Brenden Mulligan Consulting

Helping musicians make sense of digital marketing & social media tools

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Introducing my artist consulting service!

Nov 4

Posted by Brenden in Artist Advice | Comments

Today I’m really excited to announce something I’ve been contemplating for a long time.

Although, ArtistData helps over 15,000 artists be more efficient with their digital marketing, I also know that artists need more than tools. Regardless of how many tools are built for the artist community, there’s still a lot of musicians who need help figuring out how to best use them. That’s why I’ve just launched a service, aimed at doing just that.

Brenden Mulligan Consulting

I’ve spent the past 2 months on the road talking at music industry conferences. During this time, I’ve sat down with a LOT of musicians, asking endless questions about their frustrations. I expected answers like “I need newsletter manager” or “I need a better website”, but instead I heard “I need to know why people aren’t opening my email newsletters”, “I want my website to rank higher in Google”, and “I don’t know how to capture my fans attention through Twitter or my blog.”

Sometimes artists just need to ask someone “Here’s what I’m doing, how can I do it better?” And it’s helpful to ask someone who knows what they’re talking about.

I’ve spent the past 8 years watching this industry experience massive change. Since MySpace launched, I have focused on digital marketing. It’s what I know, and I love helping artists understand and leverage it.

So that’s what I’m announcing today. One-on-one sessions to help artists better understand digital marketing. I posted the full info on this site.

Check it out and let me know what you think. I’d love feedback. This is an evolving experiment with the honest goal of helping bands better understand how to move their careers forward.

I look forward to chatting!

Brenden
http://www.twitter.com/bmull

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Fall Speaking Schedule

Sep 23

Posted by Brenden in Artist Advice, Music, Speaking Engagements | Comments

Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be speaking a lot of upcoming music and technology conferences, so I’m hoping to meet a lot of ArtistData users in the process! The list is below, and click through to get information about each conference!

Americana Music Festival and Conference

The 10th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference will take place from Wednesday, September 16th through Saturday, September 19th, 2009, gathering thousands of artists, fans and industry professionals from all over the world

The Americana Music Festival features approximately 100 performances by legends and the next generation of stars of the four day event.

By day, the Americana Music Conference features numerous panels, seminars and much more providing the most educational music industry forum for discussion in the land.  This special event covers the interests and needs of artists, managers, labels, radio stations, publishers, agents, promoters, retailers, legal and business affairs executives,, merchandisers and new media professionals.

Simply put, the Americana Conference has something for anyone who has a passion for music.

Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the music industry gather in Los Angeles each year for this incredible 2-day deal-makers forum to network, do deals, and share ideas about the business. Digital Music Forum West – now in its 4th year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. We invite you to join us at this year’s event and take part in the discussion. The event is designed to be interactive like the world we live in giving delegates the opportunity to share their ideas live at the event via our Twitter board and in moderated roundtable meetings.

Who’s Coming? Join Music Industry Leaders – including major label execs from Universal, Warner, EMI and SonyBMG; top digital executives from MySpace, AOL, Rhapsody, MTV, Topspin, ARTISTdirect, Amazon.com, Slacker, Live365, Nokia, Pandora, Yahoo!, iLike, Eventful, Rovi, imeem, RealNetworks, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA); and many more. For more information, contact Ellen Gildersleeve:
ellen@digitalmediawire.com or call 310-855-0033 ext. 705

New Noise ConfNew Noise Conference

New Noise Santa Barbara is a three-day music and digital media conference that will showcase emerging and established bands, host educational panels on the music industry’s hottest topics, present esteemed experts from all walks of the business, and serve as a place for players big and small to connect and plot the future of sound. New Noise will be equal parts classroom and playground, blending each day’s intelligent discussion and all-important networking with entertainment offered during the evening at venues large and small.

GRAMMY MusicTech Summit

The PNW Chapter in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Film and Music is proud to present the 4th Annual GRAMMY MusicTech Summit 09 at the Experience Music Project in Seattle.  The two day long event will feature 10 panels and keynote address by echomusic Co-Founder, Mark Montgomery.

CMJ Music Marathon

CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2009 will hit New York City from October 20-24 and for 5 days and nights, over 1,200 artists and 120,000 fans will take over more than 75 of the city’s greatest nightclubs and theaters. Headquartered once again at New York University’s Greenwich Village campus; don’t miss your chance to participate in New York City’s largest music festival.

CMJ ‘09 will feature exclusive nighttime parties, daytime exhibit areas, registrant lounges, a technology fair, artist and press lounges, meet and greets, panels, seminars, mentoring sessions, community initiatives, networking events, Q&As and special events.

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