live performance your manager is making connections that will get your name out. More >
Meet the Newest Member of SerTop: Kyle
Jul 9th
Introducing Kyle Mathis. Guitarist of Neverset, and now our newest writer here at the SerTop blog. We met Kyle while making Neverset some custom sweatbands for their tour with Three Days Grace, Seether, and Breaking Benjamin. He’s a good friend and knows a lot about the music business.
Kyle has made a few posts already:
Seether “Rise Above This” Secrets about the song.
Getting your band on tour with major bands…..
