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As an Englishman abroad if you aren't wearing a football shirt to the beach, socks with sandals when you go out in the evening and shouting slowly and loudly at any and every foreigner you come across then you're doing something wrong. So when the England squad land in France this summer whose names should we all have on our shirts? That stereotype might be slightly wide of the mark however whenever I reveal to European's that I don't drink they get very confused about someone from England who doesn't have beer in their hands so it's the rest of you lot who have given us this reputation and led to the weird looks I get, or at least that's what I'm blaming the weird looks on rather than my face. Anyhow on Monday, that's just been changed, Roy Hodgson has decided to name his squad for the Euros this summer and we'll all gasp in horror when Jack Wilshere gets the nod after two appearances in about a year and title winning central midfielder Danny Drinkwater is left out. So rather than choosing on his favourites and maybe the odd bit of form how would the England team look if Roy chose it based on those players we've gone out and got printed on the back of the replica shirts will no doubt never wear when playing football? If I'm being hypercritical of a clearly very good way of picking the starting lineup for England's opening game of the Euros against Russia it's that it looks a bit attacking for my liking. Never mind the fact that a lot of these names seem to be based on the old system of paying per letter on the back of the shirt, I just thought it was a set price for each name these days but the lack of Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain suggests not. It seems that form this season is having a big say on who is buying what shirts for 2016 with Danny Drinkwater outselling Theo Walcott right now although with Hodgson's love of Wilshere and Welbeck potentially out injured it seems more likely that the Arsenal man will be heading to France than the Leicester midfielder. However it seems some people don't understand getting a players name on the back of their shirt with Marcus Rashford and Mark Noble in the top 20.

Champions of Spain, three of the best
forwards in the world all on the same
pitch most weeks, one of the best
Twitter trolls in Gerard Pique. Is there
anything Barcelona don't have? What
about a brand new record breaking
shirt deal?
The Camp Nou side are always talked
about being in financial difficulty which is
ridiculous to think considering just how
marketable the inventors of tiki-taka
football must be.
As things stand Luis Enrique's side will
be once against shirt sponsorless next
season however that won't really matter
with Nike about to splash the cash with a
100 million world record breaking shirt
deal according to Spanish paper 'Sport.'
The huge deal would just about eclipse
the 96 million euros that Adidas pay to
make Manchester United's kits and it is
thought that Nike were keen to make sure
that another club didn't leave to go to their
rivals whilst they are thought to have
offered Chelsea 80 million euros to
change from Adidas after the Blues
concluded their deal with the German
company six years early.
Barcelona never used to have a shirt
sponsor before they decided to put world
charity UNICEF on the front of their kits
and they then moved to a proper sponsor
by having Qatar Airways adorn the front of
their shirt. That deal ran out at the end of
the season and they currently have no
other deal lined up.
The Catalan club won La Liga last
weekend

