Re: Nice Zoe Keating interview - establishing oneself as an artist.

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Awesome awesome video, thank you for the link. 


On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:52 AM, Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com> wrote:

> Zoe Keating just linked to a nice interview of her on facebook. The
> focus of the interview is mostly how to become a professional
> musician.
> 
> http://youtu.be/gzvz9wzpBuY
> 
> At first, there seems to be an "Underpants Gnomes" element to Zoe's
> story, which works something like this:
> 1) Post music online, on Itunes, bandcamp, etc.
> 2) ?
> 3) Lots of people download the music, and invite you to lots of gigs.
> 
> However, around 28:30 and especially 31:20, she starts really getting
> into what musicians should do to make connections. She discusses
> creating musical networks, and saying yes to things (because someone
> like National Public Radio might happen to be at some of the more
> difficult events). Earlier on, she talks about how she makes time for
> promotion/social networking as part of her career.
> 
> Randolf Arriola is one of the questioners.
> 
> Oh Zoe, I've missed your nervous laugh.
> 
> -- 
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