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New Music Feature: Boo

http://www.myspace.com/boombe
Born and raised on the Westside of Chicago, music sort of found Boo.  In the summer of 1999, while hanging with a few close friends at a downtown McDonalds, Boo bumped into R. Kelly, and the rest is history.  He was later featured on R. Kelly’s multi-platinum selling album R., on the hit single, “We Ride,” featuring Jay-Z, Noreaga, and Camron.  Shortly after, Boo was featured on R. Kelly’s multi-platinum selling album, TP2..com, on


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Web 2.0 Strategy – What Are Other Artists Doing Right, That You Are Doing Wrong?

Perusing through my daily blog sites I frequent I came across an awesome post by Moe Arora. We actually interviewed Moe a little while back to pick his brain on online music promotion. You can check that out on our blog.

Moe points out that one of the biggest questions every artist, manager & label rep asks themselves on a daily basis is, “how can we further connect with our fans?”

Amongst all the teams out there,…
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Artist’s SUCCESS Salon, NYC 6/2/2009

Tuesday June 2, 2009
6PM-9PM

New York City

With Ariel Hyatt, of Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR
And Debra Russell, Artist’s EDGE Success Coaching
Get ready for a fascinating evening with two Experts in the Music Industry.  Debra and Ariel will interview each other to discover what you need to truly succeed in the Music Biz!

We will talk about how to break through fears and things that may be stopping you from getting what…
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Web 2.0 Strategy – Nine Critical Things You Should Know About Publicity Before You Make Your First Move

By Ariel Hyatt

I receive tons of calls and emails a day from artists looking to receive publicity for an upcoming or past release. Within the first few minutes of most of these conversations I immediately recognize that a lot of artists don’t even know what publicity consists of. As an independent artist it is imperative to know the ins and out of every aspect of the music business so that you can take control


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Web 2.0 Strategy – Monitor Your Online Chatter in 5 Easy Steps

Now that you’ve started building your online brand and presence your next step is to understand how to monitor your online chatter.

I came across a great step by step guide over at Digipendent (http://www.digipendent.com/food-for-thought/how-to-keep-an-eye-on-your-online-presence-in-5-easy-ass-steps/) that breaks down how to keep on top of your online presence as a company but can still be translated into your brand as an artist.

Monitoring your social media presence is important. You need to respond to people


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