Matt Stockman

Sharabang Music

Passionate music fan Matt is setting up a record label and band management company that will specialise in generating cult followings for indie guitar acts. Through free downloads he believes he can create the following for his acts to generate revenue through other sources.

Matt has been agonising over a name for his company for a while but with that now decided he is in the process of commissioning his website, signing up the first two acts and trying to turn his exciting business idea into a reality.

Matt has a talent for spotting promising acts. He has creative ideas for promoting them coming out of his ears but can he turn it all into a commercial reality? Follow Matt in Fishbowl 1 over the coming weeks and months to see.

Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Plans for early part of 2010.

Seems a bit odd getting back to work after the holidays! Back into the swing of things again now though and really ready for a super busy and successful year ahead! I began the year by visualising exactly what I want to achieve in the coming months. I’ve said this before, but having this written down really helps me focus on what I need to be doing and helps me to break down these goals into smaller, manageable chunks.

So….what’s Mystic Meg got in store for Sharabang Music for the beginning of 2010?

Contracts. BLIMIN’ CONTRACTS! These must be drawn up to be signed by the end of next week, the very latest. These are taking so much longer to do then I had planned. As there’s no real template for the sort of contracts I will be using, it’s very hard to know exactly what to include.

Sort out artists. I have a number of fantastic artists designing art work for Sharabang’s bands at the moment. I am meeting with these in the coming days to see how things are coming along. I hope to have the art style defined and getting moving on individual art pieces for each track as soon as possible.

Have website beta done by mid-February. This is quite a bit later then what I had originally planned. In fact, pretty much everything is taking quite a bit longer then I had hoped! I think this is firstly because I was being too optimistic with my first targets and timings. I’m trying to get things done to an outstanding quality, but spending as little as possible. This is going well as I am big pleased with what I have sorted already (logo, initial web design ideas, etc.) but to get these things sorted whilst spending as little money as possible is taking longer then expected.

Have web site fully up and running by Mid-March. This will be with the ability to stream/download songs for free, purchase collectors CD and Vinyl, T-Shirt’s etc.

Have full tour in place with two Sharabang Artists playing together for April (ish).

By mid 2010, I want to have a minimum of 4 bands music up on the site, with merchandise and extras to follow.

Lots more to add, but keep following so you can all pat me on my back when I’ve met them all!

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