April 08,
2009
Newsletter
#87
Hello from Ariel!
In This Week's Issue:
- WHERE'S ARIEL?
- THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ARTIST
- THIS WEEK'S FEATURED VIDEO
- THIS WEEK'S FEATURED RESOURCES: A BLOG, A
PODCAST, & A STATION
- New Media Pioneer: Adam Hinker of Ear Candy
New York
Where's Ariel?
April 6 - 13 - Iceland
I am delighted to be going back to Iceland to
teach a master class to a group of Iceland's
premiere musicians.
I am currently coaching 27 bands and
artists including the Icelandic Philharmonic
through an 8-week Cyber PR webinar. We are
working together on a 360 web strategy to increase
fanbases and profits.
April 23 - 25 - Icreate Music ASCAP Expo,
Los Angeles, CA


ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO is the first and
only national conference dedicated to songwriting
and composing. Selling out in its inaugural year,
the EXPO immediately provided a unique opportunity
for songwriters, composers, publishers, producers
- and those in the industry that support them - to
come together in an unprecedented way to share
their knowledge and expertise.
In its short history, the innovative
programming offered to attendees has grown to
include celebrity Q&A's, master classes,
songwriting and composing workshops, publisher and
business panels, One-on-One sessions, DIY career
building workshops, showcases and performances,
song feedback panels, state-of-the-art technology
demos as well as leading music industry
exhibitors.
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED
ARTIST
Nicholas Howard – Queens,
NY Genre: Soul,
R&B, Blues http://arielpublicity.net/clients/2568
Nicholas Howard's music, if you have to give it
a label, might be called Urban Soul. Urban,
because he's New York through and through, grew up
in Queens. And Soul, because his music comes from
that place where we all live, whether it's New
York City or Podunk, Nowhere. His music is
different from what you've heard before, and yet,
because it comes from a soulful place, once you've
heard his music, you'll recognize it as your
music, too
Why you should pay attention: You are
exclusively invited to Nicholas’s Album Release
Party for “God Is In the Cityâ€ð
Tuesday April 21st 6-10pm
 Drom, 85
Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th), New York, NY
(212) 777-1157
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED VIDEO
Stan Harrison Genre: Pop,
Jazz, World, Electronica, Classica http://www.arielpublicity.net/clients/2564
Stan Harrison has recorded and toured with some
of the most outstanding people in the music
business, including David Bowie, Radiohead, Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Serge Gainsbourg, Duran Duran,
Talking Heads and many others. Now, he is stepping
out as a solo artist with a CD containing 10 of
his original instrumental and vocal compostions,
accompanied by artists such as Philip Bailey and
Phoebe Snow.
http://cyberprvideo.blip.tv/#1970890
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED RESOURCES: A BLOG, A
PODCAST, & A STATION
Featured Blog: Indie Music
Stop http://www.indiemusicstop.com
Website dedicated to Indie Music with CD
reviews and more! Your music matters to us.
Featured Podcast: The
JayCast http://web.mac.com/jay.wellstead/iWeb/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html
Podcasting from The Jaycast House Milton Keynes
UK, join Jay and escape to a world of fun, comedy
banter, the “oddâ€ð guest and the best in new
Podsafe music. “Its a Jaycast Podcast that’ll
doâ€ð
Featured Internet
Radio: Middletown
Station http://www.middletownstation.web-log.nl/
Middletown station is your address for main
stream music. Just lay down on your sofa and enjoy
your evening off with bmac`s Middletown
station.
New Media Pioneer:
Adam Hinker of Ear Candy New
York
An eclectic music and talk podcast that
explores all genres of music, popular and not so
popular culture.
http://earcandynewyork.com/
Q: How long have you been
broadcasting/blogging?
A: We created Ear Candy about a year ago
and recorded shows sporadically for the first nine
months. It was just December that we started doing
a weekly show.
Q: In your opinion, what does a good
song need to consist of?
A: In my opinion it has to have an
edge or some very apparent emotion behind it. I
don't necessarily think a song has to be cutting
edge or innovative to be great (though it helps)
as long as an artist shows skill in their craft
and confidence in how they deliver it.
Q: What is your favorite band or
favorite genre of music and why?
A: The genre I listen to the most is hip
hop, it's an extremely raw form of expression
considering the overhead is very minimal and
so much can be said in just sixteen bars of
a hip hop verse. I grew up listening to hip hop
and always liked it for superficial reasons but in
the early nineties I discovered their were acts
out there that wrote about things I could actually
relate to and that's when I started getting ideas
about producing music.
Q: What changes in content laws,
broadcasting rights, etc. have effected you
most?
A: With all of the podsafe music
resources and the fact that most artists and
labels are more than willing to let us play their
music these types of changes haven't affected us
much.
Q: A recent study found blogs to be more
effective than MySpace in generating album sales,
do you feel that that is a true statement?
A: Yes, I think there is a lot of random
solicitation on myspace, however when someone
blogs about an artist or album it's a form of
reference for the reader who generally values the
bloggers opinion. Blogging is a great form of
promotion for artists and also gives music fans an
opportunity to be a journalist, I think this
drives sales in a way that making mix tapes used
to but on a much larger scale.
ABOUT US
Ariel Hyatt is the founder of Ariel Publicity
& Cyber PR, a digital public relations firm
that connects clients to the new media including
blogs, podcasts, Internet radio stations and
social networking sites. Over the past 13 years
she has represented over 1,435 musicians and
bands.
Educating musicians is her passion and several
times a year, she leads workshops teaching her
strategy of combining social networking with
Internet marketing to help clients grow larger
fanbases and earn more money.
Her first book Music Success in Nine Weeks was
released in June 2008. "Sound Advice," her
bi-weekly ezine and Internet TV series currently
reaches an audience of over 10,000 music
professionals. She is a contributing blogger for
Music Think Tank, and Know The Music Biz.
Sign Up here: http://www.arielpublicity.com
CONTACT & INFO
Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR 389 12th
Street Brooklyn, NY 11215
http://www.arielpublicity.com
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