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The Blogging Side Of Music – Part 2 of 5 – Dave Tamkin
- Posted By: DaveTamkin
- On: June 9th, 2010
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Today, we once again open the floor to Chicago-based (and now Colorado located) national touring musician, Dave Tamkin. We spoke with Dave about the promotional strategies that he finds to be most effective on his own blog, Head Above Music. Dave created Head Above Music as a free resource for musicians to find tips about gear, touring, travel, health and other important interests related to the working musician:
Describe yourself as an artist.
I’ve been a full time national touring musician for the last 8 years, maybe more but I don’t want to admit it. I try to write honest, upbeat, percussive songs that tell stories from a few different perspectives.
How important is social media marketing to your overall goals as an artist. Do you use it often? What is the level of engagement between you and your fans through various social networking channels?
It’s important to stay in contact with your friends and fans at a few different levels. It’s a creative outlet like anything else and the more you can give your audience new material to keep them updated and entertained the better. I use Facebook daily. I have a good time posting crazy ass videos and try to find something either personal or external that provokes some comments. Its fun to see people I’ve met from across the country interact on a topic.
I’m not a huge twitter fan but keep it updated through other platforms. Myspace is still great to tool to connect with other musicians but I’m not sure how many people still use it.
Lamplighters Changes Things Up!!
- Posted By: DaveTamkin
- On: August 6th, 2009
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LAMPLIGHTERS PRESENTS:
The Singer/Songwriter Circle:
Featuring Dayna Lane, Dave Tamkin, & Kevin Mileski
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 10:00 PM (CT)
Lamplighters Inn and Tavern tries something new. They are hosting a night of music for only 100 people.
You can buy tickets here: http://www.lamplighters.eventbrite.com
Three Singers/Songwriters (Kevin Mileski, Dayna Lane, and Dave Tamkin) will share their stories and songs to a seated audience. 312 Beer will be sponsoring the event with a meet and greet before the show from 9-10pm. This is something the North West suburbs have been looking forward to for sometime. Lamplighters new Listening Room: The Singer/Songwriter Circle.
Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille
60 N Bothwell St
Palatine, IL 60067
(847) 991-2420
BUY TICKETS HERE: WWW.LAMPLIGHTERS.EVENTBRITE.COM
New Tshirts!
- Posted By: DaveTamkin
- On: July 2nd, 2009
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