Help the Baby Animals Make History!

Nic Robertson August 26, 2012 1 Comment

The Art of the ‘Soft Sell’ – Part Two

Continued from Part One…

Obviously, there are limitations to how artists can interact quality-wise if they have, say 1 million+ fans. But for artists on an indie-tip, the most valuable piece is the development of a strong core fanbase. As an example, look no further than PJ Morton, songwriter, keyboardist and longstanding stalwart of the U.S. soul-scene. In his own right, PJ is an amazing artist and has won a (little recognised) Grammy-award for his work with India Arie.

Filed Under: Blog, Branding Tagged: India Arie, Marketing, Maroon 5, networking, PJ Morton, selling, Social Network, soft sell, songwriter, The Dualists, Tushar Apte, YMCMB

Nic Robertson August 20, 2012 1 Comment

The Art of the ‘Soft Sell’ – Part One

Plug it, don’t flood it by Tushar Apte (@harpt)

Perhaps it’s because we’re generally inclined to live ‘on the fringes’, or that we wouldn’t want to tarnish our artistic integrity and slave it out to the man. Perhaps it’s just too much time spent practicing, limiting experience out there in the big bad world. Either way, I’ve noticed many musicians have little grasp of effective practices to raise awareness of their music, i.e. to sell their product.

Filed Under: Blog, Branding Tagged: Marketing, networking, selling, Social Network, soft sell, Tushar Apte

Nic Robertson August 16, 2012 Leave a Comment

19 Classic Neptunes Bridges in 8 Minutes

In case you’re wondering, school is out for another semester at the College of Jaden Social. We are taking a little break on the educational front to have some fun and make a little music – the thing that we all love most of all!!!

This week I thought I would share with you a little Jaden compilation mixtape of possibly our favourite production duo of all time – The Neptunes.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged: bridge, Chad Hugo, iAmOther, Music, Pharrell Williams, production, The Neptunes

Nic Robertson August 9, 2012 Leave a Comment

Help the Baby Animals Make History!

Have you heard the news? The Baby Animals are BACK!!!

I’m sure most of you would remember these legends from their golden era in the 90s, which included releasing two wildly successful albums (titled Baby Animals and Shaved & Dangerous) and touring right around the States with the likes of Bryan Adams and Eddie Van Halen.