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This might bring a smile of recognition to some, and maybe a warning to others! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oiqk9hF0xyE

I can't see that this subject has been posted before, at least not where I'd expect it in the Marketing/publicity forum, so here goes... Looking for places to send promo copies of the new CD. Podcasts are a way of getting your music heard by a few people. To start us off here's one link to a...

How do you use MySpace most effectively in order to promote your music? Is the secret to be an avid inviter to join your friends list? I have an account, but not sure how best to use it. Others seem to think this is one of the best forms of promotion. Any views/experience?

I've seen a couple of artists perform solo using (pre-)sampled sounds and loops etc on various foot pedals. An example of such an artist would be Joseph Arthur. Can any of you recomend or advise the type of pedals required, fx boxes, or any other stuff I'd need to look at in order to do...

Whart would you guys recomend for a good make of electro acoustic guitar? I'm a bit out of touch with the recent scene, but i assume fender, Tangelwood and yamaha are still the respectable makes? Any others?

I'm sure this must have come up before, I did a search but couldn't find anything very relevant. I'm after recomendations for people who will review a CD album by an independent, eg webzines, fanzines, review sites, etc. (I'm not interested in those who charge a fee to review). Is there a...

I recently got my album mastered by a friend of mine. I t was amazing how many 'clicks' I hadn't noticed before became apparent during the mastering process. Most had been added when i burnt the original CD audio disk, presumably by my PC or more than likely a result of using cheepo white label...

Something weird happening with my vf160 yesterday. The other day I burned an audio CD of a coupla mixdowns. I was listening to them in the car and about half way through some of the mixes another totaly different song, from a completely different program, appears on one of the setereo channels...

it has come to the point where i really need to be able to import and export WAV files from my vf160. In order to do that I must first upgrade the software version to something above 1.01 because this version can't export WAVs. I know i can't do this from the internal CD drive and the only...

My friend has a Zoom MRS 1266 multitracker. He lives in Germany and I'm going to visit, whilst there we plan to work on a song together. The p[lanb would be to get basic tracks completed then I'll finish the job at home on the vf160. So the question is can I export from his Zoom MRS 1266 and...

Anyone else notice this.... I have a '73 Telecaster Custom, getting oin a bit but a nice guitar. I have noticed that when i change a set of strings I can guarantee that I will immediately break some, not one, some, in the next two or three gigs. Eventualy I stop breaking them and then i can go...

These guys email me now and then, http://www.visionmusicusa.com/demoevaluation.html anyone had any dealing with them? Don't know how they got my address. I thought the offer of a free demo evaluation wasn't too bad, scam or no scam, until I read that they only telephone you to give verbal...

What are your feelings on CD covers? Specificaly, what makes a CD cover stand out from the crowd? If there were a pile of CDs by unknown artists in front of you what would make you pick one of them up? Bright colours? Good looking male/female on the cover? Striking image(s)? Naked flesh? It's...

For those who have been through this... 1. Where is the 'best' place to buy a domain name for a music web site; ie value for money, owning outright, etc. Can anyone recomend some sites? 2. Is it worth paying for private registration so people can't find your home address on the web? 3. What's...

I recently hit the disk full mark when recording. Although I deleted some old progs to free up disk space on the vf160 I cannot delete the program where it hit the full mark. Instead when i try to delete I get an 'error=64' message and it's game over and I have to reboot. Yesterday I was mixing...

Starting out as an indie has many problems, obne of which is getting a review (CD or song) to publish on your site or use in promo material. So I thought it might be an idea to link up with a small number of people in the same position as yourself (say no more than four artists) and each agree...

I'd particularly like some advice from people who have put out their own CD album and have an acompanying web site. The question is about timing and order of doing things. I'm currently working on writing and recording songs with a view to 'putting them out' on an independent basis. I can also...

I'm new to the world of keyboards (being a guitarist). I'm looking to buy a second hand keyboard with the capability to load up downloaded sounds from the Internet. A friend of mine once had one whereby you can insert floppy disks and load up sounds which sound just like violins, strings, cellos...

I shorlty hope to have a cheepo Ovation acoustic guitar (a new model straight out of the shop) to use live. A long story, but my daughter's ex-boyfrind smashed the head off it and if i can repair it then it's mine. It's current in clamps with copious amounts of wood glue - keep your fingers...

I have decided finaly to upgrade from my sure sm58 to a condenser mic for recording vocals and acoustic guitar on my fostex vf160 multitracker. What would be a good low cost upgrade in my position which would deliver improvements on the sm58? I don't want/can't afford to spend a lot! (The...