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Since MySpace Music came into existence it has increasingly become an incredibly important marketing tool for musicians. I’m sure by now the majority of you reading this article know the basics and functions of MySpace Music – let’s get to how you as a musician can get the most out of the networking website.

No matter your genre you can use MySpace Music as a platform to get your music heard. Create a MySpace Band Profile and begin uploading your music. Once you have selected some of your best material you would like to present, make sure you upload some pictures of yourself or your band.

Add Friends – Not Just Anyone!

Don’t rush to get your music heard by as many people as possible. What you are trying to do is develop a solid fan base that will consistently visit your MySpace Music page. Make sure your not just sending out random friend requests. Initially you should target individuals who maybe share similar music tastes. Maybe their profile song is a band that has a similar sound or is in a similar genre that your band is in. Target individuals in cities that your upcoming shows are located in!

Always keep your fans updated!

Once you have established a solid amount of friends and consistent visitors, make sure you keep your fans updated. You don’t want your friends to lose interest in you, so stay on top of your game! Make sure you add value to your page to keep the visitor coming back. Keep your tour dates and upcoming shows up to date. Upload videos such as performances and music videos through both MySpace Music and Youtube. Brainstorm some creative ideas for videos you can upload. Show something on a little more personal side such as you or your band joking around or recording in the studio. This helps create a special connection between you and your visitors. You should also allow your songs to be added to visitor’s profiles. Your music may in turn spark interest in someone visiting their profiles.

Customizable Profile

When creating a band page it is important to present yourself in a professional manner and this is where customizing your MySpace Music profile comes in handy. Your MySpace Band Page is easily customizable. If you are not too familiar with HTML than maybe you should do a quick Google search for some basic HTML codes such as background color changes or other layout elements. If you do not wish to customize every aspect of your page yourself, nowadays there are websites all over the web that offer FREE MySpace Layouts or templates. All you need to do is copy and paste the HTML code of the layout offered at these websites into your MySpace Bio. Make sure there is a consistent color theme throughout your Profile. Keep your page easy on the eyes and match your Profile colors with photos of you or your band.

Comments

MySpace Comments are very significant when promoting yourself on MySpace Music. As soon as someone adds you as a friend or accepts your friend requests make sure you comment their profile page with a special thank you. Use their name directly so that it feels more personal and make them aware that you will be frequently updating your page and that they should check back. You may even want to create a small graphic to post in their comments so that your post is more visually engaging. Those visiting their profiles may come across your comment and check out your page out of curiosity.

MySpace Blogs & Bulletins

Blogging on MySpace is yet another vital feature that can be used as a promotional tool for you or your band. These blogs can sometimes be personal, letting your visitors know what you did that day or journaling significant events that you’ve been through as an artist. However you can also use your blog as a news update for your visitors. Make your visitors aware of upcoming shows or events. Make sure your blog titles are eye-catching! When promoting yourself on MySpace Music you should also consider the Bulletin feature. You should send out bulletins to your friends list making them aware of upcoming shows, newly uploaded videos/music, and other important and news surrounding you or your band. However be careful not to abuse this feature! Too many posts too soon can have the opposite effect you are going for when attracting visitors to your page.

PROMOTE!

After you have a successfully running MySpace Music page don’t forget to promote it as much as possible! At the end of your gigs make sure to remind your audience of the name of your MySpace page. Let them know that it is on your page where they can find more information about your band. Include your MySpace address on any outside promotional tool such as business cards, t-shirts, or demo CD’s.

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Country music used to be associated with cowboys and cowboy singing ballads under a setting sun. However, all you have to do today is watch one of the thousands of country music videos to realize how the country western image has changed. Country music offers fans all kinds of performing artists like Johnny Cash dressed in black singing about his prison days, or Shania Twain’s sassy, country rock. Country music means a lot of different things to a lot of different people and you can see it all on video.

In the U.S. there are at least three cable network dedicated to the genre of country music. CMT, VH-1 Country and GAC are widely followed by music enthusiasts in the nation. These stations feature country music videos, and they offer entertaining programming that includes the history of country music and the latest gossip about country music stars. One stations featured the Country Music – Music Awards and the best music video of the year went to “As Good As I Once Was,” by Toby Keith, directed by Michael Salomon.

