Take the First SELL YOUR MUSIC Workshop for $40. Take the Rest for $60!

Thursday, Jan 12th (tomorrow!) marks the launch of my SELL YOUR MUSIC! Workshop Series in NYC with “Setting the Stage for Music Success”.

AND I’m offering a special deal: Sign up for tomorrow’s “Setting the Stage for Music Success” for the regular price of $40. And if you like the first class, you can purchase the remaining classes for $60, so you still get the 4 workshops for $100 special!

Tomorrow’s class lays the foundation for a successful music career, and I’ll be sharing the strategies used by independent musicians who are making a living from their music. Because this session covers the necessary “nuts and bolts”, I consider it the most important workshop of the series.

While I also consider the fan-building, music marketing, and money-making sessions important, in my opinion, everything builds upon the foundation principles covered in the first session, including:

• How to Create Your VISION of Music Success

• How to BUILD A TEAM

• SONGWRITING SECRETS

• TIME MANAGEMENT Tips

• How to Create a Successful Artist MINDSET

Hope to see you at tomorrow’s class!

Carla

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RSLL 004 | Interview with Dale Adams on Mobile Marketing for Musicians

This week’s Rock Star Life Lessons podcast features Dale Adams, owner and operator of Architek One, a music management and marketing company based in Atlanta.

During our chat, Dale and I discuss the possibilities for music marketing using mobile devices, which kinda blew my mind at the time (when I still had a regular cell phone).

Since this 2010 interview, Apple’s iPad (and other mobile tablets) has become popular for multiple uses, I finally upgraded to an Android Smartphone, and I always think back to this conversation with Dale, as his predictions came true. Tune into this interview for some mobile music marketing inspiration!

Click on an episode button below to hear the podcast

The Rock Star Life Lessons Podcast is also available on iTunes for your portable pleasure!

About Dale Adams:

Dale Adams is the owner and operator of Architek One, a music management and marketing company based in Atlanta. Dale’s passion for music exceeds the normal person’s drive to push bands to their maximum potential. With his strong business mind, and keen ear as a music engineer, and his strong knowledge of the benefits that the social media scene is incurring to artists, he is bound to develop the next big thing.

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Announcing: The SELL YOUR MUSIC Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the SELL YOUR MUSIC! Twitter Contest!!

The Grand Prize winners who received a full tuition scholarship to the SELL YOUR MUSIC! Workshop Series in NYC (worth $120) are:

The Deacon from Mama’s Dirty L’il Secret
Cady Finlayson
Quinton Parker

All of the Tweeps who entered the contest will receive a Rock Star Life Lessons Gift Pack, which includes:
* My “Music Marketing Machine” eReport
* Free chapter of Musicians’ Roadmap to Facebook and Twitter by me and Ariel Hyatt
* Artist’s Edge Coach Debra Russell’s “Multiple Streams of Music Income” mp3

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Announcing the SELL YOUR MUSIC Twitter Contest!

For the past few years I’ve been studying and collecting case studies of successful indie musicians, and I noticed that these musicians take actions which fall into four basic pillars, which I’ve named “The 4 C’s of the New Music Business”: Create, Capture, Connect, and Cash.

I’ve created a new set of classes, The SELL YOUR MUSIC! Workshop Series, that will launch in NYC on January 12th, and I’d like to get your help in spreading the word. To sweeten the pot, I’m launching The SELL YOUR MUSIC Twitter Contest! from January 6th – 9th.

Here are the prizes!

The Rock Star Life Lessons Gift Pack

EVERY contest entrant (and class attendee) will receive a Rock Star Life Lessons Gift Pack, which will include:
* My “Music Marketing Machine” eReport
* Free chapter of Musicians’ Roadmap to Facebook and Twitter by me and Ariel Hyatt
* 1/7: JUST ADDED! Artist’s Edge Coach Debra Russell has just added her “Multiple Streams of Music Income” mp3 to the Gift Pack! I own this recording myself, and can attest to how good it is. Wow – thanks, Coach Debra!!!
* Other free goodies from other Music Biz luminaries, who will be announced over the next few days.

The Grand Prize

Four Grand Prize winners get a full tuition scholarship to the SELL YOUR MUSIC! Workshop Series in NYC (worth $120). There will be one Grand Prize winner chosen and announced on each day of the contest, Jan 6th-9th.

