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Reality Check |
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| Location: | Houston, Texas |
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| Last Login: | Jul 11, 2008 (531 days back) |
About Me |
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My name is DON "Wicked D" HARRISON Founding Partner/Operations Manager METAL MUSIC PROMOTIONS, LLC ROCK MUSIC PROMOTIONS Subscribe to my MUSIC BIZ BLOG for Band Promotion/Music Marketing Tips and Industry Updates!!! Current feature: THE MUSIC LAWYER Watch this video, then read the BLOG
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 4/10/2007Band Website: metalmusicpromotions.com Band Members:
Carlos is going home and we need your help!
Donations are greatly appreciated!!!
Influences: MUSICIAN RESOURCES Airplay Direct ASCAP BMI Bob Baker's BuzzFactor Essential Indie Info Fancorps Indie-Music IndieMusicCoach Indie Renegade Inside The Music Business MusicDish Music Industry School MusicSUBMIT MusicianPromote Nationwide Disc Professor Pooch Reverbnation Social Networks for Musicians TalkMusicBiz The Indie Venue Bible The Musicians Cooler Tom Hess Music Mentor TTH Temp Label Unsigned Band Promotion Xiie-For Unsigned Musicians Sounds Like: Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Metal / Rock / Classic Rock) |
My Blog |
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THE MUSIC LAWYER |
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| Another special request. I'm beginning to enjoy this as it shows some of you are genuinely interested in the "BUSINESS" side of music. In fact, I welcome any and all suggestions, questions... Posted by Wicked D on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:23:00 PST |
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STREET TEAMS |
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| It was suggested by one of my adoring fans (yes I do have a few and I love them dearly) that I do a segment on "Street Teams". Well, it was more of a hint than a suggestion but I have decided to do i... Posted by Wicked D on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:00 PST |
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THE NEW MUSIC BIZ MODEL |
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| A lot of my work has to do with helping artists actually make a living at what they do best:CREATING & PERFORMING MUSICAs a musician you know how difficult it is (AT ANY LEVEL) in your career to a... Posted by Wicked D on Tue, 13 May 2008 02:59:00 PST |
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WHO DO YOU SOUND LIKE? |
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| Who do you sound like?Simple question! Or is it?Truth is most bands are so anal about sounding like their influences that they try and cover it up. Either that or they just go into way too much detail... Posted by Wicked D on Sat, 03 May 2008 06:56:00 PST |
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ARE YOU PLAYING JUST TO PLAY? |
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| I've been around. Yeah, I'm that old! I have seen bands come and I have seen bands go. I know I've driven this subject into the ground but there really is a reason why they call it&n... Posted by Wicked D on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST |
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ETHICS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS |
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| "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."I'm sure most of you have se... Posted by Wicked D on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:21:00 PST |
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WICKED D INTERVIEW |
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| A great big THANK YOU goes out to METAL MIKE and the MONTALIAN for being so kind as to want to interview me. Pretty kick ass in my opinion! The interview deals mostly with my animated band... Posted by Wicked D on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST |
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SELLING CDS BY CREATING BUYER BENEFIT |
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| So, you’ve set up a website and advertised to the world that you have a CD available for sell. You’ve been promoting it on your myspace profile, hitting the bulletins, sending messages an... Posted by Wicked D on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:58:00 PST |
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UTILIZING T-SHIRTS FOR THE MARKETING OF YOUR BAND |
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| How many of you give away demo CDS, stickers, posters, etc... or if you don’t give them away, you let them go for cost or a very low profit margin? Chances are that if you are in a band yo... Posted by Wicked D on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:07:00 PST |
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THE DOWNSIDE OF A RECORD DEAL |
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| Those of you close to me know of my first band, ROX. That band walked away from a record deal in 1982. There was a lot of red tape, numbers that didn’t seem to pan out in our favor, ... Posted by Wicked D on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:07:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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DEAD RAGE, Metal Music Promotions, ♪THE METAL RŸCHE♪, Yvonne's World, Venus de MUEN, Heart Attack Enterprises, HayBeck, Summer and The Empire Angels, RASKAL, Lovey, Klub KittyCat, Mike @ Metal Music Promotions, Hank @ Metal Music Promotions, Rock Music Promotions, Light Angel Promotions, DARK CAULDRON ENTERTAINMENT, UnderGround Revolution, Be`lakor, Elfion, Roadkill, Hank of the Destruction Moose (booking tour), Metal Sphere Productions, Matt Hopkins, Rock Zombie Music Promotions, Tom Hess Music Careers Mentoring Program, CARLOS ZEMA - ON THE ROAD, Vougan, DEATHRIDERS [NEW Song Posted!], JET (MUEN Magazine)™, Kinky Boots, Lord Entropy, isabelle, Rock and Roll Rebel, Michele, Aaron Lasky, Oxygen's Fanpage, ღBeautifully Chaotic™, Chad Gray's Fan Site, Lissy MacMillan (MUEN Mag)™, Jynx Graphix, HEAVY METAL ART SCREEN PRINTING DALLAS,TX, Soul Descenders, Tish Meeks, †Dragon†, Blaster Blue, DEVASTATOR -(New shit!!) - Read Blog, Ronny North, MUEN Magazine, DaveSoftee, METAL RESIDENCE
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