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Post by Ceeje on Jul 18, 2006 17:06:30 GMT -5
New York City is a huge venue for publicity for Lh.
The idea has been suggested to put an ad for Lh's upcoming NY show (or just for the CD) in newspapers like the Village Voice.
We need someone to gather info on the procedure for getting an ad in these papers. Any volunteers?
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wendyc122
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Post by wendyc122 on Jul 19, 2006 12:56:36 GMT -5
Ceeje,
I'll find out what I can. NY Metro and AM New York (two free papers with massive circulation) not only run ads, btw, they also do feature stories on bands that are performing locally. Since they come out daily, they may be able to turn something around quickly. I saw an article yesterday on a band called "sally" that I think is still an indie band with three EP's and one CD out. I never heard of this band until now. The article was a half-page of a tabloid sized sheet, and included a large picture.
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Post by wendyc122 on Jul 22, 2006 21:14:40 GMT -5
The words "sold out" on top of a band's ad can make them stand out in the 30 pages (!) of music articles and ads that run weekly in the Voice. When I see that a band I've never heard of is sold out, I get curious about them.
Perhaps contacting this woman at the Metro (a daily, free paper with circulation in the 100,000's) would generate some interest:
dorothy.robinson@metro.us
She did a half-page article about a band called "Sally" which is also from Chicago. They were playing at a small but popular club called Pianos on the Lower East Side (a hip neighborhood adjacent to Soho, which is close where the Canal Room is). "Sally" has out three EPs and one CD, so they are clearly not that far along in their career. The article included a large full-color picture. Since the Metro is actually a national paper, with local interest stories added, this may be a generic article with just the venue location changed as the band goes from city to city (they are on tour now, too).
There's also the New York Press, another freebie paper.
There are several indie record stores here, although not as many as there used to be; we also have two Tower Records and two Virgin megastores in Manhattan. They may allow fliers to be placed near the entrances.
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