Showing posts with label adam spanier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adam spanier. Show all posts

Saturday, November 19, 2016

MY STARVING LION ON THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING DISCOVERED AS A MUSICIAN

In this portion of my interview with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion, he speaks a lot on how difficult it is to find success as a musician and some of the causes of this difficulty. He also mentions how Dave Grohl has become a voice not only for indie musicians, but for the way the process of choosing who succeeds should be. Finding true rockstars on radio these days is almost a laughing matter. The kind of laughter that results in depression. The struggle is real, and sometimes you may feel like you've taken all of the right steps to no avail. It's really disheartening to look up and realize just how many amazingly talented musicians there are out there that will never gain the recognition that their talent and hard work makes them deserving of. This, and my love of music are the reasons that I try to do anything that I can and share any knowledge that I have that I think will help musicians like this succeed. This is why I started the series "How to Get Your Music Noticed" and why I will be adding a section to my website with written information and suggestions that I think will help musicians stand out above the white noise that Adam so wisely pointed out in this portion of his interview. And beyond those two things, musicians, always feel free to come to me if you think I can help you with something, anything. If I have the knowledge, I will do my best to make the time to share it with you or direct you towards someone I think can better assist you in whatever your current issue is.

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Friday, November 11, 2016

MY STARVING LION TALKS SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a big deal. It's something that a lot of people know nothing about. I've been on my journey of learning about it for over a year, and continue to learn more at least weekly. There is a lot of information to obtain about this one topic, and it can get overwhelming. In fact, in this portion of my interview with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion, he brought up something that sparked my interest. It was something that I would set aside to learn about another day. I had no idea about meta tags, and I'm currently in the process of learning about them just now. At the time, it wasn't something that was beneficial to me. But I knew it was a very valuable tool. Now that I have a website that I put time and work into, it's important for me to do everything that I can to make sure that it is easy to find. Never underestimate the fact that people are lazy. If you don't make all of your content easily accessible, it will never been seen. Whatever you have to offer the world will never be utilized. That is why this is such an important topic for anyone hoping to promote anything they create on the internet. This is one of the biggest steps in self-promotion that exists, and it happens to be several mini-steps in one. My advice is to learn one thing about Search Engine Optimization at a time. Make sure it is applicable to most if not all of the forms of media you need to promote, so that you can use it repetitively. Once you have mastered that one thing, move on to the next and continue to learn! Continue to learn, not only about SEO, but about everything that you can do to make your finished product better and more easily accessible. That is how you will find success!

Saturday, October 29, 2016

MY STARVING LION ON PROMOTING YOUR MUSIC DIY

I had a pretty lengthy chat with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion about several different things in the music industry. He spoke in depth about struggles of being an indie musician and how you have to learn to do it yourself where promotion is concerned when you don't have a label backing you (and even sometimes even when you do). Being a DIY musician is a lot of work, but it's necessary work to get your music noticed.

Adam is a musician who has done it all: writing, composing, recording, production, scripting, editing, and filming music videos. He has used the internet to his advantage and learned to persevere through any lack of know-how with the motivation of having his music heard by the right ears. You can learn anything on the internet. Sometimes, it just takes a lot of time and work. Few people are willing to put in the amount of either that is required to run a successful ongoing promotional campaign for any body of work, or even for an entire discography. The big point that Adam made in this video is that if you want your music to be heard, you have to be your own everything. This is something I've been preaching for a while. You have to be your own PR person. You have to promote your music in every way that is catching attention. Sometimes, that can be very draining, and the results are rarely what you wish for. But with the right amount of confidence in your music and motivation to get it out into the world, anyone can do these things. 


If you're looking for My Starving Lion, you'll find:
The Underground LP, with track list as follows
"Sadie Hawkins Romance"
"Goodbye, Farewell, Amen"
"Odysseia"
"The Reality"
"Painted Polaroids"
"One Last Masterpiece"
"Afterglow"
"Queen of Hearts"
"Masquerade"
"The Underground"
"Light It Up"
"Paramount"
As well as "The Odyssey LP" with track list as follows
"Solus"
"Ticker Tape Parade"
"Revelation"
"Long Lost Son"
"Starlight"
"Delirium"
"It's Okay to Dance"
"Robot Angry"
And I'm hearing that a new album, entitled "Waterloo" will be added to the MSL discography very soon. You can catch the single "Holiday" from that album on My Starving Lion's YouTube Channel Here: https://goo.gl/NHBvEm





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For the indie musician and indie music lover:



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