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This is an archive of all our fun adventures, tips and tricks and words of wisdom! We hope you enjoy!
Handshake Drugs #1: Festival Partnership Extremes
In this blog, Sari gets in to the ups and downs of corporate sponsorship at music festivals!
Handshake Drugs #2: For the Freedom of Tweets!
Spurred by the Kings of Leon vs. Glee controversy, in this blog I talk about the power of a tweet and our right to censor ourselves.
Handshake Drugs #3: 5 Game-Changing Music Industry Philosophies
The music industry needs an extreme makeover and fast. Here’s what we’re doing to change things up!
Handshake Drugs #4: Canada Doesn’t Care About Live Music
Slow down Kanye!… in this blog post I rant on about the startling statistic that Canadians attend an average of 2.3 concerts a year. Does it mean Canada doesn’t care about live music?
I have been blogging my SXSW adventure in Austin, TX for Canadian Musician Magazine! Click above to read up!
This edition includes run ins with Hollerado, Hey Rosetta!, Dinosaur Bones, and many more!!
And it continues! This day includes Jeff the Brotherhood, Heavy Cream, Trail of Dead, and many more!
The final day and the day I got to see Death From Above 1979 play an amazing set and evoke a riot! Thank you to Canadian Musician for having us cover SXSW 2011!
Handshake Drugs #5: HMV No More.
HMVs in Canada might be closing down. This is troubling, as a past employee and avid shopper growing up in Barrie HMV played a key role in my musical youth. In this blog I explore what the loss of the music retail empire could mean, especially for young music fans in small Canadian cities.
Handshake Drugs #6: Audio Blood Hits the Streets, Welcoming our GMAs!
Is Lifestyle and Street Level Marketing still important? Lots of the big players think not. Audio Blood thinks so, and just brought on a new team of regional reps! Making personal connections is still important, this is how we plan to do just that across the country!
Handshake Drugs #7: Weighing in… Living with Lions vs. Living with Censorship
The conservatives called out the publicly funded Living With Lion’s record and it’s stirred up quite a bit of media attention. I weigh in on the BS… it gets pretty heated!
Handshake Drugs #8: 10 Things You Oughta Do While in Toronto for NXNE
Welcome to our city friends! Here’s 10 mostly legal things you don’t want to miss out on!
Handshake Drugs #9: Industry Magic and a Young Sari
Lots of people ask me how I got started in this industry and I can never find the words to answer. Here’s a long version of some of that answer!
A Letter from Canada #1: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
I am honoured to have been asked to start a monthly column for Clash Magazine rounding up Canadian music! Here is my first one. It’s very folk heavy!
Handshake Drugs #10: Facing the Music Industry as an Indie Artist
Some tips for indie artists on how to appeal to the industry and approach them!
A Letter From Canada #2: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
This month in my Clash Magazine column, I send love out to the Arkells, Boxer the Horse, Tokyo Police Club, and of course AB’s own Sandman Viper Command!
A Letter From Canada #3: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
In this month’s column for Clash Magazine, I talk about what’s on repeat on my iPod with shout outs to Russian Futurists, Hey Ocean, and our very own Ben Caplan!
I’m super excited and honoured to contribute to Canadian Musician Magazine, along with the Audio Blood team. We will be updating weekly, so check back for exclusive posts! My first post discusses the business musician!
Ticket To Ride #2 Putting The Fun In Publicity: Canadian Musician Magazine Exclusive
In this week’s blog on Canadian Musician Magazine, Jaimie discusses the role of the publicist in the music industry and provides insight on putting the fun in publicity!
Ticket To Ride #3 The Social Scene: Canadian Musician Magazine Exclusive
In this blog post featured on Canadian Musician Magazine, Kate delves into the depths of the social media scene, giving valuable advice on how to build your brand (or band) online!
We were able to pick Music Supervisor Michael Perlmutter’s brain to learn all about the world of music supervision/production for this week’s Canadian Musician Magazine blog!
A Letter From Canada #4: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
In this month’s column for Clash Magazine, Sari gets into the music that’s looping on her iPod with shout outs to PS I Love You, Paper Lions, Moon Face, and One Hundred Dollars!
We joined up with Carleton Stone to get his input on tips for songwriters for our fifth blog contribution to Canadian Musician Magazine blog!
Ticket To Ride #6 Interview with Talent Buyer Pat Murphy: A Canadian Musician Magazine Exclusive
Audio Blood sat down with Union Events’ Pat Murphy for insight on the role of the Talent Buyer for our blog on Canadian Musician Magazine blog!
Ticket To Ride #7 The Intern’s Plight: A Canadian Musician Magazine Exclusive
In this blog for Canadian Musician Magazine, our very own Roxanne Hathaway-Baxter scribed some words on the importance of internships if you’re looking to work within the music industry!
A Letter From Canada #5: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
In this letter to Clash, Sari dives into her four fall music picks from Canada, including The Mark Inside, Mo Kenney, Eamon McGrath, and Young Galaxy!
Handshake Drugs #10: WE’RE TURNING 3 YEARS OLD!!!
It’s the end of the year and time to celebrate our third birthday!
A Letter From Canada #6: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
Sari round’s up the year in Canadian music for Clash!
Ticket To Ride #8 CMJ Wrap Up: A Canadian Musician Magazine Exclusive
Kate wraps up the CMJ experience and shares some of her favourite performers!
Ticket To Ride #9 Ben Caplan Shares Performance Tips: A Canadian Musician Magazine Exclusive
Ben Caplan shares some tips on putting on a memorable, entertaining live show!
Ticket To Ride #10: Generation Screen-Obsessed: A Canadian Music Magazine Exclusive
Sari equates human interaction to a bunch of little screens and rants about bringing back to use of our memory!
“Ticket To Ride #11: Music Video Roundup: A Canadian Music Magazine Exclusive
Have a look of some of our favourite music videos that are making the rounds this lovely winter of 2012!
A Letter From Canada #8: A Clash Magazine Exclusive
Sari lets you in on her top Canadian music picks before she heads off to the Junos.
Thank you for reading!
- Sari and TEAM AB
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Seupiorr thinking demonstrated above. Thanks!