Music Success in Nine Weeks Entry #5 - Week 2 Assignment

Week 2 is developing your perfect pitch, marketing pitch that is.

Step 1:  Write down the following:

A)  Type of genres my music fits in:
Rock
Pop
Alternative
Alt-Country
Acoustic/Folk/Singer-songwriter

B)  Write down all the artists/bands my music is compared to:
3 Doors Down
Sister Hazel
Daughtry
Melissa Etheridge
Pat Benatar

Heart
Gin Blossoms
Soul Asylum
Joan Baez
Sophie B. Hawkins
Foo Fighters
Gretchen Wilson
Paula Cole
Fastball
Tonic
Toad The Wet Sprocket

C)  Write down all artists/bands/other famous people-authors who've influenced me:
Queensryche
Ronnie James Dio
Metallica (1st 3 albums)
Iron Maiden
X
The Circle Jerks
The Go-Go's
Megadeath
King Diamond/Mercyful Fate
Black Sabbath
Dark new Day
3 Doors Down
Breaking Benjamin
Seether
Pat Benatar
Heart
Garth Brooks
The Cult
Ozzy Osbourne

Eckhart Tolle
Deepak Chopra
Wayne Dyer
Abraham-Hicks
Robert Tennyson Stevens
Neale Donald Walsh
Don Miguel Ruiz
David Wolfe
Dr. Douglas Graham

D)  Write down all the feelings and vibes I choose to create or convey with my music:
Love
Peace
Empowerment
Happiness
Hope

Step 2:  Choose your favorites.  Look at the lists above and use these elements as a guideline to come up with a few words or sentences that sum you up:
Versatile Rocker
Conscious
Aware
Empath
Strong
Free spirit
Feeling

Step 3:  Log in and test it out at http://www.15secondpitch.com/

This is what it gave me:
My name is Astrum Lux Lucis and I am a Rock Star specializing in conscious awakening through awesome rock music. I am a singer/songwriter/musician. My Divine purpose is to awaken the world with my awesome rock music. Come join the (R)evolution!

Step 4:  Write my pitch here:
My name is Astrum Lux Lucis, singer/songwriter/musician from the conscious rock band One World (R)evolution.

I actually trim it down to this:
Conscious rock music for the (R)evolution of awakening.

Step 5:  Say it out loud!

Step 6:  Place my pitch everywhere!!!
This will take a bit of time.  It's already on every page of my website, my business cards, my print materials, etc...

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Ahh, week 2 is a nice easy week which is awesome because I just signed with a booking agent and we're strategizing on booking a solo acoustic tour of the US that begins the end of summer through December.  Yay!