Greetings Friends,

This is my first blog post here, so I wanted to write a bit about something that I feel is very important. I found this article on billboard.biz about Fuse and Microsoft working on an integrated campaign called “i’m Initiative” which helps fund charitable organizations. The article is relevant to the topic that’s always on my mind: “How can we use music, media and art to better the lives of others?”

I know a lot of the large corporations in the world get a bad rep because they represent “The Man” (and yes, sometimes rightfully so), but we often fail to recognize the good and amazing potential that can come from these large companies. The monetary and time resources large corporations have to offer to charities can really make a significant difference to the non-profit world. It can take months for a small non-profit to generate enough resources to run an event, but with the help of a large corporation, it can happen in a couple weeks. (more…)

This past weekend I had the privilege of traveling to Ottawa, ON to represent Sonicbids at COCA’s annual national conference. This was my second consecutive visit to the COCA convention, and it’s one of the nicest groups of people I’ve ever encountered.

COCA is where all of the Canadian college programmers gather to see talent and learn about running an organization. In addition to showcases, there are educational sessions where students and professional bounce ideas off of one another.You can check more out here.

The Chair for this year’s National Convention was Christina Burns from McMaster University, and she and her staff did an exceptional job organizing the conference. It was truly one of the best events I’ve been to this year (and I’ve been to more than a few). (more…)

Here in Artist Relations we want to make it as easy as possible for you to get your questions answered and issues resolved so you can get back to the fun part of your job, making music.

Early this morning we launched our new Sonicbids Support Center at http://www.sonicbids.com/support. Here are a few of the improvements you’ll see:

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Our FAQs are now searchable via the search box and organized by question type in the “Information Center” section of the Support Center. You can also rate our FAQ answers to let us know if they are helpful or not.

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The new “Troubleshooter” tool will try and find you an answer the fastest way possible.

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Our new “Expert Support” ticketing system will make sure your question gets to the right person.

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We’ll be continualy tweaking the system over the next few weeks to get things just right, but if you’ve got a question about Sonicbids, it just got even easier to get an answer.

Rock on,

Lou
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Artist Relations Manager
Sonicbids.com

Hey all,

I recently had the opportunity to answer a few questions about Sonicbids over at the Music Careers section of About.com. Some of the topics covered include how to be featured on the Sonicbids homepage, where submission and subscription fees go, and the screening process for new promoters.

You can check out the full Q&A here.