so – here we are, about 5 months in from release day. here’s what’s been happening.

i finally got my first report from Tunecore – a report from the first two weeks of march, the first two weeks of being on itunes. it’s pretty confusing with the delay – it’s weird feeling not knowing what is going on now, and only what’s happened 2 months ago. but i talked with the guy at Tunecore and he said that kind of delay is pretty common for the music industry for several reasons, not the least of which are fraud issues and verifying sales. so it makes sense and i suppose it’s just another thing to get used to. while i may not understand everything about why Tunecore works the way it does, i will say this – they’ve been stellar at answering my wide variety of questions.

the song discovery thing i mentioned might not pan out – the dude said i’d be considered for either may or june and i think i probably would have heard something by now. will probably email him back to see if there are any other options. other than that i’m still just trying to play at stuff to get some more exposure. we played at a wedding last weekend and i sold a couple cds there. we’re playing at a few events over the summer which should be good too.

travis told me when this started that the best thing to do when trying to promote a record was just to think of every possible avenue and pursue it. to get as creative as possible with how you think of it and what to do to get the word out and just do it all – not pigeonhole it at all.

if there’s one thing i’ve learned about myself over the years, it’s that i’m really not an idea guy, generally speaking. i won’t say i never have any unique ideas about anything but that’s definitely not something i’m good at. so what do you do when you’re faced with something you’re not good at? you get help from people that are good at it.

so i’m asking you, blog readers, or whoever you are, for your help. i’m sure most of you don’t spend your time sitting around thinking about how to promote a record, but if you’ve got any ideas i’d love to know. email me, leave them in the comments, send me a facebook message, give me a call — whatever. if you’ve got an idea i want to hear it! one of you could be the creative genius that cracks this thing open. i’ve already gotten such good advice from unexpected places, so let’s have it. no holds barred!