Posts Tagged as ‘Kelly Pettit’

July 1, 2009

Tips for writing successful emails to fans and companies.

ARTIST ADVICE

Good self-promotion takes a lot more than a shout-out and a link to your MySpace page. One of the biggest mistakes we see artists making time and time again is how they approach media professionals via email. The next time you send an email to a booker, record label, promoter, venue, magazine, blog, [...]

December 3, 2008

Looking for a Street Team!

Manage my e-team?
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How do I manage my e-team?

Conducting an Effective E-team

By now most of you have heard of the term “Street Team“. If you haven’t, then here’s a little 411. Street teams are a group of music fans that are willing to spread the word about your band on the street. They tend to want [...]

October 23, 2008

10 Ways to Get More Money from a Gig – by David Hooper

You are an artist, it’s true.  But just because you’re an artist doesn’t mean you don’t need to get paid.  Money makes a lot of things possible, including time in a recording studio, new and better instruments, and paying your rent so you don’t have to live in a cardboard box and burn your guitar [...]

May 1, 2008

Inducted into the Numata music Hall of Fame

Woooo Hoooo!
I just wanted to share the news that I’ve been inducted into the Numata Music Hall of Fame!
The category is for best white foreign musician!
For those of you who don’t know about it let me explain:
Numata is a city in Japan of about 50,000 people.
There are approximately 10 white foreigners here.
There are two musicians.
I [...]

April 30, 2008

Hero’s that motivate me.

There are many musicians that I worship and have incredible respect for. The beatles are just one for example. However, recently being an indie artists has turned being a singer/songwriter/performer into a BUSINESS man too. Let´s face it, we are all now running a business. It´s been a really great experience learning all the facets [...]

April 30, 2008

ARTISTdirect.com Interview

Interview

Kelly Pettit
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:01
The winner of UBL’s Ultimate Band Contest walks us through his musical journey
Canadian native Kelly Pettit knew from a young age that music was his passion. After playing in numerous bands and releasing CDs independently, his journey in pursuit of his dream eventually took him clear across the globe to [...]

April 30, 2008

Two sides to an LP.

Two sides to an LP.
Side One
Although I have been selling a lot of songs via MP3 download lately, physical CD sales still surpass them. For some strange reason, it’s comforting to me to know, some people still prefer the physical aspects of a CD case.
It’s a different era to be for sure.
When I [...]

April 30, 2008

The music behind the man

The music behind the man

This is my page for sharing my thoughts on music. Whether it be educational advice, tutorials, sharing some success stories, random thoughts, creative ideas or the business side, this is where you’ll find it.
~Kelly Pettit