January 8, 2001

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=========== Recommended Resources ===========

197 PROMOTION TIPS FOR INDIE MUSICIANS
www.bob-baker.com/buzz/197.html
An incredible, new collection of ideas, tricks and resources you can start using right now to promote your music.

SELL MORE CDs & MERCHANDISE ONLINE!
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Accept credit cards. No setup fee. It's fast, easy and reliable. The Buzz Factor has been using this very service for years. You should too.

THE ONLINE MUSIC PR HOT LIST
www.bob-baker.com/buzz/music_pr.htm
101 places to submit press releases, get reviewed, uncover PR connections and promote your music on the Internet.

In This Issue:
- How to Protect Your Band Name
- Three Online Exposure Sources

WELCOME!

How will you remember 2002?

Whether you like it or not, the new year is here. And a new year brings with it a clean slate -- a blank page upon which you must etch a new set of goals and actions. What you do over the next several months will create the memories you recall when you look back on 2002 a year from now.

What kind of memories would you like to have of this year? Memories filled with pride and satisfaction, or regret and frustration? I believe you are the one who determines what those memories will be. To make sure you're smiling when you remember 2002, take steps now to ensure you live fully and use your talents well in the months ahead.

Perhaps the resources listed in this issue will motivate you to get moving. Why wait? Get busy now making this a memorable year.

-Bob

============= Quote of the Week =============

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
-Will Rogers

========== Bob's Buzz Tips of the Week ==========

A BAND BY ANY OTHER NAME ...

A Buzz Factor subscriber recently asked, "Do you know how I can register my band's name so that no one else can use the same name?"

Legal matters are not my area of expertise, but here are several articles and sites that should help:

How to Trademark Your Band Name
www.hitme.net/useful/tmfaq.html

How to Protect the Name of Your Band
www.music-law.com/bandname.html

Band Names: Can They Be Protected?
www.apra.com.au/Member/MemBndNm.htm

What's In a Name?
www.artslaw.com.au/reference/namesp99

Protecting Your Band Name
www.jmipub.com/trademark_info.htm

The Band Register Legal Pages
www.bandreg.com/legal/name.html

Band Names and Trademark Law
www.alankorn.com/articles/band_trademark.html

Bandname.com
www.bandname.com/index.asp

And if you're trying to come up with a cool, new band name, check out ...

The Band Name List
www.band-name.com

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============ Indie Music Resources ============

THE VELVET ROPE
www.velvetrope.com
Here you'll find cool music industry discussion forums moderated by industry insider Julie Gordon. Topic areas include The Gig Guide, Hype This and I Need a Record Deal. View the messages all you want. But to post, you'll have to register (it's free).

INDIE MUSIC REVIEW
www.indiemusicreview.com
This site's writers review all genres of modern music -- everything from hip-hop, modern rock and pop to electronic music, folk and country. Provides in-depth CD reviews of any independent recording artist, songwriter or band.

COULD YOU BE ONE OF MAGGIE'S FAVS?
www.maggieb.com
On her web site, singer-songwriter Margaret Becker likes to feature "enormously talented independent artists who are underexposed, or on private record labels that are much too difficult to locate." Check out the site for submission details.

============= More Cool Resources =============

How to Make $100,000 a Year in the Music Business
www.bob-baker.com/buzz/100.html

How to Promote Your Music on the Internet
www.rainmusic.com/htpma/buzz.htm

Indie Music Contact Bible
www.bob-baker.com/buzz/icb.html

MusicMarketingBooks.com
www.musicmarketingbooks.com

Get Your Own Domain Name for Only $15 a Year
www.bob-baker.com/buzz/url.html

FREE MP3 Audio Excerpts from Bob's Books
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Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed
www.bizweb2000.com/new/d8513

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