1) Talk to people and create a connecting point. If you wanted to get popular in school you would find out who the cool kids are and befriend them. If you want to get popular on a social network, look up the top personal users. Contact them and introduce them to your music. Befriend them. Take an interest in them. Create reasons why they should spread your music. Use incentives when needed. Reward the people who are on your side. The same idea works for the blogosphere, the mainstream music press, the podcasting world, college radio, or any other area of the music industry. There are people who set up platforms for the same reason you picked up an instrument; for the love of music. They’re reachable, and the connecting point is always the music. Did you love a recent review you read on the new Janelle Monae album? Would that writer possibly enjoy your upcoming jazz/soul full-length release? There are connecting points everywhere if we’re perceptive. 2) Use what works on you. When you scour a music website or magazine looking for a new band to add to your iPod playlist or CD collection, only a select few will stand out to you. Why is that? Is it their artwork? Their promotional photo (an often overlooked piece of the puzzle)? The promotional language used to describe the band? The reviews or press listed (did they impress you with “social proof”)? Was there something shocking? Some mystique? Rearrange your own press materials and advertising if necessary to emulate (within reason) what looks effective or appeals most to you. You will be marketing to people who relate to you, remember. 3) Be there. Where? Everywhere. Make sure you’ve prepared the necessary elements to go viral. Part of this is simply being there. The process is nearly endless, and doesn’t cut short once you’ve posted your new album for your social media friends. If your music is only on a few networks, or sitting in a custom player on your homepage, it has no wings. Your music must be spreadable and fully optimized on Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Youtube (upload your separate tracks with album cover), Reverbnation, Sonicbids, Rdio, Vimeo, Last.fm (acts as a mixture of Wikipedia and online radio for music), Facebook, and Twitter as ground zero/your starting point. Join podsafe/podcasting networks such as the ones listed below: Music Podcasting Free Music Archive Podsafe Music Radio Podcast.com Music Alley For music discovery, try: Pandora Spotify Rdio Earbits Mixcloud This Is My Jam Reddit Music Live 365 Grooveshark Jango The same goes for licensing libraries, music blogs, magazines (in and outside of the specifically music realm), podcasts, internet and college radio…to optimize and create maximum potential, all of these outlets should be professionally and personally approached with your music. Talk to individuals when you can as opposed to going through the main channels. 4) Use your current allies. Make a list of everyone who is on your side. Keep track of their names, roles (family, radio dj, blogger, fan, etc), and email addresses on a document such as Microsoft Excel or a custom program. Keep them in the loop at to what’s new with your band and how they can help you. Make it worthwhile and treat them well. Whenever you get played by a new radio show or get covered by a new website, add them to your list of allies. Once again, use cross-promotion, incentives and thank yous to keep them on your allies list. 5) Multiply your allies. Yes indeed. Ask your current allies if they know anyone else you can contact for airplay or press. This can go on forever, as it’s recommended to ask your new contacts the same question as you get to know them. You may be surprised what comes up. Ask if you can tell this new person that you were referred by them. They will usually be delighted to give you a few names. Plus, approaching someone new saying “John Smith highly recommended your radio show for our band and suggested that I get in touch with you. John recently interviewed us at his Rock Star Nation website. Would you be interested in a review or interview?” gives you a much better chance of getting coverage than approaching on your own. By helping you, they see themselves doing a favor or coming through for a friend. Their ego is stroked just by knowing that someone recommended them. Most people will want to come through in this type of scenario. Make your marketing plan your own social network. Multiply your allies to build your army. Pretty soon you will have enough press to rival a major label act. It’s all about image. 6) Randomly reward people. Word-of-mouth is not always created by set-in-stone freebies and campaigns. What does this mean to you? Well, it’s a very good idea to randomly reward people. Go above and beyond. If a new person signs up for your street team, mailing list, or buys your CD, why not send them a personal email letting them know you’ve sent them digital copies of 2 of your albums to say thanks. Most people would be thrilled to be contacted personally by a member of the band, and on top of that be given free stuff, they would surely tell a few friends. Be generous on a person-to-person basis and you’ll be surprised at the word-of-mouth this can generate about your band. 7) Use psychological appeal Ask for advice. This may sound like a simplistic tip, but it’s actually a highly effective way to create real movement in your path. Did you know that it’s been scientifically proven that people are far more likely to want to help when they’re asked for their advice? It’s even better to ask for their expertise. Why? We all love having our ego’s appealed to. If we’re just asked for help point blank, we may think “Why should I help this person?” There is no relationship building. However, simply foregoing the begging part and approaching an industry professional, no matter the level, and telling them your situation, then asking for their expertise or if there is anything they can recommend, can have lucrative results. They may send you to one of their contacts. They may take you under their wing. They may advise you on something you’re doing wrong and help you with the next steps. Just be sure your request is concise and nothing close to a sob story! Everything at the same time If you’re an independent artist you most likely have an issue with timing, and it’s directly related to finances as well as the feeling of being overwhelmed. If this is the case, save up for longer before launching your product, because in order to even hope for direct competition with other artists, you need everything to happen at the same time; your album release, your tour, your music video launch. You need to be busy all the time. This is especially effective when you’ve built up a huge contact list of allies who are loyal to you. Send them your new music video and press release along with a personalized message all at the same time. Dozens of blogs posting about you at the same time can really catch the attention of outsiders, and that’s ultimately what you want. A post here and there can still have effect, but it’s tough to build the momentum. 9) Don’t worry about profit quite yet. The idea alone will hold you back. You’ve got to launch this thing in a big way before you focus specifically on profit. The CD orders will eventually become a positive by-product of your viral campaign. Be very generous. Create reasons for your band to have an inside circle. Does your website allow people to log in? Are there member benefits such as extra free downloads? Are you providing a good incentive for those fans who are signing up for your mailing list or E- team? When someone does buy your CD, are you giving them something else as well such as a digital copy of your previous album or a previously unreleased track? If it’s digital, it doesn’t cost anything. One common mistake that independent bands and musicians make in this day and age is being overly stingy and paranoid about their music. Here’s a tip: If your band records a CD, sets up a website with 30 second previews of each track and waits for the fans to come swooping in, it’s simply not going to happen. Bands spend a lot of time asking “Should we offer this track for free? Will that be too much? But we won’t make any money!” This is the indie band’s paranoia. Remember that a digital product is infinite. When someone downloads your song, you have a new listener. Period. Yes, they may have downloaded it for free, but you have no less stock. Now that we are beyond dealing with physical products, you don’t have to worry quite as much about running out of product and potentially giving away too much stock for promotional purposes. Beyond that, you should actively be looking for potential virus carriers to send free music to! Tell them all you’d like in return is that they post it somewhere or send it to someone else. Tell them to treat your music as a virus. They will most likely get a kick out of the idea and be appreciative of your modern attitude. It’s this attitude that is going to get your music spread. Don’t waste time on the old school way of thinking – if you do that you may as well be a record label going out of business. 9) Advertise There are plenty of quality ways for artists to advertise, and I don’t mean paying insane rates in major indie publications, something I typically don’t recommend. After all, you’re paying their rent. Niche websites with more reasonable pricing, ironically, tend to be more effective than massive indie titans. If you’re a desert rock act or a dream pop group, sometimes it’s best to start where your particular niche is – reach out to the medium level publications who cater specifically to it. Facebook is great when you keep an eye on it, test, and optimize. If you don’t want to take the equivalent of an advertising course, you can always try out Reverbnation’s “ Promote It” app for your Facebook advertising needs. Be sure to report to us how things go! Check it out here. Another set of potential ground rules have been outlined by Gen Y Rockstars. I love their approach to the descriptions, although my personal choice tends to lean towards pay-per-click advertising. Props to them for their approach. Advertise with hyper-targeting on Google through their main option, Google Adwords, which provides pretty much every focusing option you’d ever need to reach your niche audience. They also have a free customer service line to guide you through the many options. Another avenue that I’ve used with some success is Blogads.com. They offer a very easy-to-use advertising system that enables you to advertise in music publications such as The Deli, Obscure Sound, and Short and Sweet NYC among others. Try their pay-per- tweet advertising, as that’s what was most effective for me. To cover organic Twitter growth, I recommend Andrew Muller from The Real Musician. He’s who I hire for my own Twitter promotion and the growth has been tremendous. Also, I use his services for all my artist packages and campaigns.

