Rookie Mistakes to Avoid
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 10:12 am
It was such a pleasure seeing old friends and making new ones this past rally! 
As always, it was a blast!
I'm going through business cards and CDs I collected during the rally. Many were from my class. So, I thought I'd mention some things I notice right away as mistakes to avoid.
(1) Your email address on your business card. I've received cards on which the email address was very long and difficult to spell. Even worse, the difficult to spell email address was in a teeny tiny font such as 5 or 6. Email addresses are easy to obtain. frederickandmarydigraziamackijimzmusicstudio@gmail.com, all lower case, in font size 4 italic is a problem.
(2) ALWAYS put your track list, name, and email address on the case or envelope your CD goes in to! Once the CD is in the player, it's a bit hard to read. Many of us want to know what song we are listening to and be able to email you while listening. I just played a CD that only had nothing on the case and only a phone number on the CD itself. I found the person's email address with a Google but I don't think any A&R person would go through that much trouble.
Mistakes like this can make someone toss your CD and move on to the next.
Warmest,
Casey
As always, it was a blast! I'm going through business cards and CDs I collected during the rally. Many were from my class. So, I thought I'd mention some things I notice right away as mistakes to avoid.
(1) Your email address on your business card. I've received cards on which the email address was very long and difficult to spell. Even worse, the difficult to spell email address was in a teeny tiny font such as 5 or 6. Email addresses are easy to obtain. frederickandmarydigraziamackijimzmusicstudio@gmail.com, all lower case, in font size 4 italic is a problem.
(2) ALWAYS put your track list, name, and email address on the case or envelope your CD goes in to! Once the CD is in the player, it's a bit hard to read.
Many of us want to know what song we are listening to and be able to email you while listening. I just played a CD that only had nothing on the case and only a phone number on the CD itself. I found the person's email address with a Google but I don't think any A&R person would go through that much trouble.Mistakes like this can make someone toss your CD and move on to the next.
Warmest,
Casey
