http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog articles and tips from Fran Snyder and concertsinyourhome.com Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:13:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [ad#banner-post-top] Sign up for this newsletter through RSS or by emailing us here. Message from Fran: Topics and Resources from the video above: The new (booklet) CIYH House Concert Guide House Concert Month Folk Alliance International Feb 17-21 Cayamo join us next year. Next year will also feature John Prine. Please help me thank Jeff ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/862 ShareThis http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/860 A message to songwriters and music venues. Bruce Hayden points us to an interesting article. "By the way, read this from Slate. I has a passage in it regarding the contract you sign with ASCAP: http://www.slate.com/id/2244164/" The subject of ASCAP/BMI comes up often enough in this business that it's important for "the little guys" ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/856 One of our dear friends and respected house concert host, Ryan Simmons, lost his wife Carolyn from complications due to breast cancer. Carolyn was a big supporter of Beagle Rescue of Southern Maryland. If you'd like to make a donation in her honor, here's the link. ShareThis http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/853 [ad#banner-post-top] Sign up for this newsletter through RSS or by emailing us here. Artwork by Roy Schneider Message from Fran: Topics and Resources from the video: The new CIYH House Concert Guide House Concert Month Folk Alliance International Feb 17-21 Personal Light Show! discounted for CIYH members! New CIYH Hosts: (artist members can search "member since ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/840 "... that guy in the wheelchair" tours the house concerts of north america with high def video and a souped up van. This is going to be very cool, I hope you can participate in Ron's voyage. We need house concert hosts and artists to reach out to Ron to make ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/831 This pertains to artists, hosts, publicists and anyone interested in house concerts. Fran, Thank you so much for responding.  This is exactly the information I was looking for, and I can see how some house concert hosts would rather avoid the complications and misunderstandings that could come from publicizing their event through ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/825 Great question, glad you asked. Have a look at this and notice the booking instructions and "about our series" stuff. The first one helps guide the right artists towards you, and the second helps you connect with the right guests. EXAMPLE HOST PROFILE. ShareThis http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/823 Dream with me. The past 4 years have been magical. I'm hooked. You've allowed me to at least take a shot at making a difference in your lives, in however small or important a way. The challenges of the modern traveling music act are obvious. House concerts are one solution, one improvement, ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/811 The good news: http://concertsinyourhome.com/artists/full.html?uid=ddrewnelson is now http://concertsinyourhome.com/artist/drewnelson.html see the difference? It looks better without the "uid?=" code in there, and http://concertsinyourhome.com/artists/full.html?uid=jallwoodandsto is now http://concertsinyourhome.com/artist/allwoodandstones.html The bad news is, you may need to adjust your links if you've linked to your profile from other sites. One of the challenges of starting a website on a shoe-string budget is that as ... http://www.concertsinyourhome.com/blog/archives/805