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I love everything about Music, Marketing, the Internet, Promotion, and Education. All of the projects I am involved with contain any of the above. |
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I've been making music for over 20 years, and enjoy networking
with Muscians from all over the globe. I created The
Musicians Cooler "Where Musicians Trade Advice"
a newsletter with over 800 subscribers, and in September of 2004
started producing his newsletter in Audio format (this later would
be dubbed a "Podcast").
I still published my newsletter
and podcast. I had recorded a CD and was investigating where to sell it. Consequently, I started to network with musicians and trade insights. Everyone said "Dave you should write a book," so I did. The result "Get your band out of the basement (and keep them out of the asylum)" has been enjoyed by all who have purchased it. My stories (both good and bad) of starting bands, marketing bands, have helped the readers to be more successfull and efficient. |
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Disgusted by the amount of money people were charging to build a website, I started "Cooler Websites" (originally I had a tag line of "Web Design with the Musician in Mind). I knew that in today's world an Artist needs a web site to build their fan base. I took my 15 years of computer experience and started building quick loading, professional, websites for my clients. I've never advertised, and I get most of my clients through word of mouth. It's easy; I listen to what they want, and give them what they need. Too many people are buying more technology that they will never use. They also get roped into long term contracts with people who are getting paid to do nothing. That's just not right, so I jumped in to help educate, and work with those new to the Internet, and getting a website. I even wrote a free book "Look before leaping into cyberspace." For anyone thinking about building a website. |
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I have seen my share of horrible websites. So I immediately started www.firsttimevisitor.com a website evaluation service to help those who have designed a website on their own, and along the way have lost their objectivity. I again found a faster, and more efficient way to deliver my evaluation, and in some cases saved my clients 100s of dollars. I also composed a special report of the 30 most common mistakes people make on their website, and a listing of great resources. Just to prove you can't proof your own material, SEE HOW THIS SITE LOOKED until a first time visitor named STACY pointed out some typos to me. |
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Along the way I've created www.stageclothes.net, I've networked deals with www.sonicbids.com and k-amp, and I continue to watch the Internet (my day job is tech support), for new opportunities to promote music, and websites on the Internet. In November "The School of Podcasting" took my passion for teaching and the Internet and resulted in 300+ resources and hours of audio and video tutorials. |
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Sloppy
Seconds (previously the Music News Podcast) is a podcast I
produce for the Podcaster News Network. I have alot of fun making
fun of the millionaires, the mogules, and morons of the Music Business. www.musicnewspodcast.net |
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A funny look at relationships, marriage,
divorce, love, sex, life, dating advice, and the weird thoughts that
pop into Dave\’s head when he is sleep deprived. Never longer
than 15 minutes, and guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, think, or
groan. Life is too important to be taken seriously www.betterdave.com |
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Using Dave's years as a teacher, Quiet Study Area provides 20 minutes of non disctracting music (great to study to) and a quick tip on learning effectively. |
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Podcastclicks.com was invented as a free cross promotional tool for podcasters. Podcasters can choose what genre of podcast banners to display. As of 4/2007 Podcastclicks has served over 22880 clicks to podcaster's pages. |
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Learntosubscribe.com is a website to help podcasters instruct their listeners on how to subsribe to a podcast. |
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