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Inside a MySpace Success Story: Q&A with artist Ingrid Michaelson. Her music has been featured on Grey's Anatomy and recently the Old Navy "sweater" commercial. She tells Fran Vincent how Myspace.com helped her find success.
Electronic Musician's column copyright basics for musicians looks at what you need to do to protect your songs and instrumental compositions.
Welcome to the world of music licensing. Although there are dozens of types of music licenses and possible scenarios, understanding a few of the major concepts and how to secure or grant a license helps protect you and your compositions.
MySpace.com is a valuable marketing tool for musicians. It is becoming a necessity for any musical artist — whether signed and selling or unsigned and hopeful — to have a profile on MySpace. Learn how it can help you gain a following, promote your recordings and gigs, and expose hungry Web surfers to your music.
Email is one of the most inexpensive ways to promote yourself or your band. When done respectfully, legally, and with consideration to your audience, it will help you build your image, as well as a fan base that looks forward to finding out about your performances and recordings.
American gospel music shares its roots with blues and
country, but has unparalleled passion. It has influenced
rock, R&B, country, pop and jazz. Fran Vincent tells us about its history, its stars, and its future.
Call and Response Techniques: Musicians have been "talking" with sound for thousands of years. Fran Vincent shows how you can get in on the conversation.
The Printed Song Goes Digital: Learn How to Use New Technologies to Your Advantage.
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Retro Island Productions is a unique marketing, publicity, and entertainment consulting firm based in Detroit Rock City.
Retro Island specializes in:
Marketing and PR for music, entertainment and lifestyle brands
Graphic, Web, and Social Media Design
Strategic Counseling
Music Industry Coaching and Workshops
Retro Island helps new labels launch their brands and break artists by developing and executing a marketing and publicity plan of attack.
We also work closely with creators in the fields of fashion, beauty, film, and technology, which enables us to help clients develop partnerships and promotions for their target markets.
Retro Island is also a music business consulting firm, offering one-on-one coaching for artists and industry executives. You can also learn in a group setting at any of Macomb College's music industry classes taught by RI owner Fran Vincent.
Ready to find out what you need to do to be competitive and get your music to the people?
Email Retro Island today and we'll work with you one on one -- ALL MUSICAL STYLES AND GENRES WELCOME! Consulting can be done per hour, per project, or you can add us to your team and keep us available whenever you need us.
So who are we and where did we come from?
Fran Vincent, Retro Island's president and founder, works with artists, music biz hopefuls, professionals, music companies, gear manufacturers, and publishers in the US and Europe. She has assembled a star team of professional music industry graphic designers, marketers, publicists, writers, and consultants to help YOU take your project to the next level.
Retro Island is now on DetroitCity.com!
Present and Past Clients
Nicci Nix
Pop Artist
San Francisco, CA
Scope: Marketing/PR, Music Biz Consulting
Midisoft
Corporation
Los Angeles, CA
Scope: Marketing/PR, Development Consulting, Music Biz Consulting
Who I'd like to meet: If you are an artist or a company and are wondering what you need to do to be competitive, how to get your music, product, or service into the market, how to utilize the media to your advantage, if the marketing materials you already have are competitive, or if your Web site is consumer-friendly, contact us for a free consultation. There is no obligation and we are happy to spend some time with you. =)
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There are too many spammers on MySpace! So, we don't approve friend requests from people with private profiles, no info on their profiles, or those involved in pushing free ringtones, pharmaceuticals, weight loss products, MLM etc.!
Retro Island Productions are not attorneys.
All of our music business coaching work is done to the best of our knowledge and is for informational purposes. A qualified entertainment attorney is invaluable and we suggest that EVERYONE in this business have one!
Leave us a comment! Tell us what you want to know about the business, and perhaps we'll post some answers for everyone!
Hey there! Music Mogul training starts Sept. 22, 6-9 pm in Troy and takes a cutting-edge look at the nuts and bolts of breaking into, and surviving in the music industry, from how to make money from publishing, to contracts, music for film/tv, networking and more. For more info, visit the DMEA profile or our official web site at www.detroitmusicauthority.com!! We hope you can make it! :)
Hello, thank you for accepting the friend request. It’s much appreciated. Hope you checked out Acquire the Fire and hope to see you at an event this year!
every person on this earth has a story..what is yours..also wanted to personally thank you for even taking the chance to listen for real so many bands on here it is really respectable so here is my thanks..write back :)
whas good jus comin thru showin luv 2 yo page come thru 2 mine and leave sum comments and sign my guestbook
VOTE 4 Me 4 Best New Artist and Best MySpace Artist @ The 419 Underground Music Awards!! http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=431614568&blogID=468805666
ciao fran!! come va?:0) soooooo sorry i have dissapeared from planet earth, i went into lala land for a while now....lol haha i have major insomnia , i need help!!! I have been in bed by 11 or whatever early time i choose and then i dont fall asleep till 3 or 4!!!! I wake up usually 8 or 9 always so it is not cool anymore errrr!!:( I went to a dr. already, always the same thing i have done everything they say & THEN THEY DROP THE WHOLE WELL YOU CAN TAKE SLEEPING PILLS?! hell no. lol anyway moving along dollface i am happy things are moving on there way so i am just practicing my songs AALLOTTTTT! And trying to love the gym 5 days a week haha ahhhhhhh its so hard sometimes i tell you! Hope you are well and getting through the crappy fridged cold weather!!! My sister claudie in nottingham,england says there having Artic weather haha lol yikessss!! i will call you tommorow dollyface! ciao, a presto baci xoxoxoxoxox NiX<3
Whats up? Whenever you get a chance be sure to stop by and check out the music I have posted, they wont be up for long, because I usually take all the songs down, and put new ones up! So this is a reminder, and I’ll be sure to stop by from time to time as usual like I do to see whats new iight, take care!
Whats really good? I’m stopping in to let you know of an up-coming show of ours if you were interested, and plus I wanted to let you know what was going on. here is the info & directions.
Date/Time: Tuesday November 4, 2008 Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Entry Type: Performance Location: University of Detroit Mercy Street Adr: 4001 W. McNichols City: Detroit State: Michigan Zip: 48221
We have a rough demo of a new track up on the profile called Damn Good Day...if you have a spare 2 minutes we'd be chuffed if you could tell us what you think and give us some feedback...
Talk to Retro Island Productions! Hello there Fran. I read your article in EM Magazine and it was very good. I'm looking to put my music to video games or other commercial media. I just don't know how to go about it. Can you help me. Also, if you can check my page and listen to some tracks for feedback and to tell me what my kind of music is good for. Thank you.
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