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I am Tom Ashcraft and this is my story. I love music and I love musicians and what you give to me. I want you to succeed. I want you to be able to make a living doing what you love to do. This is my attempt to help you live your dream. You can do it! I am a true music fan. You want me to be your fan. I will drive four hours to hear your show. I will buy all your CDs, then buy them again on vinyl. I will kickstart your next album or tour. I will buy you lunch. You deserve it. This is my gift to you. Tips for the touring musician from a fan's point of view. If anything here helps, tell me and tell your friends. When I say something stupid, let me know.CONTACT
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Category Archives: Best Practices
Ground Hog’s Day Resolution
You are a month into your New Year’s resolution. How’s that going for you. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that the only thing keeping that resolution alive is your resolve. Here’s a list of everyone I know that … Continue reading
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Every Show Is The Most Important Show Of Your Career
I love the internet. At 5:30 I saw a facebook post saying that David Wax Museum was playing at the Folk School of Chattanooga at 8:00. Just in time to google an address, mapquest directions, fill up the tank, and … Continue reading
Separate Yourself From The Musical Masses
The internet explosion is a two sided coin, opportunity and obscurity. It is easier than ever to connect to music fans and harder than ever to grab and hold their attention. What are you doing to separate yourself from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Feed Your Fan, Hannah Miller, Jacob Johnson, Preservation Pub, Relix Variety Theatre
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Be Remarkable
Having spent last weekend at the WeRIndie music conference and festival in Knoxville Tennessee, I am loaded with great ideas for the indie musician. The first brilliant bit of marketing comes by way of Andrea Nardello. She created packaging for … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Nardello, Feed Your Fan, My Aeroplane, WeRIndie
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Instantaneous Cure For All Afflictions
D.B. Rielly came to the Blue Plate Special selling Love Potions and Snake Oil. A funny songwriter or a comedian with a banjo, it’s hard to tell which. Click here to open the gallery.Powered by Cincopa wp content plugins solution … Continue reading
When Does Life Begin?
A woman that I admire, Ariel Hyatt, recently turned 40 and was inspired to blog her thoughts about gratitude and passion and the power of music. Please go read it here. Really, it’s better than this post. I’ll wait. As … Continue reading
Make Each Show An Event
You are not selling CDs, you are not selling tickets, you are selling an experience. The choices in music are myriad. You have to figure out how to stand out if you want to make a living in music today. … Continue reading
To Cover Or Not? Plus a Marketing Idea
You write your own songs. You are proud of them. Your fans love them. Should you mix cover songs into your show? I love new original songs. I can get irritated if you cut one of my favorite songs from … Continue reading
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Tagged Bess Rogers, Feed Your Fan, Roxie Randle
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This Is How To Run A Kickstarter Campaign
Bess Rogers is in the middle of running the best Kickstarter campaign that I have seen. It starts with a great introductory video in which she integrates her talent and vision with her goal. Being a songwriter she wrote a … Continue reading
You Don’t Want To Miss A Sale
Saturday, I watched E-S Guthrie tear through his set and make his first credit card sale, on his cell phone. He did this with a card reader from Square which allowed him to swipe credit cards on his phone. Very … Continue reading