(NOTE: This non-negotiable prize does not include travel or transportation expenses to NYC, only the price of the workshop series, which is worth $120. If the winner cannot attend the workshops in NYC, he or she will receive the SELL YOUR MUSIC! course materials)

Here’s How to Enter:

* Follow @carlalynnehall

* Retweet one or more of the following tweets from my timeline (samples below):
– A Tip
– A Quote
– Contest Announcement
– SELL YOUR MUSIC! Class

One winner will be randomly chosen and announced each day of the contest.

Contest Starts: Friday, January 6th at 10am
Contest Ends: Monday, January 9th at 5pm

Each retweet will win a Rock Star Life Lessons Gift Pack of Music Biz eReports.

See you on Twitter!

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RSLL 003 | Interview with Tina Knowles on Working with Family

At the time of my writing on January 4, 2012, many folks are on “Beyonce Baby Watch”, waiting for news of Beyonce’s first baby. And what a coincidence that today’s scheduled interview is with Tina Knowles, Beyonce’s Mom!

Tina and Beyonce Knowles

In today’s interview, Tina Knowles talks about what it’s like to have a family member helping you with your music career, and offers suggestions on what to look for if you’re considering hiring your dad/brother/cousin to be your manager, stylist, producer, etc.

The Rock Star Life Lessons Podcast is also available on iTunes!

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How to Make a Vision Board

Ahhh, it’s December 31st, 2011, and I’m in the mood to repost one of the most popular posts on this blog: How to Make a Vision Board.

I’m currently in Atlanta with my family, who’ve asked me to organize a Vision Board Party tomorrow for the New Year. The family here is pretty large, so it’s gonna be fun. To create a vision board in a group setting can be powerful, as you get the benefit of group energy. If you have kids, this is also a fun project that you can do as a family, and is also a fun arts and crafts project. If you’re spiritual or religious, feel free to say a group prayer afterwards to seal the intentions that you set.

How to Make a Vision Board
by Carla Lynne Hall

Creating a Vision Board is a powerful way to set your musical intentions for the next year. As today is New Year’s Eve, it is a powerful day for setting intentions, but you can make a Vision Board any day of the year!

What is a Vision Board?

Also known as a Treasure Map, it’s basically a collage of pictures and words that represent your goals. The purpose of a Vision Board is to inspire you, and keep you on track. If you have a band, this can be be a fun project to complete together.

Step One – Set Your Intentions

What do want to accomplish in the New Year? Here are some ideas to get you started:

* Get a new job (or a raise. or a promotion, etc)
* Meet your soulmate
* Get married
* Take an awesome vacation
* Learn a new language

Step Two – Find and/or Create Pictures to Represent Your Goals

One way is to get a stack of old magazines, and cut out pictures and captions that represent your goal.

Another way is to go to Google Images and flickr and search to your heart’s content. Print out pictures and sentences that are meaningful to you.

When using Google to search for images, think about your outcome. For example, if you want to find pictures to represent your soulmate, use search terms like “kissing”, “dancing”, “holding hands”, or whatever else you imagine you and your soulmate doing.

Be sure to include color pictures of yourself!

Step Three – Make Your Collage

With a glue stick (probably the cleanest method), or other adhesive, arrange your pictures and captions on poster board, or a bulletin board. You can also use a sketchbook or scrapbook if you like.

Let your imagination be your guide!

Step Four – Keep Your Vision Board In View

The whole point of a Vision Board is to keep your eye on your vision. If you prefer to keep your Vision Board in a scrapbook, be sure to review it often. One of my friends had her Vision Board framed and hung on her living room wall, which I thought was a nice touch. The cliche is true: Out of sight, out of mind!

Another idea that I learned from musician Luna Jade is to create a Vision Board on your computer desktop. This is a great way to keep your vision within sight!

Here are some of the pics from one of my older Vision Boards. If you’re handy with Photoshop, you can also do cool things like put your photo on the cover of Rolling Stone!

My CD Supernova #1 on Billboard

Me with J.Lo’s body

Thanks to the magic of flickr, I was also able to find pics of other Vision Board examples to give you more ideas:

Be as creative as you want, and have fun with your Vision Board!

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