Carien Barnard As a publisher, we realized that music is a job and a full time admin responsibility. We are there to assist songwriters in becoming better and develop and to pitch their music wherever we can.
All songs are copyrighted in America and a copy sent to the Library of Congress.
All songs gets registered at all organizations like ASCAP, PRS, SOCAN, SAMRO, CAPASSO, Mpesa, MCSK, KAMP, PRISK etc.
All songs gets placed in the libraries of all songwriters associations like TSAI, NSAI, Austin Songwriter’s Association, Global Songwriters Association.
All song split sheets are up to date and filed
Each songwriters has its own external hard drive with songs in MP3, .wav and .aiff format along with separates and lyrics sheets.
All songwriters have a biography and a press kit. Most songwriters have a website. Those that don’t we assist to get that done ASAP.
All songwriters need to have a social Media presence. Facebook is not enough. Depending on which export market we look at the social media presence would differ. Our RAP artist for instance needs to be on Vimeo because his target export market is France
All songwriters have an Exclusive Publishing agreement with Lamondt International and Ngong Hills Music Publishing.
Assets:
Website- www.cclamondt.com, Boots & Hats Country Festival- www.bootshats.ke. These are all done and active. Cat & The Knights, Trinity, Lamondt International Records & Ngong Hills Music Publishing is in the process. Will be finished by end March and will have an integrated link that directs interested parties directly to iTunes, Amazon , YouTube and CD baby of which we are affiliates.
Bandcamp- busy setting up
Vimeo- busy researching and setting up
iTunes- all albums already up for sale.
Soundcloud- Not all music and artist on Soundcloud yet so we have to get this done within the next two months to ensure consistency.
Reverbnation- all music on Reverbnation and selling downloads, getting to know other artists and collaborating.
Broadjam- 7 songs already on Country Top 10, 1 song, collaborated with Bob Bentley on Rock Ballad top 10 songs for America. 9 Songs Top 10 in Africa Country charts.
YouTube- Video of Interviews with 3 Stones TV & Radio already up and music video’s being finalized.
Asking 3 different songwriters from different genres to remix 3 of my best songs,
Twitter- @cclamondt, @carienbarnard- ready and in use.
Twitter for Cat & The Knights, Robin Rendell, The traveller and Trinity being done this week
Pandora- All music available on Pandora from all artists.
Radio Airplay- Receiving lots of Airplay on college Radio, especially songs for CC Lamondt, The Traveller (Spanish Guitar) and Trinity (RAP)
CD Baby- All artists on and new artist are being uploaded as soon as Publishing Agreement is signed, albums finalized and then gets distributed Worldwide. Download Card also, to use as free give away items at shows.
WhatsApp- Great marketing tool in SA- notification before live shows and gigs.
Posters – Posters designed according to each artist’s brand and the printed.
Business cards- Business Cards for CC Lamondt, Ngong Hills Music Publishing
Boots & Hats Festival (own Festival) – finalizing a date to do later in South Africa in Pretoria.
Facebook- CC Lamondt, Tony Ridgway, Andre Liebenberg, Christine O, Mischief, The Traveller, Cat & The Nights & Trinity
Linkedin – Full profiles of artists and companies.
Pinterst- Still working on the workings of this, not my favorite thing personally, but it seams to work
Cd’s- All Cd’s professional recordings, professional Cover art, ISRC codes, bar codes, affiliates, credits. All done by international standards.
Merchandize- T-shirts, bandannas, Fedora Hats, Shirts, jeans and baseball caps.
Radio Interviews- All radio interviews we keep a copy of and we put them up on Facebook, YouTube at intervals and appropriate times before shows.
Biographies – All artist biographies completed and gets updated regularly when something worthwhile happens
Magazine Covers- CC Lamondt made history for becoming the first ever white woman to grace Parents magazine cover.
Magazine Articles – CC Lamondt become the first ever white woman to be featured in True Love magazine for their last year’s Valentine’s edition
Press Clippings- All press clippings kept and used in biography and advertisements for Boots & Hats Festival and marketing for CC Lamondt
TSAI- Full member. We pitch EVERY WEEK and are now even sending music directly to Von Heinrich music for consideration
NSAI- Same as TSAI
ASCAP- Registered as a Publisher and all our songwriters are too. Get their news every day and make sure I read the articles.
PRS- Same as ASCAP
SAMRO- Full Member
CAPASSO- Publishing and individual member along with all my songwriters
Mpesa- New Publishers Organization. Full member. Still waiting to see what their job is actually.
PRISK- Writers Association Kenya- Full Member
KAMP- Kenya Association for Music Publishers
MCSK- Music Copyright Society Kenya- Full member
Berklee- Online student. Finished Publishing with and A average. Currently Busy with Music Export
SONY ATV – busy negotiating a 14 song deal on the album It’s Personal.
AI Records- Only Record Label in Kenya that Represents SONY ATV in East Africa- John Andrews
Lamondt International Records- Own Record Label
Ngong Hills Music Publishing- Own Publishing company in Kenya and USA
3 Stones TV & Radio- Do regular interviews and arrange interviews for my clients in Kenya.
Spotify- music up
Junglevibe- Music up
Word of Mouth- very important to make friends and hand out cards.
www.indieinternational.com
Music Supervisors Guide- Member. Fabulous tool where I can punt and pitch music and get to know music industry professionals & A&R people, their likes and dislikes, their history on choice of genres for movies and TV. Information on new releases, upcoming TV shows, and Movies.
Rhapsody- Music up
Tidal- Music up
Fandalism- Part of Facebook, good tool to showcase your music and videos
South African Sports Hall of Fame- Use to be the Operations and Marketing Manager, handled all marketing campaign and secured sponsorships. A lot of these were international companies
Oxford University- Alumni, did my PhD in Forensic Psychiatry.
University of Pretoria- Business Diploma and Degree in psychology
UNISA- Business Degree
REDMP3- Music up
Previous Shows- Video footage
Last FM- Radio play
Hosa Radio- Interviews and radio play- Top 10 in Country and Afrikaans Ballads
Autographed photos- We print photocards to sell or give away at gigs and Festivals
Dog Tags as part of our RAP artist’s merchandise. One side his Name and logo and the other side our company name and details whom to contact to book him. On special order a fan can have his name printed on one dog tag and the artist’s on the other.
Banners- Company branding, logo’s and Publishers’ logos
CD Connection
CD Universe
Nakumatt East Africa physical distribution.
Renee Grant Williams- Vocal coach
Grant Kaplan- Attorney
Gerry Peters- producer Nashville
Instagram-
Tumbler
MySpace
Snapchat
Google+
Personalized Memory Sticks- Looks like a credit card with my company logo in, 3gig memory that I use at conferences.
Demo’s- professional quality used for pitching music
John Heinrich- Von Heinrich Music
Skype
Capital Radio Kenya
Internet searches under CC Lamondt, Carien Barnard & Cat & The Knights & Boots & hats Country Festival
From Africa4U – website in developing stages. Simply for promoting music from Africa.
Pop up adverts- through Reverbnation
Downloadable assets (including stems, instrumentals, and full versions in mp3 and WAV formats). All ready
