May 2, 2008
I decided to record today’s blog post rather than write it. So consider this my first podcast. Today I’ve got some stories from my rock & roll days with Humble Pie. There are also lessons here you can apply to Internet marketing or any goals you’re trying to reach or just consider it a rock and roll history lesson. So let’s take a little trip down memory lane. Be sure and check out the videos below, too.
To listen online, use the buttons below to play, pause, rewind and fast forward the presentation. To download this audio to your
computer, right-click here to save the file to your computer. The audio is approximately 29 minutes long.
That’s yours truly 25 years ago when I was Humble Pie’s tour manager/guitar tech. For the pickers out there, that’s a 1959 Gibson Les Paul 3-pickup model with the middle pickup removed. It’s the lightest Les Paul I’ve ever seen. Steve bought the guitar on an early US tour only later to discover that it had been stolen from Keith Richards.
Bill Hibbler with Steve Marriott's 1959 Les Paul in 1983Before Humble Pie, Steve Marriott formed The Small Faces, which were hugely successful in the UK. Itchycoo Park was The Small Faces highest charting US single reaching #16. It was the first British record to
feature a recording effect called “flanging”.
Steve Marriott was Jimmy Page’s benchmark when seeking a singer for Led Zeppelin. Also, when Mick Taylor left The Rolling Stones, Steve was Keith Richard’s first choice to replace him. Unfortunately, Mick Jagger allegedly blocked the move because Steve upstaged him during the audition. In the video below, you can see Steve with Humble Pie live performing one of their hits, “I Don’t Need No Doctor.”
Click on the image below to hear one of the best interviews I’ve seen with the late Steve Marriott of Humble Pie and Small Faces fame.
Finally, here’s one of the lineup I first worked with in 1982 featuring Steppenwolf’s Goldy McJohn on keyboards and ex-Savoy Brown bassist Jim Leverton performing an un-released song called “Big Train.”
Note: Here is the link to the book I mentioned in the podcast, “Who Are You?” by Jim Barrett and Hugh Green
April 8, 2008
Sorry about the short notice but if you act quickly, you can
participate in a free teleseminar on how to attract wealth.
Nine different instructors, including me, will give you 90
minutes of the best we have to offer on attracting wealth.
The call happens tonight at 8 PM Central but even if you
can’t make it, the talk will be recorded and sent to you via
email IF you register here:
http://111659.com/attract
If possible, try to make the live call as surprise gifts
will be given out at the end. You’ll also have the option of
listening in online.
Here’s the link again to register:
http://111659.com/attract
Talk soon!
March 28, 2008
On Wednesday, I talked about how to build relationships online using Twitter. I mentioned that Twitter can be a great way to keep up with your mastermind group, students or any group of friends or co-workers.
One challenge has been that Twitter has no group messaging function. You can do a post which will be seen by everyone that’s following you or you can message individual followers.
In today’s video, I show you how to send group messages to single or multiple groups you create using a free, third-party website setup for this purpose.
Click on the video below to watch or, click here to watch it on Youtube.
March 25, 2008
What is Twitter and why should you care?
Are you interested in a free online service to…
- Find experts to interview to create new products?
- Sell more products?
- Get more traffic to your website or blog?
- Find potential joint venture partners?
- Get more subscribers?
- Find collaborators or mastermind partners?
- Get tips, advice and feedback in your niche?
- Stay in touch with your clients, students or mastermind team?
You can do all this and more with Twitter. It won’t cost you a penny and you don’t even need your computer. I often post via text messaging from my cell phone. It’s kind of like a micro-blog post.
Watch this video and see how you can use Twitter to accomplish all the things mentioned above and more.
Or click here to watch the video on YouTube.
If you’re already on Twitter, you can follow me and, in turn, I’ll follow you back. My ID is gigtime. If you’re not on Twitter, get your free account here.
Once you’ve signed up, post a comment here with your twitter feed link so everyone reading this can follow you, too. Your link will be http://twitter.com/USERNAME.
