Mr.Shadeed Updates

The Windows Phone 7 has taken the mobile industry by storm during the announcement of its release during the Mobile World Congress.
Shadeed Eleazer discusses the Win Phone 7 on this segment of Let's Talk Digital.

Listen to Let's Talk Digital as Mr.Shadeed sets the tone for musicians, labels, and corporations to focus on key areas in calendar year 2010. Let's Talk Digital is hosted by The Indie Top Ten Plus One Radio Show based in Virginia Beach, VA. Indie Top Ten Plus One is syndicated by Reewine Radio and Worldwide Radio.

Listen to Let's Talk Digital as Mr. Shadeed discusses Google Buzz, the new social networking addition to Gmail. Let's Talk Digital is hosted by The Indie Top Ten Plus One Radio based in Virginia Beach and syndicated via Worldwide Radio and Reewine Radio.

Thoughts: SharePoint Saturday is in the air combined with the NYC lifestyle and atmosphere is a winning combination.
Below is topic information:

Topic: Redefining SharePoint Administration

When: 9/12/09

Overview: As a SharePoint deployment takes shape within an organization, Senior SharePoint Administrators often find themselves tasked to complete deliverables that typically would be reserved for Developers and Designers. Re-defining SharePoint Administration will provide attendees with a new mindset towards SharePoint integration, deployments, and resources to extend their skillsets and prepare for the release of Office SharePoint 2010 within their respective enterprise.

Welcome to "The New Digital Music Biz". This blog focuses on the latest digital technology that are changing the music industry as we once knew it.
Please send all technology or digital music marketing questions to askmrshadeed@gmail.com.

Got Questions?

As many of the readers of this blog may know, you can reach me directly for any digital music questions at askmrshadeed@gmail.com The questions that I receive and believe will help others, I will take out the name of the people who submit the questions and post a detailed answer as a new blog post.

Read the rest here: http://www.wordofsouth.com/online/?p=1976

Mr.Shadeed joins host Pam Perry of Ministry Marketing Solutions' radio program "The Synergy Energy".
Tune into:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ministrymarketingsolutions

Wednesday 3/25/2009 at noon.

"Cooperation is better than competition"

Welcome to "The New Digital Music Biz". This blog focuses on the latest trends in the technology that are changing the music industry as we once knew it.
Please send all technology or digital music marketing questions to askmrshadeed@gmail.com.

The year 2009 is off to a good start. If I can manage to stay focused and continue to challenge myself to reach my goals, this will be the most successful year-to-date for myself and the team I surround myself with.
This is also the part of the year where most of the events that you will see me make speaking and filming appearances at are scheduled. Based on the emails and feedback I receive, many of the readers of this column are artists, promoters, managers, and independent label heads.

I wanted to provide you with some tips on how to effectively set-up your "presence" and ensure outstanding marketing/networking opportunities at any music conference using the internet.

The Internet and Music Conferences

Networking is a priority for anybody currently in or aspiring to break into the music business.

Music conferences provide the opportunity to get out of the studio and travel to a city and focus on moving your career forward.

The question is "What are your goals for attending a music conference?"

The hip-hop industry has to move beyond high school reasons of "Just being seen" or "Because everybody will be there".
Hip-Hop has had examples of artists and independent labels doing real business and changing the music business and the world as a result.

Discovery

Using the internet is a great way to discover who will be there at the conference and how that will benefit your current album project or label.
Once you find out who will be there, take action by obtaining their contact information and attempt to set up a meet/greet in advance of attending.

Build Your Itinerary

When I attend a conference, I’m not just attending the conference. I’m getting involved in every opportunity that exists in that city.
Find out who all the local bloggers, internet radio shows, DVDs, public access tv shows are in that city including contact info.
Find out where the local after-parties, clubs, radio station DJs,

Meet the Press

I do not rap, sing, dance, or act at this point in my life, yet whenever I visit a city, I do more interviews than most gold artists on a major label. Why is that? Because I make sure that I make contacts with the press in the cities that I’m traveling to. This is an area that I only see very few independent artists taking advantage of. In fact, this is one of the main ways a good publicist earns their money.
Here’s a few tips:

Send out a Press Release

I have provided an actual example of the press release used to announce when I was a guest panelist at the 3rd Hood Hard Day Conference in Charlotte.
Link to Press Release

Set Up a Media Day

Again, if you are a rapper, you’re supposed to generate news wherever you go. As an independent, MTV is not going to come hunting for you in your neighborhood, unless you’re really talented. So, if you’re attending a conference where "everyone" will be, why not make it easier to invite the media attending the conference to one place and conduct various interviews?

