Recording, The Way I Am

The Way I Am guitar and drums part was recorded in a basement.  Garage band was used to capture the ghost that is music, making us sort of like ghost busters.  Afterwards, Audacity (free audio editing program that rocks.  Google it.) was used to record and edit the vocals.  Then a quick mix and boom.  It's here, live, on the internet for all to listen to.  Happy listening :)

Audacity Review:

Awesome.  Purely awesome.

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Experience with Google Adwords

MP here, member of Citizen Addiction.  Recently, the band has been trying to reach a larger audience with Google Adwords.  The concept is fantastic, but the results were less than expected.

By signing up, we received a $100 promotional code.  Awesome.  I was required to talk on the phone to a representative, but that was fine.  Good customer service and the wait time was about a minute.

The representative I spoke to didn't really offer much help when it came to setting up successful ads.  In fact, the default radius was set to 20 miles around our business address, which seems a little ridiculous to me.  The budget is reasonable, around $2.50/day; and although we didn't get any clicks in the first few days, the charge is per click.  So, we didn't lose any of our promotional money because of the less than exceptional ad placement.

The layout of the Google Adwords website is great.  There are numerous stats and the whole site is user-friendly enough.  Although our first ad was a complete failure, the stats show us why.  The traffic generated by keywords, estimations, clicks and impressions allow for correct alteration of ads.

Lesson learned?  Try location extensions without address overrides.

Google Adwords is simple to use ad-placement tool.  Google itself is a huge search domain.  If we keep up the good music, maybe our ads will bring in more traffic to our website, http://www.reverbnation.com/citizenaddicttion

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The Way I Am

Citizen Addiction is currently working on a new song, The Way I Am.  Acoustic, electric, drums and voice. Inspired by modern rock artist, Nick Flavell, in part.

Coming soon, Honorary member Walter Lee on guitar.  Expect some cello.  Expect lots of cello; in conjunction with Matty Pie and the Chiznosapian.

That's all the news we have for today, folks.  Keep listening.

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Shameful Displays of Fan-Grabbing Antics on Reverbnation

Citizen Addiction here.  This is the latest comment we received on our page.

Thanks for the add! Best of luck with your projects!! Cheers, Danielle,Potion13. www.potion13.org 

First of all... we did not add him on Reverbnation.  Second of all, his comment makes it seem as if we are fans of him.. and we haven't even ever heard any of his music, nor do we plan on doing so.  Thirdly, he's just a blatant fan-gather who probably writes the same thing on everyone's wall who is naive enough to let anyone leave comments on their page.

Lesson learned?  Set preferences to administration approval of comments.  Thank you and goodnight.

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Matty Pie and the Chiznosapian

Citizen Addiction works in conjunction with Matty Pie and the Chiznosapian.  While Cit Add is mostly rock/alt, Matty Pie and the Chiz includes Modern Classical (with cello and guitar), some rap, and some alternative music; as well as funk, chilled out and slightly rockish stuff (like No Honey).  Check out my personal favorite, Mycophobia on Reverbnation.

MP

Citizen Addiction

Citizen Addiction is a band.  A relatively new band.  A band, that is up-and-coming.  I am a member of Citizen Addiction.  My name is Matt.  There are two members of this band.  The other band member's name is also Matt.

Citizen Addiction is on Reverbnation! at http://www.reverbnation.com/citizenaddicttion
We currently have about 10 songs.  All are entirely original, a few are written by our ghost writer.  His name is.. oh wait, he wouldn't be a ghost writer if I said his name.. anyways, check us out and you'll get to hear our "classic" alternative song, One Of Us For Sure.  And our personal favorite, Supernatural.

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