If you ever make you way to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee you can view live videos in a theater like setting presented by hosts like bill Cody. These videos present artists who have defined country music in the past as well as today. A new show is taped and performed live each week. While visiting this famous landmark, you can also tour the historic RCA Studio B where superstars like Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Eddy Arnold and the Everly Brothers once recorded.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the award-winning video game from Rockstar, set in the early 1990’s on the West Coast of the USA, in a fictional state known as San Andreas. This state is made up of three large cities, each heavily influenced by real places. For example, one city is very similar to that of Las Vegas, while another is like San Francisco.

Grant Theft Auto games are famous for their soundtracks, which are often completely in-tune with the era, and the morals and social conventions of the time (as we saw in GTA: Vice City). Because of the time that this game is set in, it is filled with songs from the early 90’s, as well as a few golden oldies. These tracks are spread out over a number of different radio stations; each with their own style of music.

Some of the highlights from the GTA San Andreas soundtrack include Toto’s “Hold the Line”, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird”, Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without A Pause”, N.W.A’s “Express Yourself”, Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle”, Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name”, The Stone Roses’ “Fools Gold” and Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus”.

An official GTA San Andreas soundtrack was released on November 23rd 2004 worldwide, and has become a commercial success. The GTA San Andreas soundtrack has now become a legendary piece of work that captured an entire generation in a few, simple songs. Those that remember most of the music of the era will be taken back to it, and be drawn instantly into the game.

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Piano Rouge

Restaurant and jazz club is situated in main square of Krakow. The interior reminds of a royal chamber and makes a great impression on visitors. Rugged, stone walls covered with red and golden tissues compose on amazing atmosphere of this place. The most characteristic items of the club are: bar imitating the piano and one old piano situated in restaurant hall. In this amazing interior you can try Polish and Italian cuisine, delicious drinks and listen to jazz.

Alchemia

Large club (170 square meters) with a great atmosphere. It consists of 6 rooms, every one of which has its own name, like: “Heaven”, “Hell”, “Alchemy” etc. Music: jazz, folk, Hawaii and Cuban. But it is not only a music club. There are often organized concerts and cultural events like: spectacles and movie shows, as well.

Cafe Integracja

A place full of comfortable sofas and chairs. Club contains 3 rooms, balcony and dance floor. There are special discounts for students available. Characteristic item of this place is charming fireplace. Music offer is very diversified and original. From Monday to Thursday in the club there dominate “music of places” (“budda bar”, “cafe del mar”). Friday is the reggae day and Saturday – Oldies Goldies.

Bledne Kolo

In this club you can spend time in great atmosphere drinking colorful drinks and listening to live phonographic music. Parties take place here every day, from Tuesday to Saturday. Club was recently renovated, now it has an additional floor, so if you wish to take a seat and easily talk or read, you can do it! Large patio will let you take a whiff of fresh air. Music: house, reggae, jazz, ragga, dance.

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In Karaoke, amateurs sing into a microphone, to recorded music, while reading lyrics displayed on a video screen, generally for the purpose of personal entertainment and pleasure. It is held on a public address system like other shows but does not stage professionals and is largely informal in nature. Karaoke music is usually the famous pop music of the time and the actual singer’s voice is toned down to make the Karaoke singer heard.

Karaoke music and songs originate from Japan, where is part of their culture to entertain through music and songs at dinner. South Korea and Japan abound in Karaoke clubs where Karaoke music and songs are very common and these have now widely spread over the years, to Asian and American regions.

With the great acceptance and liking for Karaoke music and songs, Karaoke machines to keep inside houses were soon launched, but these failed to capture markets in the U.S. and Canada. Soon after this, karaoke machines were not being sold strictly for the purpose of karaoke anymore, but as home theater systems to give theater like sound quality at home. Home theater systems soon replaced karaoke, which from having been the main purpose of the stereo system, became one of its side features.

Many low priced entertainment systems with a Karaoke mode are now available for those who wish to hold a Karaoke party at home. Center removal is a method through which the vocals are removed from songs for Karaoke purposes.

Karaoke is now widespread all over the world and enjoyed by many. It is a great unwinding and entertainment process since it is such an informal genre of music.

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Many families are buying karaoke machines for home entertainment. It’s a great way for the family to get together and have a real fun night. This of course means you have to buy some karaoke DVDs, otherwise there is no need for the karaoke machine. What makes this so much fun is when people are singing karaoke, its their voice that stands out they are not singing over the vocals. Although they can if they want to.

