ROCK LEGEND NEWS ROCK LEGEND NEWS, FIRENZE, ITALY
ISSUE 1 VOL. i - AUGUST 2016
HOW TO SELL YOUR OWN MUSIC STAY IN CONTROL OF YOUR CREATIVE EFFORTS WHILE MAKING A LIVING WITH YOUR ART
DIO GUITARIST CRAIG GOLDY INTERVIEW RE-RELEASE FROM 2014 IN TEMPI DISPARI ROME ITALY & ROCK LEGEND NEWS FIRENZE ITALY
HAWK 1980s REPLAY ALBUM & VIDEOS
LONDA R. MARKS
INSIDE THE FIRENZE, ITALY ARTIST’S STUDIO
HAWK FAN CARLITOS CASALLAS BOGOTA, COLOMBIA HOLDING HAWK ALBUM, WEARING A HAWK T-SHIRT
Offer downloadable music which can be sold, for example, by paying about 2.5% based on sales to Paypal.com, DigitalGoodsStore. com, Wix.com includes music section. But typical stores like romancart.com use First Data and Authorize.net. Your money goes directly into your bank account, not someone elses who promises you “royalties.” Research everything before you apply it to ensure you are not agreeing to give away any types of rights to your work or products just because you integrate with their system. Some stores may do that. Sell downloadable albums first so you can use that money to invest in physical product. It is also a good test to see how well your product sells. After about 5 -10,000 downloads then consider physyical product. You don’t need to sit on inventory indefinitely. Business is an art, so look at it that way. Group Pages on Facebook, Personal Pages on Facebook, several Facebook pages, a Linkedin Account with 99+ endorsers for your
skills can add to your cache of accomplishments and shows diligence and professionalism. The ultimate goal is to have a successful album that produces an income for you and keeps you financially able to continue creating. But to be successful there has to be a solid foundation for the album and those that follow.
Facebook Groups are Invaluable Many Facebook Groups are built by fans who have enthusiam for that artist or band adding more fans and potential fans. On 23 January, 2015, I built Pete Way Facebook Group and quickly reached over 11,000 members.That includes 11,000 fans and potential fans who receive email alerting them each time something is posted in the Group; one of Facebook’s valuable gifts. Pete Way has contributed to rock music since the late 1960’s, is a founder of UFO, has played with Ozzy Osbourne and his own bands: Waysted and Pete Way Group.
HAWK: CHARLES MORRILL, SCOTT TRAVIS (JUDAS PRIEST), LIVE AT THE ROXY, HOLLYWOOD, PLAYING “NO ONE TO LOVE”
Promotions: Photographers, Videographers & Graphic Artists Videos and photos are enthusiastically harvested and replanted to express the fan’s love for their favorite artists while also advertising for the band, artist and or photographer. Any business needs a really good graphic artist; someone as committed to your work as you are, who enthusiastically loves what you do. They can inspire you and keep you motivated, give you ideas and vice versa. Just as you package your music, you must package you and or your band and promote, stay in the limelight, become familiar to current and potential fans. Many artists and designers will work for credit or out of love for you and your music. Bands tend to not want to display photos for fear of fans taking them and selling them. This can and does happen but celebrities must have photos they release to the public for enthusiastic fans to post on their Facebook. Consider the amount of money you could pay advertising agencies to create ads that people hate and click through at ‘<Skip Ad.>’ If fans end up sell-
VISIT CHARLIE WAYNE MORRILL FACEBOOK
ing your pics, yes, you could lose money, but you may lose more money by paying advertising agencies to try to force ads upon people who don’t want them. Fans put more faith in their friends than conventional ads. It’s a trade-off to seriously consider. Advertising agencies can be seen as part of the hated establishment to fans. Even if someone didn't want it before, if a friend or someone else wants it, they want it. Value is put on that which is desired by someone else. Allot several hundred or thousand photos for release to the public. Make a deal with the photographer. Without the artist they have no photos. A thousand photos are not that many considering it generally takes hundreds if not thousands of photos to get that one perfect magazine or album cover photo. Photo shoots should include photos for fans to promote you.
Merchandise Print-on-demand merchandise may be a good option but check to see if they own rights to your products. They will still have your graphics and could store it for later sales on ebay or such. Print your own t-shirt iron-on logos.