Nicki Minaj recently dragged her ex boyfriend, struggling rapper Safaree Samuels for filth on Twitter recently claiming he’s trying to extort her with the filing of a lawsuit. (http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/11/nicki-minaj-twitter-rant-safaree-samuels/)

“Two years later this poor excuse of a man is suing me & claiming to have been physically & emotionally abused,” she wrote near the beginning of her diatribe. “Lol. He’s so miserable.”

The outburst only escalated from there with Nicki calling Safaree a leech for looking to cash in on her success.
“You can’t even celebrate your happiness anymore w/o being victimized. Miserable ppl refuse to move on w/their lives,” she wrote. “My man asked him to stop emailing me. I also asked him several times. This man can’t move on. It’s really sad. I have the emails to prove it.”

Samuels has been seen with Love and Hip-Hop: Hollywood star Nikki Mudarris recently and is rumored to be joining the cast for the upcoming third season. “U really want me showing these emails?” she said in a subsequent tweet. “I know u need a story line to be on reality Tv. God punishing u & u bout to get more!!!!!”

“Look @ what ‘men’ have become so that they don’t have to work,” she continued. “Fathers pls stay in your sons’ lives.”

Nicki didn’t use Safaree’s name in the rant but she retweeted multiple fans who did.

“Whatever isn’t rightfully yours will become a curse once u have it. The money u leaches win in lawsuits will never bless u. It will curse u,” she concluded.

Do you think Safaree Samuels has a right to any of Nicki’s money or should he just be moving on to focus on his own career?

Bieber sick of feeling "like a zoo animal."

It's time to Say Never - Justin Bieber has announced that he will no longer take selfies with fans as he is "done taking pictures" and feels "like a zoo animal."

Beibs said on Instagram saying, "If you happen to see me out somewhere know that I'm not gonna take a picture, I'm done taking pictures.

"It has gotten to the point that people won't even say hi to me or recognize me as a human, I feel like a zoo animal, and I wanna be able to keep my sanity. I realize people will be disappointed but I don't owe anybody a picture."

"And people who say 'but I bought your album' know that you got my album and you got what you paid for AN ALBUM! It doesn't say in fine print whenever you see me you also get a photo," he said.

The message sparked outrage from some fans while others accepted his decision.

Bieber has addressed the negative comments, sharing a screenshot of one that says he needs to "get over it" and pose for photographs with his fans because they are the reason he is successful.

Bieber further explained his decision, "Years ago it was impossible to even take a picture at any time not everyone was accessible to a camera now everyone has a camera phone and Now it's just a different thing.

"If you think setting boundaries is being a d***** I'm the biggest d***** around but I think it's smart and will be the only way I last. I wanna enjoy life and not be a slave to the world and their demands of what they think I need to do!!

"I love the fact that I am able to make people happy but c'mon if you truly were in my position you would understand how tiring it is (boo hoo Justin get over it) I'm going to keep making decisions I feel are fit for my growth and no human being will make me feel bad for it."

Rumours swirled last week that the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star and the singer had taking a trip to Splitsville when they didn't walk the red carpet together at the Met Gala.

The pair reportedly split just days before the Gala and are no longer on speaking terms. Is he set to spill all of the family's secrets?

"They are no longer dating and he is ready to talk about it all," an insider told HollywoodLife. "He’s ready to do it through upcoming raps and he would also consider a book.

"He knows a lot and he knows that everyone from Kris [Jenner] down is scared about what he could and would say. They’re hoping he doesn’t spill some major family secrets."

The plot finds explosive loner Red sent to anger management classes after a particularly bad day at work. While determined to keep himself to himself, he ends up with wingmen Chuck and Bomb, another two misfits who can't just let it be. Soon, Red discovers that his temper could, in fact, be an asset when a mob of pigs arrive in a paddle steamer on the shores of his island home. What they're selling just doesn't fly with Red...


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