I'm a bit late with this blog due to lots of time going into the album at the moment. Plus I sat down tonight to write my thoughts on week nine of ariels course only to find I couldn't remember the password to enter my blog!!! So.... Writing a short blog on my iPhone and will write a long one once google send me a change password email!!!
Anyway the album is coming on great, we had intended to release it in october but on reflection we really weren't giving ourselves enough time. The bulk of what we recorded in a day is very good. What need to do between now and Christmas is get it all sounding good, get the art work finished, sort out the PR campaign and go for it. That's why doing thus course has been so helpful as it's helped us to re focus on some of the things we were already doing and help us to work out what else we needed to do. The last week of the official course (and like some of you other ariel bloggers imam going to carry on) is all about networking and my basic view on this is that you really can't do enough of it. It's all about networking in the industry, outside the industry and with fans people who might become your fans later on. One of the best things we did early on was to have business cards made. These can be used not only to give to business contacts but also to anyone you think might be interested in your music. Also don't assume you have to go to the big music conferences to make industry contacts. The best industry events we've been to are the small trade association events - that's where we've made some very good contacts and for the price of a beer why not:)
Blimey you can write quite a bit on an iPhone once you get going. I wonder if google have sent me that password change email yet :)
Zak
Isaac's Aircraft
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