Events
Martin will be presenting the keynote seminar at the Baltimore Music Conference this year.
Check out ticketing information at the BMC Web Site
Unfortunately we had to cancel this screening at 13th Street. We're sorry for any inconvenience, but please still check out the gallery show at Showroom NYC this evening, Martin's artwork will still be on display!
13th Street Repertory Company: 50 West 13th Street, NYC 10011
Martin is doing a Tour:Smart seminar at Loyola University in New Orleans on Monday, Sept.15 from 5pm-6pm. The event is FREE and open to the public!
Nunemaker Hall: 6363 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans LA
Martin will be the featured guest on MusicansStudio, an hour long television program hosted by Adrienne Hughes. Its mission is to produce an educational television series featuring interviews with emerging and prominent musicians and music managers who discuss their artistic and business careers. Episodes are broadcast on WYCC Channel 20, as well as cable and DVD. (Think Actor's Studio, but for musicians).
After the interview portion there will be time for Q&A as well as a mini Tour:Smart presentation. We've scored a limited number of seats to the private taping.
Email musicians.studio@gmail.com to get on the list.
Keep Success Pure Music Seminar Series Presented by Pradagi Foundation and Malcom X College
The seminar series is designed to give Chicago musicians, music consumers, and aspiring industry professionals a time and place to explore the many issues that affect those working in the music business in today's ever-changing marketplace.
Register here: http://keepsuccesspure.eventbrite.com/
When the economy is crumbling at your very feet, going on the road seems harder than ever. Join us at Invisible Records Headquarters for a day long, intense seminar. Martin Atkins (Tour:Smart, Pigface, Pil...you know the rest) will conduct a hands-on, thought provoking, action oriented seminar. In 6 hours you will:
- Realized you're completely screwed
- Learn what you can to do no be screwed
- Work through relevant case studies
- Cry, laugh, cry again
- Leave with an action plan and ideas that you can use immediately
- Get a copy of Tour:Smart and the accompanying DVD (included in your registration fee)
Early bird registration (open until Oct 24): $50 and includes book, DVD, and lunch
Standard registration (after Oct 24): $99
REGISTER NOW! LIMITED SEATING!
Tour:Smart Band Summit - Make More Money on the Road
Mandatory for all local bands – FREE Registration!
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Thursday December 4, 2008 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Reggie’s Music Joint 2105 South State Street Chicago, IL
You must register to attend. Seating is limited so reserve your space NOW by clicking "Join" underneath the flyer.
Agenda:
• State of industry
• Strategies for success
• Why you must book yourself
• Marketing
• Packaging
• Screen printing
You Get:
• Concrete ideas and the knowledge, information, and confidence to start this process now!
• Proven strategies on how to make more money on the road
• A coupon for 50% off mastering package From Mattress Factory Studios (That’s right, only $150 to master your album!)
Check out the Five Pointed Star Inward Facing Crush strategy – there will be loads more strategies just like this one discussed at the Summit:
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx4gqAqD0QQ
Perhaps, the greatest obstacle for artists right now is standing on their own feet, rejecting the major label and industry hysteria to look backwards and seek protection in rules and regulations. The only protection is ideas, momentum, and looking forwards.
If you can sustain, you can succeed. You’ll get good ideas to use or inspire you to create your own: new packaging, new partnerships, and new ideas in new markets. As Bruce Lee said, “you must learn to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.”
The seminar will be taught by Martin Atkins, who for the last 30 years has embodied the DIY spirit. Most recognized for work as owner of Invisible Records, author of Tour:Smart and for his involvement the Chinese music scene as well as his work with bands such as Public Image Limited, Pigface, The Damage Manual, Killing Joke, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails.
Registration is free, seating is limited. Reserve your space NOW by adding yourself as a participant to this event!
Press:
We always have a few reserved seats for bloggers and press. Drop us a note at office@invisiblerecords.com if you want a pass.
