Gaining 1000 New Fans In 50 Days

Howdy all you crazy diamonds! Hope everyone’s doing great. Besides listening to excessive amounts of Pink Floyd, recently I’ve been working on this cool project that will help me grow my fan base as a musician, and it can help you too!

Over the next several blog posts, I’ll be sharing my progress and giving you all helpful tips, so be sure to subscribe to my blog and check back frequently!

I encourage you to join in on this challenge with me, and let me know how you’re doing and if you need any tips.

Here’s the basic run down of what my goals are:

-1000 SoundCloud Followers
(currently 161)

-1000 Twitter Followers
(currently 503)

-At least 500 plays on each of my SoundCloud tracks

I plan to have this all hopefully completed by July 1st 2012.

What I plan to do to achieve this goal:

-Connect with 20 new SoundCloud users each day, listen to one or two of their tracks, post a genuine comment and send them a private message introducing myself.

The key here is that these must be genuine messages and comments, no spamming.

-Follow 10 new twitter users who I believe would be interested in my music each day, and message each one who follows back, introducing myself.

I encourage you to join in on this challenge with me, even if it takes you longer or shorter than July 1st. It’ll be a fun experience as we grow our fan bases and strive to achieve success. Happy dream chasing!

My SoundCloud: SatellitesAndStars On SoundCloud

What I’ve Been Up To Lately

Howdy there everyone! I haven’t posted a new post in a while! I do apologize to my readers for that, I’ve been incredibly busy for the past few days and weeks.

The weather here in Toronto has been beautiful! It’s been very warm and sunny, and today it looks like we’ll get some much needed rain. The leaves are starting to return, the grass is turning green again, it’s beautiful!

Also, I recently finished recording a brand new album! It’s called Alexis Drive, and will be out on May 3rd 2012. It’s got a great rock feel, and I’m sure people will really enjoy it.

Even though the album doesn’t come out until May, if you want to be one of the lucky tomatoes who gets to hear it first, email me at br9austin@yahoo.ca and I’ll send you a link!

Here’s the title track from the album, it’s called “Drive”:

http://soundcloud.com/colourfulsound/untitled-2

New Music Video

Check out my new music video and laugh at my crazy antics! 🙂

Drive

A thousand miles away from shore
I just can’t take this life no more
All I ever wanted was a home
All this pressure can’t be real
I’ll be waiting on my wheels to break away and leave me standing still

But I’ll Drive till I can’t Drive no more
Then I’ll run till my feet miss the floor
I’ll say “man in the moon, you dare to fall?”
You’re wasting time on a planet shooting stars.

A Treat For You All!

Hey everybody, check out this really great song I found while surfing around on the Ultimate Guitar forums. It’s really stunning and beautiful. Love it!

It’s done by two artists who call themselves Ditty and Mark. Here’s a short snapshot of their bio:

All music & lyrics written by Aditi Veena & Mark Aranha

♡ Ditty has curly hair, a pretty voice and collects matchboxes
★ Mark has a talent for tongue tricks, loves guitars, and can cook a mean steak ♫ Together, they make music

We would love it if you could share the music, tell us what you think or contact us to donate matchboxes!

Keep an eye on Ditty and Mark, I expect to hear great things from them!

New Music From John Mayer

Been looking to hear from John Mayer for quite some time. He recently released a new song called Shadow Days to radio stations. Check it out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4FC9iuftAA

The song has alot of mystery and guess-work surrounding it, with many people referring to it as John Mayer`s attempt at a country song.

In my opinion, if this is what John was going for, it`s a good solid effort, and I certainly look forward to hearing his new album Born And Raised when it comes out later on this year.

Post your comments and thoughts about the song in the comments below, I look forward to reading what you all think! 🙂

Something’s Missing

For the past several months, I’ve been busy writing and recording for a new album I’ve been working on entitled Alexis Drive.

A big part of the album’s concept revolves around that “Something’s Missing” feeling.

That feeling where everything should be okay, but you’re not alright and you don’t know why.

Check out and download this free song off the new album, this song’s called “Sons And Daughters”.

http://soundcloud.com/colourfulsound/sons-and-daughters

Stop And Smell The Roses

As an artist/musician, it’s easy to get caught up and pour hours into a project. While this is good, it’s important to remember a few things.

First off, why did you start making music or art? Chances are it was because you enjoyed it. If you’re feeling overly stressed out, you’re probably not having a great time. It’s okay to be stressed out, but if it reaches the point where you can’t express yourself efficiently, it’s a problem.

A good thing to do is take a break and go back to the basics. In the middle of recording an album or working on a new art collection, go ahead and write a few songs/make a few pieces just for fun. Make a few pieces that have nothing to do with the project you’re working on.

This will help you rediscover the fun side to your work and also help you relearn any basic skills you may have forgotten or haven’t used in a while.

Happy creating, and HAVE FUN! 🙂