Karaoke DVD’s are a little different then regular DVDs. They come in a variety of different ways. You can get 16 song DVDs. Here you will have a full selection of music. In addition these DVDs have the graphic scripting included on them. This is what makes them different than the regular music cds that you buy. It’s the graphic scripting that allows the lyrics to show up on the TV or the monitor. Often the DVDs come with a book that includes all the lyrics for each and every song on the DVD.

Then you can buy Karaoke DVDs that have 8+8 songs for example. This is a 16 track DVD. You get 8 songs with the lead vocal, and you get 8 songs without the vocal. This is used when you want to learn the songs, and its sometimes easier to start off singing with the vocalist. Then as you become familiar with the tones etc. you can switch over to the non vocal. Its an excellent way to learn new songs.

With some karaoke DVDs the lyrics will appear on the screen and highlighted in time with the music. Colors will swirl around and pulsate with the rhythm. This just adds excitement to your performance. It sort of helps you stay in tune a bit as well. Its like the old bouncing ball music that used to be played when we were children, so we could follow along. It may help you not lose your place.

One thing is for sure, you are certainly not going to find any shortage of choice in music. The amount you have to choose from will almost be overwhelming. Now making the choice is easier if you are running your own karaoke business. If its for home use, you don’t need near the selection that the KDJ is going to require. Its still nice to build a collection though. Which you will over time no doubt. Karaoke can become addictive.

One way you may want to consider buying your DVDs, is over the internet. There are a lot of good reasons to do this. First all you can take your time and browse through the various selections. You can narrow down your search just to the music you like. It can be much more cost effective. When you have been out to off line stores spending hours going through DVDs, you get tired ,and in the end just grabbing whatever is there. When you are shopping on line, you can take your time. Even leave and come back to it. This way you can shop for the bargains.

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So karaoke songs are just like any other songs right? Well yes and no. They have the same tunes but they are not by the same artists. Karaoke music is never performed by the same artists that prepared it for the vocalists. That’s why you will notice a big difference in the same music being offered by different Karaoke disc jockeys. It all depends on which label they buy.

You can find almost every type of karaoke song that you could possibly want. It has become just as popular as our standard forms of cds, and DVDs. Again you will find that you probably will form certain preferences to the labels. You can find karaoke songs that will have the vocalist that you can sing along with, or just the background music or even both.

There are always favorite by the majorities. In 2007 it was “I will survive” Gloria Gaynor lyrics, second in the running is “I got you babe” cher lyrics, then the third is “Sweet Caroline” Neil Diamond lyrics. These are pretty interesting choices being as they are not heavy rock or pop, and they have been around for years. Last on a list of about 50 is “we built this city”.

Karaoke songs are gaining a lot of popularity among the Christian sector. it’s a wonderful way for a church soloist to practice his/her music. It provides great background music for choirs that haven’t a music system. Its even perfect for the church audience to sing along with.

These songs can also be beneficial for children to practice their speech with. More often than not children find it easier to sing then to talk, and by getting them to sing it may help them with their pronunciation.

In 2007 there was a general concessions of what was the worst songs. Starting at the bottom of the list. The 10th on this list was “Friends In Low Places” Lyrics by Garth Brooks. The general idea of this one was to get everyone listening to join in and sing with you. Fifth place was “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mixalot. Then finally the grand winner of the worst song for 2007 is awarded to “Love Shack” by B-52s.
So as one can see there are the same trends, and ups and downs in karaoke songs just like the regular songs.

Then there’s the most over done ones. Songs that everybody wants to do and feels most comfortable with. “Crazy” By Patsy Kline, is a well loved song. Probably that’s why this one is such a popular one. “Delta Dawn” by Tanya Tucker. This one is one that almost everyone has heard, and it often the first one that comes to mind when going over the charts to choose from.” Summer Nights” by John Travola and Olivia Newton John is dubbed as probably being one of the most popular duets every sung.

There are many factors that people consider when they are picking the song they want to sing at a Karaoke and often is not based on whether they have the voice for that song. Its usually based on, because they just like that song the best, it sounds like its going to be the easiest to sing, or they like the artist.

By: Rachel Patterson

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