Testimonials:
• “The first seminar was $400 - I got my money’s worth in the first five minutes” – 2005 seminar attendee
• “Martin Atkins is the best speaker on the planet” – Paul Natkin, Chicago Music Commission
• "ATTENTION ROCK BANDS: THIS IS YOUR OWNER'S MANUAL" – Joel Selvin (Senior Pop Critic, San Francisco Chronicle) • "Four Stars! The ultimate touring manual...." - MOJO
• "If you don't buy this book you will work a lifetime playing catch-up to the bands who do." - Lee Popa
• “The best book ever written about touring (and more) Paul Natkin, Chicago Music Commission
• "The bible of touring- Goldmine Magazine • "Four Stars! One of the year's essential books." - Record Collector
• "A vital repository of hard-learned lessons and essential pointers." –Terrorizer (UK)
• “Valuable insider information” – Cara Burpee, Ponzi Scheme Productions
• “Martin makes sense of things that seem to have no answer, has the ability to inspire and encourage constant self-education” – Jon Allegretto, A Friend Called Fire
• “Tour:Smart and Martin Atkins probably just saved my band's life.” – Tristan James, Proletariat Productions
The Business of Touring (8 p.m.)
Martin will be on on the Business of Touring panel as part of Remix Magazine's Remix Hotel Seminar. He will discuss his own experiences and strategies along with those of the other panel members.
An integral promotional tool for any artist or band, touring has become a viable source of revenue for artists—and increasingly their sole burden—as labels and other supportive agencies continue to implode. This panel of artists, tour managers, label reps and others discusses what you need to know to take your act on the road and turn a profit.
Panelists: Martin Atkins, Guns N Bombs (Johnny Love + Filip Turbotito), Thes One, more TBA
SATURDAY MARCH 21st @ MERIDIAN:
"TOUR SMART" - MARTIN ATKINS
Drummer Martin Atkins spent the 1980s and 90s performing and touring the world in such bands as Public Image Ltd., Killing Joke, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and his own band Pigface - bands that have both packed stadiums and struggled to fill the tiniest of clubs. Through all of that, he's seen firsthand the pitfalls awaiting all naive rockers and he has come to know the basic rules that apply to all touring musicians.
In his recent book, Tour: Smart, and its companion DVD, Atkins has compiled his experiences to create a valuable resource for any aspiring touring musician or band. Atkins is now touring the country himself, telling bands all the things they don't tell themselves.
Atkins teaches the business of touring at Columbia College in Chicago, and says that it's through touring that bands can find and develop their audience, often one album and one person at a time. In the book, he also included pieces from agents, stage techs, sound guys, people in bands and managers.
Atkins says the logistical strategies for building an audience in cities across the country is explored and explained in Tour: Smart. Bands, he explains, have to think of themselves as small businesses. And to be entrepreneurial, they have to take responsibility for themselves.
ADMISSION TO THE LECTURE IS FREE! And begins at 6pm
After the lecture, Martin will be spinning the show with The Queers, Los Skarnales, Bozo Porno Circus (Reunion Show!), Simpleton (Reunion Show!).
SiNDADDY with a stellar lineup (including members of SKREW, Deth Kulture BBQ, Skatenigs, REVCO and more!), The Cute Lepers, Chant, The Trian Woodburns, Whorehound and special guests!!!!
Doors to the performance open at 7:30pm - Tickets are $12
For More Information Visit www.meridianhouston.com
Martin Atkins Presentation and Panel Discussion at Canadian Music Week
(Time Subject to Change)
"If you KNOW that you're screwed then you're not. If you think that you're not, then you are." - Martin Atkins
These zen-like words of wisdom come from one of the music and art industry's most outspoken contributors, Martin Atkins. Martin will be giving a presentation and participating in the panel discussion Bar Band Confidential: Breaking 300 at the Canadian Music Week Conference in Toronto. For over three decades Martin has been at the cutting edge of where the entertainment industry is and where it's headed, whether through his work with Johnny Rotten's band, Public Image Limited, playing with Nine Inch Nails, Touring the world with his own band Pigface, or working with Beijing's emerging Indie Rock scene.
Martin Teaches Musicians:
** Time-tested industry tips & techniques **
** How to market oneself as a musician **
** Touring strategies designed for touring the US **
** How to get more people to come to your shows in the UK **
and much more!!
Who should attend?
Anyone interested in learning the latest music marketing techniques successful musicians use in the US to build a buzz, grow their audience, and sell more CDs.
Who should NOT attend?
Anyone who thinks they know it all.
Agenda will cover:
- State of industry
- Strategies for successful touring in the US & Canada
- Marketing
- Packaging
- Questions from the audience