Bonus Tip:

If the conference is being held in a hotel, book your room in that hotel.
Set up the times for interviews starting around 9am and go until finished or until the major events for the conference starts.
This can all be arranged before you get to the city you’re arriving using a simple email blast to media contacts and/or press release announcing your Media Day.

Wrapping Things Up

Through this blog post, I have provided you with strategies that I personally use in order to make the most of my conferences and appearances. Leave comments, questions in the forum post here on wordofsouth.com
I’m available to help your label put together specific strategies to utilize the internet to make a living at performing the music you love to create.

Find Mr.Shadeed Online:

Digital Updates/Insights/Comments:
www.twitter.com/mrshadeed
Log-on to: http://newdigitalpress.podomatic.com to check out all my interviews on radio and TV shows all around the country.
Indie Planet Television (The World’s First Digital Hip-Hop A&R): www.theindieplanet.com

Welcome to “The New Digital Music Biz”. This blog focuses on the latest trends in the technology industry that are changing the music industry as we once knew it.

Please send all technology or digital music marketing questions to askmrshadeed@gmail.com.

Where Are Your Fans?

Happy New Year!

Since this is the first blog post of 2009 for Wordofsouth.com , I wish all my readers and supporters a Happy New Year. I take a vacation at the end of each year, so now I’m back to business. January is a big month, with the inauguration and people just having hope for the future in general through their resolutions, it is my hope that something you read in my blog this year will help you continue to reach your goals in 2009.

Where Are Your Fans?

If you ask me “what is the biggest threat to hip-hop music and its artists?”, I will not tell you bootlegging, downloading, low album sales, I-Tunes, MySpace.com or any of the popular reasons that you hear today across the internet , radio, and television.

My answer is: the death of the fan.

Hip-hop is the only form of music where in 2009, a fan in the audience at a concert has a legit chance of picking up a microphone and “trying” to be a rapper and succeeding. It’s a little known fact that Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel and the frontman of the Roots, Black Thought were once in a group together in their earlier days. Beanie Sigel was quoted saying “Black Thought was born to rap”.

http://www.wordofsouth.com/online/?p=1450

I'll be a guest advisor on Ideablob.com for the week of 1/5/2009 - 1/11/2009.

About Ideablob.com

ideablob.com is where entrepreneurs and small business owners can share and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling them.

Great ideas are generated every day by people all across the country, and now these ideas have a place to live and grow. Eligible individuals can submit their business ideas to ideablob.com, and based on votes from the ideablob.com online community – which includes other innovators as well as friends, family, colleagues, associates, teachers and mentors –one idea every month will win $10,000.

As individuals take part in ideablob.com's growth, their business has the potential to grow right along with it.

Why ideablob.com? Advanta began in 1951 with an idea, less than $100 in seed money, and big dreams. Today, as a respected company with close to 1,000 employees and well over one million small business customers nationwide, we empathize with entrepreneurs and small businesses and support their growth

Mr.Go Digital aka Mr.Shadeed is the special guest host for Real Talk Radio. He interviews Real Talk Radio founder Shaka Pitts on the eve of his mixtape release party in support of The Lost Hard Drive. Real Talk Radio can be accessed by logging onto www.thespittersclub.net

Follow up to insightful interview. Covers the origins and motivations behind the world's first Digital A&R Indie Planet Television, upcoming trends in the music business, and more!

Part 1 of very insightful interview hosted by B.K. Covers lots of subjects in music and technology specifically -

Mr.Shadeed exclusive interview on The Prop Joe Radio Show.
Interview touches on a lot of good insight and advice for artists in general.

Great interview with Days of Hip Hop TV based in Greensboro, NC. Covered topics such as How to make money using your blog and more!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Dw3MUovGM

Next Page