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About Me

My name is DON "Wicked D" HARRISON

Founding Partner/Operations Manager

METAL MUSIC PROMOTIONS, LLC

ROCK MUSIC PROMOTIONS


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FEATURED ARTIST
VOUGAN is a Brazilian, progressive metal band formed in 2005 by ex-Dark Avenger members Acácio Carvalho (drums), G Zus (bass), Hugo Santiago (guitars), Rafael Galvão (keyboards) and ex-Heaven's Guardian member Carlos Zema (vocals).

VOUGAN - "Unspeakable"


The band sets themselves apart by utilizing the freedom of writing spontaneously, without worry of trends. They have successfully blended elements of Heavy Metal, Melodic Metal, Brazilian Music, Classical Music, Power Metal, Progressive Rock and even Thrash Metal into their music.

Vougan have recently signed a contract with the Japanese label SOUNDHOLIC to distribute the band's debut CD. "MIND EXCEEDING" will be realeased in Japan on July 23, 2008!

VOUGAN OFFICIAL WEBSITE

VOUGAN ON MYSPACE


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Member Since: 4/10/2007
Band Website: metalmusicpromotions.com
Band Members:

Carlos is going home and we need your help! Donations are greatly appreciated!!!
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Influences:

MUSICIAN RESOURCES

Airplay Direct

ASCAP

BMI

Bob Baker's BuzzFactor

Essential Indie Info

Fancorps

Indie-Music

IndieMusicCoach

Indie Renegade

Inside The Music Business

MusicDish

Music Industry School

MusicSUBMIT

MusicianPromote

Nationwide Disc

Professor Pooch

Reverbnation

Social Networks for Musicians

TalkMusicBiz

The Indie Venue Bible

The Musicians Cooler

Tom Hess Music Mentor

TTH Temp Label

Unsigned Band Promotion

Xiie-For Unsigned Musicians



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My Blog

THE MUSIC LAWYER

Another special request.  I'm beginning to enjoy this as it shows some of you are genuinely interested in the "BUSINESS" side of music.  In fact, I welcome any and all suggestions, questions...
Posted by Wicked D on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:23:00 PST

STREET TEAMS

It was suggested by one of my adoring fans (yes I do have a few and I love them dearly) that I do a segment on "Street Teams". Well, it was more of a hint than a suggestion but I have decided to do i...
Posted by Wicked D on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:00 PST

THE NEW MUSIC BIZ MODEL

A lot of my work has to do with helping artists actually make a living at what they do best:CREATING & PERFORMING MUSICAs a musician you know how difficult it is (AT ANY LEVEL) in your career to a...
Posted by Wicked D on Tue, 13 May 2008 02:59:00 PST

WHO DO YOU SOUND LIKE?

Who do you sound like?Simple question! Or is it?Truth is most bands are so anal about sounding like their influences that they try and cover it up. Either that or they just go into way too much detail...
Posted by Wicked D on Sat, 03 May 2008 06:56:00 PST

ARE YOU PLAYING JUST TO PLAY?

I've been around.  Yeah, I'm that old!  I have seen bands come and I have seen bands go.  I know I've driven this subject into the ground but there really is a reason why they call it&n...
Posted by Wicked D on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:07:00 PST

ETHICS IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."I'm sure most of you have se...
Posted by Wicked D on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:21:00 PST

WICKED D INTERVIEW

A great big THANK YOU goes out to METAL MIKE and the MONTALIAN for being so kind as to want to interview me.  Pretty kick ass in my opinion!  The interview deals mostly with my animated band...
Posted by Wicked D on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:21:00 PST

SELLING CDS BY CREATING BUYER BENEFIT

So, you’ve set up a website and advertised to the world that you have a CD available for sell. You’ve been promoting it on your myspace profile, hitting the bulletins, sending messages an...
Posted by Wicked D on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:58:00 PST

UTILIZING T-SHIRTS FOR THE MARKETING OF YOUR BAND

How many of you give away demo CDS, stickers, posters, etc... or if you don’t give them away, you let them go for cost or a very low profit margin?  Chances are that if you are in a band yo...
Posted by Wicked D on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:07:00 PST

THE DOWNSIDE OF A RECORD DEAL

Those of you close to me know of my first band, ROX.  That band walked away from a record deal in 1982.  There was a lot of red tape, numbers that didn’t seem to pan out in our favor, ...
Posted by Wicked D on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:07:00 PST