The Move the Muse festival that was scheduled for August 22nd at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton was cancelled due to reasons outside our control. We were sincerely looking forward to the event. Some questions we have been asked are answered below.

When are we going to know who won all those signed CDs from the raffle?

-The winners will be announced at the end of the month.

It is officially festival season. We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with CMR Events to bring to you two incredible festivals this August. Come visit us at our Vendor Table and you could win a stack of over 50 of the top local music CDs from NotYourAverageFolk.com.

The first festival is on August 15th - The Berkshire Women's Muse Festival in Pittsfield, MA - www.bwmusefest.com featuring:

Things are heating up here and we are listening to our users to find the best ways to support out habit and to increase the experience on the site.

Videos in the Event Listings

We recently started adding videos to our events on the calendar. This is to give people a taste of the artists without leaving the site. This has been incredibly well received. We had contemplated putting song clips, but realized that video gives people more of an idea of the experience. Tell us how you like it!

Are you a promoter or artist? We have added a brand new feature to bring the artists together and continue to build a sense of community. The new "ForArtist" area of the site, which can be found in the main menu is slam packed with music marketing articles written by yours truly. All articles are from my experiences with my career as an artist, manager, promoter, and the companies I have worked in (including Not Your Average Folk). This area is meant to help:

• Artists & Bands
• Managers
• Venue Owners
• Promoters
• Music Industry Professionals
•  Marketing Professionals

The articles in the section will teach you how to:

• Market your music using Email Marketing
• Improve your career through web promotions
• Brand yourself as an artist or company
• Land higher profile gigs and get radio airplay

Visit the "ForArtists" section and start reading and commenting.

Hi NYAF fans,

We have been hard at work implementing a lot of new features. One such feature is the ability to pull (almost automatically) events from a few local calendars for specific artists. As we find artists we love you will see them appear on the calendar when thay have local shows in the Boston and New England Area.

As everyone knows, Not Your Average Folk is trying hard to promote musicians and bring the community together. One way we want to do this is by having musicians and venues Cross Promoting eachother.
We all know that the successful artists are those that come together and help eachother out, right? You all want to reach new fans and have more people at your shows right?
NYAF will be creating monthly show calendars and distributing them to artists & Venues who want to be a part of it. 
How it works:
1. Email: Editor@NotYourAverageFolk.com with the Subject: Monthly Calendar Program
2. Register at NotYourAverageFolk.com and add your shows to the concert calendar (may already be there - This will be more automated in the coming weeks). 
You will receive a PDF file of an 8.5x11 Flyer with the NYAF Calendar on it. Print out a minimum of 100 and pass them out at shows and leave them to be taken on your merch table.
3. The more you pass out, the more others will pass out and the more people will come to eachother's shows.
4. Our staff will be stopping by your shows and confirming that you are distributing them. If you are found to not be distributing them, you will be removed from the calendar and will not benefit from the mutual distribution.
 
I look forward to helping all of you promote yourselves and reach new fans. Let's make the Boston music community stronger!

Here at Not Your Average Folk we are expanding. We will be adding some new features to the site. In the coming weeks we will start releasing NotYourAverageFolk endorsed artists' music to the site for streaming and purchase.

So look for the new part of the site sometime soon.

 We are also adding new staff to manage portions of the site. The event section will soon have a dedicated writing manager.

So as most of you know, I took a long hiatus from writing at NotYourAverageFolk.com. After a lot of soul searching we are back with the new and improved site. The layout and features will be evolving over the next few months.

The goal is still the same: "Bring together the Boston Folk community for fans and artists."