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Here’s your chance to play before a large audience.

Check the info and links below and good luck!

Register your band today at GCOnstage.com for your chance to win.

Plus, the winning band chosen by Slash will receive $10,000 in new gear from Gibson & Epiphone, $5,000 shopping spree to Guitar Center, new gear and products from Converse, Dunlop, Ernie Ball, Monster, Zoom, Pro Mark, & OCDP + more!

All you need to do is grow your online fan base. You will be ranked by the amount of new fans you acquire between now and June 30. The bands will be hand-selected by Slash and his management!

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“Asking Twitter followers to buy one’s latest album is probably not a good approach, warns More. “That doesn’t provide any value for your fans. It’s a demand.” Instead, the experts recommend having conversations with fans, soliciting their feedback when appropriate and doing things like host group interviews via Twitter. When the opportunity arises for fans to enter their credit card information, those that want to will do it.”

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If you have more than one Facebook page connected to Headliner, you will need to chose which one you wish to update.

Check out the screen shots and let us know if you have any questions. As always, we rely on your feedback to help us make things better.

In order to make the promotion creation process easier, we’ve integrated the URL shortener with the message creation box. Now, instead of writing your promotional message in one box and using a separate box to manually shorten your link, all you have to do is include your link with the rest of the message and we will shorten it for you!

We will still track the performance of the link as always. But we sincerely hope that this will make it easier and faster for you to create promotions.  If you want to be sure the link is correct, simply copy and paste it into a new tab or window in your browser.  If you’re not happy with your message or want to use a different link, you can edit your message before you click “Start Promotion.”

Feel free to reach out with comments and questions. We’ll be happy to help.

New Message Box with Integrated URL Shortener

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Why marketers should embrace Facebook’s new Timeline for brands

Timeline for brand and band pages is great news for bands. Overall it will make marketing better for bands and more relevant for music fans.

One of the big effects of the new timeline pages is a move away from tabbed application landing pages, which today are very popular, but do little to engage music fans. Lets face it, static landing pages are not that interesting.

 The new timeline format will make marketing on Facebook more natural and conversational. The timeline formant focuses attention around your stories or news feed items which is a dynamic experience and much more interesting for fans.

A major benefit of the new timeline pages is that it will remind bands to listen more to their fans and engage them in interesting conversations around music, the road and their daily lives. This, without a doubt, results in happier fans.

 Another new key timeline feature is that it lets bands see their most reactive news feed posts and share them with fans more broadly. This is key in spreading the word about your band, and, as many of you know, the best form of marketing.

And lastly but most importantly over 45% of your fans are checking you out on their mobile phones. The timeline will greatly increase your band’s reach while requiring less work. One status update and you’re done. This is much better than having to buy mobile ads in addition.

All in all, these changes require that bands become more conversational with their fans but this is a good thing, no? After all, the power of
 Facebook and Twitter is in you sharing your stories and music with the world.

If you’ve spent any time on the music blogs or social networks lately, there’s a good chance you’ve noticed Azealia Banks making the rounds. She can be spotted everywhere from the latest record release parties to hanging out with Karl Lagerfeld at Fashion Week. With her smooth flow, stylish looks and pro attitude, she’s bound to blow up soon. Get to know her now so you can say you “knew her when…”

More about Azealia Banks:

Azealia Banks is a 20-year-old lyricist from Harlem, NYC. Since her first steps as a child in off-broadway theatre productions to her training at La Guardia High School of Performing Arts -a breeding ground for stars- she’s been steadily perfecting her craft and making a name for herself.

Her very first recording “Seventeen” placed her on the radar of many record labels right away. Word about Miss Banks kept spreading online and in the streets until she caught the eye of several record labels and tastemakers. Classically trained in the Performing Arts, Banks is a truly versatile artist, as showcased on tracks like the infectious Fader co-signed “L8R” and her celebrated cover of Interpol’s “Slow Hands”. A collaboration on the Major

Lazer EP and her appearance in the Nike Sportswear 1Love video series upped her profile in the past couple of years and kept fans waiting in anticipation for her next release.

Now prepping her debut album, Azealia has been teasing her audience with gems like “212″ – a certified club pleaser on rotation in dance floors around the globe- in addition to a slew of other records that showcase her range as an artist and will let people know what all the buzz is about. Whether her music hits you with seasoned bars or her angelic voice and hooks, Azealia Banks gives everybody a reason to rewind that track.

The music industry is so full of boasting and big egos that it’s refreshing to come across an artist who is both talented and down to earth. Tay Dizm is that kind of artist. His friendship with T-Pain has been a bonus, but at the end of the day, you have to stand on your own. Tay Dizm may have gotten his start in Miami, but there’s no limit to how far his skills and charisma are going to take him. Watch for him at a gig near you.

More on Tay Dizm:

Tay Dizm, songwriter and artist, is the blooming threat in pop-hip-hop music. The down to earth and high energy Miami artist ignites the world one city at a time. This incomparable artist -born Artavious Smith- has made a name for himself with his animated stage presence and humble spirit. “Talk to me and I’ll talk back,” he says.

In 2003, the Miami-native began his journey in Tallahassee, FL with best friend, T-Pain. The two traveled the globe extensively for close to four years, before Tay Dizm was ready to become an artist in his own right. Tay Dizm was able to jumpstart his career by appearing on two of T-Pain’s albums, Rappa Ternt Sanga (2005) and Epiphany (2007). When it came time to pick his first artist to represent his brand new venture Nappy Boy Digital, Pain chose Tay Dizm. He was also handpicked to appear on hard-hitting tracks which includes “She Got It” with 2 Pistols, “Who Da F*** is Dat” with Dolla which charted on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008. Tay Dizm also appeared on “G-5” with Huey. The release of his first single in August 2008 “Beam Me Up,” which featured T-Pain and Rick Ross has brought him into the limelight.

A strong push at nationwide radio mix shows has helped him gain a strong fan base. The eccentric artist began focusing more on his solo career in 2009 which also was the release of his second single “Dream Girl,” featuring Akon. It was a global success with over 16.2 million views on YouTube. With Tay Dizm’s first leak “Smoke” ft T-Pain, produced by Mr. Beatz ( YMCMB producer) off his “Thank you For Being a Friend” all over the internet, the world is now hearing the best of what Tay Dizm has to offer. As he moves forward in this New Year, the Tay Dizm sound is catching on worldwide. With several awards at his side, including the 2008 songwriting award from ASCAP, and four hot new singles to be released this year, nothing can stop him.

Tay Dizm’s mixtape “Thank You for Being a Friend” was released February 17, 2011, presented by Coast 2 Coast DJ’s and Datpiff.com via Nappy Boy Digital. With a strong love for every individual fan he has, the mixtape cover will be an abstract colleague of pictures of his fans forming Tay Dizm’s face. As a follow up project to his mixtape, Dizm has a new street anthem “Gettin’ to the Money” featuring T-Pain and J-Bo which has spread virally. The energetic artist that fuses pop and rock into his music is making a buzz and the world is now receiving what Dizm has to offer.

“This is what we doing and this is where we going,” says Tay Dizm.

FOLLOW TAY DIZM:

http://WWW.TAYDIZM.COM

http://WWW.TWITTER.COM/TAYDIZM

http://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/TAYDIZMFANPAGE

http://WWW.GROOVESHARK.COM/TAYDIZM

http://WWW.MYXER.COM/TAYDIZM

http://WWW.NAPPYBOYONLINE.COM