Would you like to help?

As an independent artist it’s very difficult to grow without major record label support.

If you love this music and would like to help me move forward to perform to others around the world or introduce my work to ??? I would love your help, support, comments, marketing, ideas, contacts, etc…

Working as the sole artist, writer, producer, manager, promoter, webmaster, band leader, booking agent, etc… is difficult and a very slow journey moving forward. My life’s goal is to make a difference in peoples lives around the world through my compositions, recordings and live performances, however as an individual, the task is massive. Together as a collective group, our efforts and ideas will help spread music around the globe. If you wish to help, I have a few ideas that would make a difference and here they are:

www.johngilliat.com
www.acoustic-guitarmusic.com

1. Word of mouth is always the best and the most effective way to make new fans. Your enthusiasm will make our job so much easier. Try and get others to www.johngilliat.com and listen. If you are serious about it, I will mail you some business cards with this link on it and you can hand it out to people at your own pace. Just email your address to me with the words “send me cards” to gilliat@shaw.ca. Also tell them that if they like what they hear, to sign up for my mailing list. I am not that intrusive and only mail out a newsletter to let people know about new gigs and band news. The email list is a very valuable tool for me and I don’t take it for granted.

2. If you want to make a fan website and help promote the music by making a link that goes to my website that would be amazing. Then, submitting your site to a search engine or two is always cool, that just gets your link to more people. If you don’t feel like making a site, another idea is to attach a link to your already existing website…personal or business. It helps if you write a little comment below recommending the music.

3. Call local radio stations that play world music and rave a bit about the group, requesting a tune in the process. If they have not heard of me and wish to have a listen, please send me an e-mail with whom to contact and I will forward a disc and press kit.

4. Submit our links to music newsgroups, message boards and any website that allows it. Please don’t post whole MP3s anywhere though, just clips from the record or better yet, the links: www.johngilliat.com and http://members.shaw.ca/gilliat/music.htm,
which have the clips already.

5. Let me know if you have a lead on getting us to the press, magazines, TV, radio stations etc. Web publications, college newspapers, local rags, I mean whatever. I don’t think anything is too small; it’s all worth my time and I will follow up. Exposure is the only way a musician can make it these days and it all helps.

6. If you would like to make a donation which goes toward the next record and all advertising and publicity expenses. You can do so by clicking the donation button. Donations are safely accepted on my behalf though PayPal.

Thank you all for your support and efforts!

Best wishes, John Gilliat