http://rockstarlifelessons.com A day in the life of a rock starlet Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en TA-DAA!!! Thanks to all of you who voted and helped me choose, I'm happy to unveil my new Rock Star Life Lessons logo! This logo was designed by Adi Ramdhan, a talented graphic designer from Indonesia, who submitted original designs to my logo contest at 99Designs.com. The logo contest attracted ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1465/introducing-the-new-rock-star-life-lessons-logo/ "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Back to School Commercial for Staples I love this vintage Staples "Back to School" commercial for so many reasons. From a music licensing standpoint, using the Christmas tune "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" for a Back to School promotion is absolutely genius. From ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1463/staples-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-back-to-school-commercial/ I just finished recording and producing my first Rock Star Life Lessons podcast for independent musicians, and I'm very excited! This first podcast featuring my interview with Mary J. Blige is ready to be submitted to iTunes except for one thing - the podcast needs a logo. Today is the day ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1455/please-help-me-choose-my-podcast-logo-by-2pm-today/ Local SEO for Musicians by Carla Lynne Hall Hundreds of people go to search engines like Google every day seeking musical talent in your hometown. While they might not be looking specifically for you or your band, they are using music-related keywords to find a local band or music teacher. By optimizing ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1450/local-seo-for-musicians/ So how is 2010 working out for your music career so far? I know how the beginning of the year can start out powerfully, when we're filled with New Year's resolutions, but by the time summer hits, life often gets in the way, and we find ourselves distracted. If you haven't ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1444/your-music-career-gameplan-for-the-rest-of-2010-free-teleclass-on-aug-19th/ I've been working on a new music marketing course, and I need your help. In order to find solutions to your burning questions, I've created a survey at: Rock Star Life Lessons Survey Do you want to know how to: * Sell more music? * Market your music on Facebook and other social media ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1434/what-are-your-burning-music-marketing-questions/ Last week I attended New York City's New Music Seminar, and even wrote a little wrap-up article about it. I called it The New Music Seminar Meets David and Goliath. The ever-resourceful Greg Rollett has posted it as a guest blog on his Gen-Y Rockstars Blog, and I'm totally excited! Click ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1430/the-new-music-seminar-meets-david-and-goliath/ As some of you know, for the past few months, I've been focusing on my music marketing consulting business. After much thought, I realized that I have two audiences: friends and fans who like my music, but who aren't necessarily interested in music marketing info, and musicians who enjoy my ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1418/rock-star-life-lessons-is-expanding/ Perhaps I'm a little nutty from the heat (okay, I'm nutty all year round!) but I've decided to offer a special summer sale of my very first CD, Front & Center. Many of you know, or already own, my Soulflower CD, but you may not have even heard of Front ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1388/soulflower-summer-sale/ My friend Ariel Hyatt has launched the 2nd edition of her Music Success in Nine Weeks book! To celebrate, she's starting a new Blogging Challenge today, July 5th, which ends September 6th. Although I'm one of the contest judges, I still couldn't help creating my own blog for my upcoming ... http://rockstarlifelessons.com/1383/music-success-in-nine-weeks-by-ariel-hyatt-week-1/