seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html Terry Gillespie: Kathy's Blog Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:33:42 -0700 Haven't had time lately! http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/havent_had_time_lately maybe I shuld turn this off - but gotta figure how first.

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/havent_had_time_lately Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:33:42 -0700 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog Promotion http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/promotion Promotion - I just read an article that said;  word of mouth works best, that we already knew, but the author also said "if you’re anything like me, you often forget about concerts you’d like to go to unless you get multiple, different reminders". Wow! how multiple...until I start driving you crazy? I would like some feed-back on this.


What works and what doesn't, for example: posters size 11 x 17 - do they work? Table top flyers to take home - do they work? Email blasts - how often? Radio plugs - what is your favorite station and what newspaper do you read ? Tell me all.


I am trying to divide the email lists up geographically so you only get an email if you are living in the nieghborhood  of the show. If you find you are getting the wrong information re-join Terry 's email list on his homepage with the right contact info and make sure to enter your closest town- so I don't send you everything. You can mention in the notes section that this is to correct your old listing.


Every time somebody registers on Terry's email list - we give them a free song. This month the tune is called Monkey Hunger and is on The Faux 45 and will be re-released in September on "Big Money". So tell your friends to join our list. Sometimes we put on events that are only open to people on the list.  Sometimes we also have show specials on CDs - this too is only advertised on our list.


Tonight we are going to The Georgian House - Terry will be performing as a DUO with Terry Owen and they will be accompanied by hand drummers: Miki and Dave Dragone.  This is an intimate venue and invites a lot of personal contact between the musician and the audience. Maybe we will see you there! Kathy


 


 


 

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/promotion Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:48 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog Stay Focused http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/stay_focused I did it again...started veering off the chosen path. The Adair Coffee House live recording is great, good, wonderful BUT we are already working on another CD recording to follow up Brother of the Blues. Stay focused on the new CD, forget Adair for now. BTW the name of the upcoming CD is going to be 'Big Money" and will  be released September 2010. The Ottawa launch date is already booked at the Blacksheep for Sept 11 and The Toronto launch is booked at Hugh's Room Sept 22. Now stay focused Kathy and complete the bookings. The boys are busy in the studio adding the over dubs. We are gong to the Maritimes in June for Fred to final mix. So stay tuned hopefully there will be some gigs going down while we are there, probably with Bill Stevenson - won't that be  treat! Fee free to add your two cents and give me advice - I always appreciate the feedback!

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/stay_focused Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:32:03 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog Staging Presentation http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/staging_presentation even when I think nothing is going on - tons of stuff is. We booked a couple of more gigs and talked a lot about staging and what works and what doesn't. For instance what worked a long time ago and far away doesn't work now - the times are different and people's tastes change - it has too. And it is our (Terry's) job to provide excellent quality music, creative and fresh every time, seriously, but that is not enough. You also have to engage your audience. Bernie St-Laurent said it best "you have too love your audience". And how is the best way to do that?


First you have to respect your audience but what else? If you have  a moment tell me what you enjoy most from an evening outing.  Not so much dance or duo, but more how you feel at the end of the nite and what happened during the evening to make you feel like that. What are major turn-offs? What times work best, nights, etc. Lay-it on me.  Tell me what you luv and the other thing too!

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/staging_presentation Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:15:31 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog Dillema http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/dillema today's question is: do we produce and release the recording from Adair Coffee House? Gord Erskine recorded Terry and the band when they played there in January. It is a great recording and a totally unexpected jewel, the tunes are wonderful, the audience noise is minimal (except for a bit of whooping at the end of some of the tunes). I am so tempted to release it. The con is that it is not all original tunes and the copyright costs would be pretty high. It is however,  a great example of how an evening of music with Terry Gillespie, blues legend, sounds.


BTW:  I think a creative interpretation (not cover) of a song is a good as an original tune - there are great song writers out there - we love their music and want to honour them. But, the costs...hmmm???

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/dillema Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:16:37 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog New Look for website http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/new_look_for_website wow! whatta lotta work..today we polished up Terry's website and gave it a new look. The navigation bar is now at the top of the page and the box for joining his email list is larger. As we are giving away a free tune to everybody who joins his email list - it would be a good idea for them to be able to do it easily. We also joined Sonicbids today on Bill Stevenson's advice. Soincbids basically is another website strictly for the use of applying for festivals. You have to pay to join and every time you bid on a festival it costs a minimum of $10 to much higher. But it is necessary and now it is complete. My son, Kris (Kman & the 45s) told me to focus Terry's marketing better. That I should emphasize the Blues Legend and leave the specialty music to special events and concert halls. In fact I have more than one act I am promoting and I am confusing most people by combining them in an effort to be efficient. Wrong! So today I change that.....Terry Gillespie, Canadian Blues Legend is looking for work! Look Out! Tonight Saturday Nite Blues Dance at the Atlantic in Alexandria. Be there or be  square.

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/new_look_for_website Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:48:15 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog Today we made EPKs http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/today_we_made_epks Today we made EPKs (electronic press kits). They are CDs with the musicians bios, pictures, videos, etc. You send EPKs to Festivals, Booking Agents and The Press. We also made a CD of a live recording from Adair Coffee House, recorded by Gordon Erskine (thanks Gord). We are to going to package it with the EPK as an example of a live recording.  This however guarantees nothing. But if you are going to be in this business you have to have some sort of total optimism or you simply cry a lot. Crying makes your eyes turn red - forget about it! I will take a proactive approach - if you want to see Terry at your favourite festival - let them know. Now, it is not just me telling 'em he is great!  Bob Acton sent us a link to the pictures he took of the TNT debut - wow! I am stunned- check them out.  http://bacton.smugmug.com/Music/Terry-Gillespie-TNT-20100212/11269296_yeJkb


We are fortunate to have such good friends, both Bob and Gordon made our day a little brighter,  that is too cool!



]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/today_we_made_epks Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:22:31 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog Today I Start Something New http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/today_i_start_something_new Hi - I am Kathy.  Terry's wife and business partner. I am starting this blog today because we live in a certain degree of isolation and I think this is a cool way of getting the word out and communicating with peeps that dig Terry's music and like to offer suggestions, comments or simply say Hi!  This blog will record my experiences and if Terry contributes I will make it clear it is his voice. Terry's creativity is absolute and boy do his business skill suck! I hear that that is true of most musicians. My business skills aren't much better but I do enjoy the promotion bit. I have a lot of faith in my product (Terry) and I believe we have something to offer that you can't get anywhere else.  That is what Holmes Hook told me when the band played at Hugh's Room in 2006  "Nobody does this" and other complimentary things.  But if nobody does it - how do you describe it or tell people about it or make it accessible  so you are heard over the general noise.  That is Terry's genius and my challenge. Today my to-do lists includes: writing a newsletter to let everybody know that we will be producing a SATurDAY NITE DANCE at The Atlantic in Alexandria. (Saturday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saturday is considered either the sixth or seventh day of the week.) Gordon Adamson will be playing the drums.  http://www.terrygillespie.ca/calendar.html

]]> http://terrygillespie.ca/blog.html/today_i_start_something_new Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:20:12 -0800 seasoned with A hint of R&B - Terry Gillespie - Kathy's Blog