Outlandos Music is proud to present THE iNSIDERS NETWORK, a consortium of music industry insiders specializing in independent artist consultation, entrepreneurship, and well-being.
Via THE iNSIDERS NETWORK, we offer our Guided DIY Bootstrapping consulting services: an iNsider’s approach to the overall how-tos of the music industry, with the emphasis on the artist as entrepreneur and social media marketing.
Press Release: May 4, 2009
Saugerties, NY – Outlandos Music CEO and former XM Satellite Radio/The Loft Music Director Kate Bradley, in conjunction with songwriter, recording artist and licensed mental health therapist Robert E. Deeble, LMHC and the entertainment legal team of Falkin + Sachse (published and awarded writer and former Slackhammer vocalist Mark Falkin and Mission to the Sea singer-songwriter Decker Sachse) today announced the launch of THE iNSIDERS NETWORK, a consortium of music industry insiders specializing in independent artist consultation, entrepreneurship, and well-being. Joined by September Gurl publicist Patrice Fehlen, Notorious Radio Promotion and Punk Nutrition founder Liz Cousins, GRAMMY-winning composer Danny Weinkauf (They Might Be Giants), certified Kripalu yoga instructor and Ellery singer-songwriter Tasha Golden, and Yep Roc Records Online Marketing and Promotion Director (former Tour Promotion and Management Director) Hank Stockard, THE iNSIDERS NETWORK uses a unique whole-artist approach to combine practical advice with artistic nurture for the independent artist.
“Last October I did a little experiment with CDBaby cofounder Derek Sivers,” explains Bradley. “The goal was to evolve the artist consulting I’d been doing into more of a coaching service and then offer it free for 8 sessions to a client of my choosing from a list Derek solicited. There were 500 artists of all skill levels to wade through and the common denominators I noticed among all of them (including some who had pretty great record deals and licensing agreements) was a general need for emotional support, advice on the inside scoop of the music industry, creative marketing strategies, and basic business skills tools and tips, all at some kind of affordable price.”
Singer-songwriter Seth Glier: “Within 2 months of working with [Kate, during the Derek Severs experiment], I had a great manager (Ralph Jaccodine) who works with Ellis Paul, Antje Duvekot, and Martin Sexton. I am now in negotiations with MPress Records and should be signing with them in about a week or so. Most importantly, Kate was the sole person responsible for guiding me on my Fan Funded Tour Support Campaign. I raised over $3,000 from fans through my website to support me on a 45 date tour throughout the country. This Fan Funding effort then caught the attention of the Boston Globe, who wrote an article on it.”
“With Seth’s success, I started thinking about how we could help other artists in this way, to somehow expand upon it,” says Bradley. “That’s when Robert, Decker and I started brainstorming. What if a group of industry insiders like us, got together — all with very specific, valuable inside skills and experience, many of whom are musicians themselves, to provide a safe haven, a trusted resource? And what if we threw in a holistic element, to really address this issue of the whole artist? And made it cheap to boot?”
“Because let’s face it, being a musician can be kind of, well… hard. Hard on the body, hard on the emotions, sometimes even hard on the brain, and certainly hard on the wallet. By uniting united to offer our services as a group — a network similar to an HMO — THE iNSIDERS NETWORK can therefore offer truly affordable consultations. Plus, by pooling our resources, we can also offer special membership rates, giving deep discounts across the network while simultaneously helping the journey of the independent musician to be, well… less hard.”
By signing up for any of THE iNSIDERS NETWORK’s monthly memberships, artists enjoy discounts which apply to any/all consultants within the network and to every single session scheduled/executed within the membership timeframe. The longer the membership, the greater the discount.
“After all, so many of us are musicians ourselves,” Bradley continues. “We know from getting jerked around. So that’s how we came up with our ALL-iN membership option. Easy on the wallet and right up-front; artists know how much and what for. We call it open resource. No hidden fees. No bullshit.”
Hence, THE iNSIDERS NETWORK go-to resource is designed to assist artists in creating and executing marketing and fundraising campaigns, surviving mental ups and downs and reducing stress, promoting your brand and getting your name out there, licensing your music and composing for placement, touring smarter, from house concerts to international bookings, protecting your legal rights as any business would, fueling your creativity with a healthy, informed diet, and thriving both physically and mentally via customize yoga.
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