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Thursday, October 22, 2009

New website promises to promote your music on Twitter


In the ever expanding world of social media technology companies are always looking for the next bright idea that might start a revolution. Whilst twitter itself still looks for it's company direction there are lots of experimental developers out there building some great tools for the platform.

Most of the time, the simplest ideas are usually the best, and Tweetmysong.com is just that, a very good simple idea.

The idea is that you sign in to the site with your existing twitter username and password, upload a song with artwork, description etc, and choose whether to make it streaming or downloadable. Tweetmysong then automatically makes a web page with a player containing your tweeted song and posts the Tweetmysong URL , song title and message to your twitter page so listeners can hear it immediately.

Its a fantastic idea, and works - sometimes. As the service appears to be at a very early stage, when we tested the service it was hit and miss whether the system would upload your song correctly. We got a lot of 'Song Removed' messages after posting. We did get one or two tracks up for one of our artist Kandystand http://tweetmysong.com/7vi1bx but it took a few attempts to get the system to accept our song.

Be aware that whether or not your song is accepted, your post still goes out to twitter, so if you keep trying to upload after errors occur, you'll get multiple messages on your twitter account that drive followers to pages that do not contain your song, so this bug is annoying and makes a bit of a mess of your twitter account. There doesnt seem to be any FAQ, contact or feedback links to the developers so I couldn't report bugs either.

The Tweetmysong page also tracks visitors to your song and gives you statistics on how many people have listened to the song. The site boasts that you can promote your music to millions, and whilst in theory that is true, unless you use some clever keywords in your hash tags, the reality is that unless you are mainly promoting your music to your followers, not the millions on twitter.

As with all social media it's key to success is all about building a community rather than shouting at the masses, so Tweetmysong is not going to make you famous on twitter, but it is a great platform for delivering audio files via twitter. Once the bugs have been ironed out and the developers of Tweetmysong become a little less anonymous, this would be a great addition to an independent musician's arsenal of self promotion tools.

Check out the service for yourself at http://www.tweetmysong.com


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Monday, October 19, 2009

The Latrells Latest Album 'Still Love You' Rides The Soul Train From San Francisco To Motown


The Latrells

Soul. Funk, Pop, San Francisco, USA

Artist Homepage: PSR Music Group MySpace Facebook
Artist Downloads: iTunes CDFreedom Rhapsody CDBaby
Sounds Like: The Temptations, The Jackson 5, Curtis Mayfield, A Tribe Called Quest, Sly & The Family Stone, Outkast, N.E.R.D., Dusty Springfield, The Kinks

Review by: Oliver Springate - MyMusicSuccess.Com

It’s all about one-piece acts, electronic beats and young talent in music these days, so when a large group with influences from the 60s comes onto the scene, is there going to be a success in the pipeline.

I’m talking about a band called The Latrells, a band hailing from the west coast of the US, and taking influences from all across the states, citing bands as diverse as Dusty Springfield and NERD as their influences.To give you a little bit on what they’re about, take the name of the record label, Pacific Soul Records. For me, that conjures up the sound of exactly what this band are about; chilled out music with a feel good vibe, performed by talented musicians with both voice and instruments.

They describe themselves as a “psychedelic soul band flavored with pop, hip-hop, R&B and rock” but what on earth does that mean. Put simply, the Latrells are one of a growing number of acts who can’t be put in any particular group, you’re just going to have to listen to them for yourself to find out exactly what they’re about.

The band’s new album, ‘Still Love You’, was released on the 20th October 2009, so now is as good a time as any to dive in and start relaxing to the sounds of this fantastic act. The album chronicles their rise from the roots to where they are now, and so naturally is going to include a couple of tracks that aren’t up to the standard that they are now producing at, but this is crucial to the band’s feel and making sure the listener can follow along on their journey.

You may be wondering where the name comes from. Well, take the members; Brockington Latrell, Carmine Latrell, Chemo Latrell, D.Dub Latrell, DSL "La Paz" Latrell, Xandine, Emmanuell Latrell and PJ Latrell. Although not related by birth, taking on the same pseudonym for their surnames shows the commitment and loyalty that’s contained within this band who treat themselves as a musical family, but who else can you remember who worked together as a musical family unit? The legendary Jackson Five are a hard act to follow, but there’s something special about family bands, who just seem to fit together and work perfectly. Sometimes it turns sour, but the tight knit group is bound to enjoy success being so close to each other.

The band have been widely praised for their live shows, and while being relatively unknown at present, they’ve got a substantial fan base of dedicated followers and the album is expected to do very well off the back of their live performances. The Latrells will be around to stay, and for good reason.

Monday, October 12, 2009

UK Rocker Mark Emmins wins a Gibson SG Guitar with MyMusicSuccess.Com

Independent UK rock musician Mark Emmins has been announced today as the winner of the MyMusicSuccess.Com Gibson Guitar competition, and wins himself a fabulous Heritage Cherry Red Gibson SG Standard Guitar.

MyMusicSuccess.Com has been running the competition on our website over the last 3 months, where all visitors who signed up for their free music marketing eBook had their name entered into the draw for the Guitar, which was kindly donated by Alex Becker at Gibson Guitars GMBH.

The excited winner Mark Emmins (pictured with his prize) told MyMusicSuccess.Com "I am so shocked! I have never won anything before in my life, and this is beyond my wildest dreams. This guitar will be cherished and will be my studio guitar, I'll be using it on all my recordings in the future. The Gibson SG is gorgeous, looks stunning and plays so nicely, I am absolutely overjoyed with it."

Mark, a former lead vocalist with UK Rock Band Blackreign, is currently concentrating on his independent solo career and was recently nominated for 2 awards in the Exposure Music Awards held in April 2009. Details of Mark's latest album 'Growing Old Disgracefully' and his extensive touring schedule can be found at http://www.markemmins.com

Simon Adams, Co-Founder of MyMusicSuccess.Com said that it was a great pleasure to be able to run the competition and help independent artists, "Thanks to the support of Gibson Guitars with this competition we've been able to let thousands of independent artists know about our free eBook download 'The Secrets Of Independent Music Success' which gives them a great grounding on how to navigate the new music business."
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Taylor Bright Targets Billboard Dance Chart With "Striped Socks" Dance Remixes

US rock / pop sensation Taylor Bright started her drive towards the Billboard dance / club chart last Friday (9th October) with the release of a hot new set of remixes organised by MyMusicSuccess and produced and A&R'd by #1 US DJ Mike Rizzo.

The new remix package hit the dancefloors across the US over the weekend, and with included mixes from Mike Rizzo himself, alongside a cast of DJs that reads like the who's who of the global dance circuit 'Striped Socks' is set to make its mark on the Billboard Dance / Club chart in the coming weeks.

Striped Socks: Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Club Mix

Striped Socks: Albert Castillo Club Mix

Striped Socks: Mr Mig Club Mix

Striped Socks: Mr Mig Dub Mix

Striped Socks: Jamie J Sanchez Mixshow Edit

Striped Socks: Jamie J Sanchez Clubby Dub Mix
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