Another song on iTunes

So I have been tinkering and got one more of my songs up on iTunes.

I put the song "I Want A Change" up on iTunes. It hit the online store on the last day of 2012 I believe. It is up there, on amazon.com and at cdbaby.

What I am trying to do with this song is help out a local charity organization. They are running way behind what they need to keep youth going with shelter and the basics like food and clothing.
The group is YESS, you can check them out at www.yess.org

So what I have started is $0.50 of each down load of the song will go to them. I will be doing this for the whole year of 2013.

This is the store link https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/i-want-a-change-single/id591050217
This is the cdbaby link http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kevinfrey2

Think of it as helping someone who needs a chance. The song will last with you for a life time, and costs less then that cup of fancy coffee that will only last 10 or 15 minutes.

Hope you all have a great day.

And many many thanks for helping out!

Cheers!
Kevin

Song Up on CD Baby

So I've been thinking about this idea for a while.
I want to help out a local charity of some sort.
Trying hard to think of many ways to go about this, from playing shows, to part of merchandise sales and a tone of other things. One idea I had is in the works, we'll see if it pans out. I went and drafted up a letter and sent it off to a few bigger named artist inviting them out my way to play a show. I have a place that holds 300 and is a ticket master location, So who knows it might happen.

Another thing I had thought about is putting one of my songs out on iTunes and all the other places and have a part of the sales go to the place I have picked.

So here is the idea.
$0.50 of each down load sale of my song "I Want A Change" will be going to YESS from now till the end of 2013.
I want to run this for at least a year and see how it works out.

Now you can get the song right now on CD baby, iTunes, amazon and the others will be coming on line soon I am hoping. But to get things rolling you can hit up the link here http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kevinfrey2

A bit about the song. I wrote the song in 2006 and did a home recording on an old 4 track tape recorder. From there with the very basic tools and toys I moved it onto my computer and did all that fun stuff that I could. I do plan on one day getting it done in studio and with a full band. But for now the idea is to help out YESS in the first and simplest way I can think of.

So I now ask for your help. Pop in there get the song and spread the word. Let me know here that you got the song and I will do a Random Draw each month for a CD with a bunch of my songs on it, Totally custom for you! I may even throw in a bonus personalized thank you ... maybe a song maybe a video ... lets see if we can make this roll!

Cheers!
And Keep on Rockin!
Kevin

Been Thinking

So I know its been a while since I last posted anything here on the way of promoting a band. Life has had me busy.
I am working on a few different things these days. one of the ideas I have floating around in my head is a quick guide to promoting your band. Kind of like a great big check list of things to do and things to think about.
I am going to try and get something up for the beginning of the new year. I am going to try and cover as many things as I can, keep it reasonably simple and try and give you as many cost effective tips as I can.
Sort of a Promote your band on a shoe string budget kind of deal.

In the mean time I am getting geared up for another battle of the bands and trying to stash away a bit of money so I can get back into a studio to record a few more songs.
If your wondering one song is up and running on CD baby, iTunes, amazon mp3, and a handful of other sites. You can also find it now on soundcloud. My Way To You by Kevin Frey

I've also been working on some side projects, one of them is painting. I set up a quick blog and started posting pictures of my painting on www.thepainthabbit.blogspot.com
The little paintings are reasonably quick to do and I have started taking them to the odd show as a very different kind of merch to sell. All one of a kind and signed. There are also a few pencil drawing in the mix too. Just one more outlet for ideas to flow. who knows I might end up painting an album cover.
Why not add this as a merchandise idea to you sales table?

For now have fun and Kepp on Rockin!
Cheers,
Kevin

Something I'm going to try

So, I have a show coming up in about a week.
Nothing to crazy, I entered into a battle of the bands. Should be fun if anything. Would be cool to win the top spot for the night. The prize is a day of recording and some promotion.

Even if I don't place I will be getting to play for a whole bunch of people I don't normally reach. It is exposure, none the less, to possible new fans.

The one thing that I am going to do different that what my mind has always been on is with merchandise. Every one will have T shirts and CD and odds and ends. I'll have my little stack of CD's sitting there as per usual, but what I will be bringing that is different is a stack of small paintings.

I'll have about 10 or 12 little acrylic painting set up to offer. There are a few examples over on my other blog if anyone wants to take a quick look. www.thepainthabbit.blogspot.com
Material wise these didn't cost me a lot. It took me a little bit of time to figure out what to paint, what I could paint quickly, and was not super time consuming. I'm hoping because it is unusual that it might make people slow down and chat and even better spend a few dollars at my table.

So in the quest for ideas and new revenue streams I thought I would give it a spin and see what happens.
Could work of anyone. Right?

I'll let you know How it goes.

Cheers!