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Festivals & Fun
* Reggae Festivals This Week
* Recipe From The Caribbean Cove: Mango Crisp
* Fun & Games: What's Patois for "sit down?"
(for answer, see below under Fun & Games)
The Business of Promoting Reggae
* News & Offerings: Israel's 1st Reggae Benefit & Speak to Reggae Fans
* Ask A Question: How can my band meet the needs of the media?
* Marketing Tidbit: Steps to Getting Your WWW Registered - Domain Registrar Hunt
* About Reggae Festival E-Guide and Contact Us
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Reggae Festivals This Week
Festival listings are believed to be correct. Please
contact the promoter directly for more information.
Friday-Sunday, August 20-22, 2004
International Arts and World Music Festival-2004
Riverside, Missouri, U.S.
www.friendsofreggae.com
Festival Hotline: (816) 743-0547
Saturday, August 21, 2004
7. Reggae Summer Night
Hamm (Westf.), Germany
www.revelation-concerts.de
Festival Hotline: +49 2381 51520
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Truckee Reggae Series II - Burning Spear
Truckee, California, U.S.
www.renegadeshows.com
Festival Hotline: 530-583-2801
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Reggae Dub Festiwal
Bielawa, Poland
www.regalowisko.independent.pl
Festival Hotline: +48 074 8 333 007
Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22, 2004
Reggae On The Rocks
Morrison, Colorado, U.S.
www.billbass.com
Festival Hotline: 303-830-TIXS
Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22, 2004
Chicago Carifete
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
www.chicagocarifete.com
Festival Hotline: 773-509-4942
Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22, 2004
2nd Annual Jamaican Gold One Love Labor Day Weekend Festival
Long Beach, California, U.S.
www.onelovefestival.com
Festival Hotline: 323-980-3444
Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22, 2004
Latin Caribbean Festival
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Festival Hotline: 281-893-0044
Saturday-Sunday, August 21-22, 2004
Reggae Jerk-Fest
Duncan, B.C., Canada
www.iguanaranch.com
Festival Hotline: (250) 709-9010
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Recipe From The Caribbean Cove
Mango Crisp
www.thecaribbeancove.com
Ingredients
3 to 4 Ripe Mangoes
1/2 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/2 Cup Rolled Oats
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/3 Cup Butter (Unsalted)
Directions
Combine flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt
in a large bowl and blend. While mixing, let butter
reach room temperature. Once butter is at room
temperature add it to the flour mixture, and using two
knives drawn against each other, cut the butter and
blend with the flour mixture. Keep blending until the
butter is evenly distributed in small pieces throughout
the flour mixture.
Peel mangoes and slice, and then cut slices to narrow
strips. Arrange the strips in the bottom of a 9"
square baking dish. Pour the flour and butter mixture
over the top of the mangoes to evenly cover the fruit.
Place baking dish in the center rack of the oven and
bake for 45 to 50 minutes.
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Fun & Games
What's Patois for "sit down?"
"Sidung"
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Reggae Festival Guide News & Offerings:
Israel's 1st Reggae Festival Benefit: Organizer Needs Your Help
Next summer in Israel, a Reggae Peace Festival is being organized to bring the
healing message of reggae to the holy land. Proceeds will go to organizations
such as ones which work with Palestinian and Jewish youth together in summer
camps. Kids arrive hating one another, and leave best of friends.
We need your suggestions, interest/support and sponsorships.
Contact Island Roots Galambos: 707-442-3857 | P.O. Box 4576, Arcata, CA 95518
Email: islandreggaehotmail.com
Speak to Close to 2,000 Reggae Fans by placing information
on your business in this E-Guide. For details please visit:
www.ReggaeFestivalGuide.com/eguide.html
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Ask A Question
How can my band meet the needs of the media?
By Bob Baker
Are you ready to transform yourself into a music media
darling? Are you interested in generating feature stories
on your band and reviews of your CD through online music
magazines, newsletters and music news sites? With this
article, I hope to deliver a primer on music PR -- an
overview of how the media works and how you fit into it.
My goal is for you to look at the media in a fresh light --
not as an adversary that needs to be conquered, but as an
ally that can help connect you with new fans, as long as
you help the media connect with their audiences as well.
Music publicity is something you should use in combination
with other marketing avenues. Even if you already publish
your own promotional e-zine, distribute free MP3 files,
exchange links with relevant sites, network through
discussion forums and generate considerable word of mouth,
you should still allow time for online publicity. Getting
covered by the media stokes the fire created by your other
promotional efforts and draws even more people to your music.
Online publicity can be obtained any number of ways,
including the following:
Destroying the Media Myth
Many people think of the media as being an impenetrable
fortress. Folks who feel this way have the impression that
to get covered in a newspaper, magazine or trade publication
-- online or off -- you have to be part of a secret club or
have some inside connection. Nothing could be further from
the truth. Most people who have a negative attitude toward
the music press either have never dealt with the media,
expected too much too soon when they did publicize themselves
or simply took the wrong approach when communicating with
editors and writers.
Before the Internet became all the rage, there were
already many thousands of music publications in existence --
everything from major magazines to mimeographed fanzines.
The rapid expansion of cyberspace only served to quadruple
the number of media sources in existence. Most established
print publications now have an online presence and often
feature distinct news stories that appear only on the
Internet. Also, the low cost of entry has allowed a
multitude of would-be music editors and writers to create
their own online news outlets.
Please see next week's Reggae Festival E-Guide for part II of this article.
Bob Baker is the author of "Guerrilla Music Marketing
Handbook," "Unleash the Artist Within" and "Branding
Yourself Online." He also publishes TheBuzzFactor.com, a
website and ezine that have been delivering marketing
tips and inspirational messages to music people of all kinds
since 1995. Get your FREE subscription to Bob's ezine by
visiting http://TheBuzzFactor.com today.
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Marketing Your Reggae Biz Tidbit
Steps to Getting Your WWW Registered
Domain Registrar Hunt, #3 of 4 Tips
By Kristine Cummins
Now you have confirmed your domain name and you
would like to purchase it right? Back in the olden
days, there was only 1 seller of domain names and
they really price gauged; it would cost $75 for 2
years. Now, there are hundreds of resellers of domain
names on the Internet where you can purchase a domain
name for as low as $8 dollars for 1 year. Conduct
searches and find a good deal with a company that
also provides customer service where you can actually
speak to a human. Look for their contact information
on the Website and call them. I personally, have
been using GoDaddy.com for many years - their prices
are low, though, they offset their low price by
trying to sell you other software products which
you have the option of clicking "No Thanks".
See next week's Reggae Festival E-Guide for
#4 of 4 Steps to Getting Your WWW Registered
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