http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html Cady Finlayson: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:24:28 -0700 http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#38 http://celticfiddle.blogspot.com but I'm posting it here.

Friday, July 09, 2010
Music Success in Nine Weeks: Irish fiddler starts the Ariel Publicity blog contest


Today I'm starting the "Music Success in Nine Weeks" Blog Challenge. The book is written by Ariel Hyatt, who is a Cyber PR expert (Arielpublicity.com) and the challenge is to complete each chapter in the book and blog about it (the winner receives a publicity campaign from her company).I decided to take the challenge because I knew having deadlines and making a public statement would get me to actually do everything in the book, which is really the point (if any of you like to sit on the couch eating chips and watching programs on healthy eating, you know what I mean).
So here goes...

Chapter one is all about Getting Mentally Prepared. Setting goals!
I've read just about all the literature out there on goal setting, so I'm familiar with the stats (writing them down means your 10x more likely to achieve them/give dates and write them as if they're already happening etc. ).

So today I started on my list of 6 focus areas (the book offers several suggestions) and I went to Staples to get a notebook and colored pens so I can write them in pretty colors and post them all over. That was the fun part, especially because Staples has finally added a deep purple (my favorite color) to their color palette. Somehow writing in purple gives me confidence that my goals are reachable!

I did get a little overwhelmed on the lifetime goals - thinking about what you'd like to do in your whole life really brings up some complicated questions (why are we here, what is my purpose in life? how long am I going to live?), but luckily there are also short-term goals to balance those. When I started making my lifetime list (play music in Africa, hear Dolly Parton in concert, to name a few), I realized that it does help you see if your daily actions are going anywhere near that direction.

As far as the short-term goals, one of the things as an artist that we all need to do is "build a fanbase" (How many times have we heard that!), and my other more personal goal is to balance the music business work with the being-an artist/creating-part so I'll just start by announcing two of my goals...To be done by August 6th)

1. It is August 6th 2010 and I have 1,000 contacts on my reverbnation page (those come from everywhere - facebook, twitter, myspace etc. )
and 100 subscribers to my Fanreach newsletter which goes out once a month. Here's my newsletter signup if you'd like to be a part of it!




2. It is August 6th 2010 and I have written 2 more tunes to be licensed and scheduled a recording session to record them.
There it is, DID IT! I now have two of my goals officially in the universe for everyone to see.

The last thing I wanted to say about Chapter One of the book is that you're supposed to write down 5 positive things you do every day and keep them in a notebook. Two of them need to be career related, but you can include other things like exercising, etc. Not sure if getting up in the morning counts...

The day has only just started, but my first success is that I started the contest and am feeling hopeful and inspired to navigate that complicated creature called the music business.]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#38 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#37 It's really hard to put into words what an event this is, so
I decided to do a video about my trip - it's being edited and bleeped in sections! ...more on this later....

Also Vita and I got our first review for Electric Green.
http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/cd-review-cady-finlayson-vita-tanga-electric-green/

If you know anyone near Fairfax, VA, send them to our show!
June 12th 2pm CelebrateFairfax.com]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#37 Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#36 http://oliverdiplace.blogspot.com/

and...the pipe band finished their cd (10 years since the last one!).
They will be selling it in Cleveland at our show there, and hopefully will have it available online soon. www.policepipesanddrumsofbergencounty.com
I played on about 5 tunes, and the most popular one that I did seems to be The Gael. The audience always likes that one.

More on the Cleveland trip later!]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#36 Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#35 I made several coffees to get it exactly right, so if you'd like make one your self and have it come out perfectly,check out this one minute interview

http://oneminutehowto.com/Shows/Shows.asp?464

The other big news is that the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County just came out with a new cd. Momma elephants wait an awfully long time to give birth, and this cd felt like that, since it has been ten years since the last one. After listening to it for the first time last night, I can say that it's well worth the wait. I did several tracks on it and of course there are a lot of pipes! It's not online yet, but I'll keep you posted. They'll be selling them at live shows for sure.

I'm playing with the Pipe Band in Cleveland this month and have decided to do a video diary of the trip...so you can be along for the ride.
-cady]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#35 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#34 if you're wondering what an Irish reel sounds like with a wah pedal, or how the bagpipes can blend with the fiddle...or what an Irish rebel song sounds like with a Rhumba...
check it out.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/electric-green/id353695970
It's also on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Green/dp/B0037B9FSM/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=
and coming to Rhapsody, emusic, napster and more.

It's an EP (10 songs) and we can't wait for you to hear it.




Here's our promo video for Electric Green from the youtube channel.
]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#34 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#33 Sat. January 30th
An all-day world music festival to benefit the American Red Cross Haitian Relief effort
See the flyer on the photo page
12noon to 8 pm
at Barard Ruskin Educational Complex
351 W. 18th St.
Tickets $10 at the door.
Cady and VIta play at 12:45 pm.]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#33 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#32 Best of all, it has a bonus track especially for St. Patrick's Day...and yes, it has pipes on it.
We'll keep you posted!
On another note, Cady just recorded with the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County and their long-awaited new cd should be done soon too.]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#32 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#31
and if you would like to check out some holiday music while you're waiting, check out our video clips courtesy of whereforearts.com

Here are the youtube links.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-MBrE32nxQ
(God rest ye Merry Gentleman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmfSuU7YkXA
(Away in the Manger)]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#31 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#30 We hosted the Price of My Pig showcase, which was a lot of fun (pig decorations and everything) and the best part was that musicians Jeni & BIlly (www.jeniandbilly.com) wrote a song called Price of my Pig...that was a highlight for me.
Then on to the Nerfa conference in Kerhonkson....
This one was huge with a lot of people, a LOT of songwriters and a lot of food...
While there Vita and I were videotaped by the lovely hosts of whereforearts.com
and we are playing holiday music...so stay tuned for this...]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0hgkZ9v3c]]> http://fiddleandguitar.com/news.html#29 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Spirited Irish Fiddle with a Global Twist - Cady Finlayson - News