You may have noticed that the your Control Panel has recieved a face lift, or not. Pretty graphics and some orgization never hurt. I thank my mom for the making me clean my room all those years!

Anyway, ARTISTS, you should find the Control Panel much more friendly, self explanitory, powerful, and again pretty. My main goal here was to give you a better view of the control you have on the site.

- JOSH OUT.

Thats right! We have added video's to the site!
Check Them Out

We're not trying to re-invent the wheel here, which is why we have incorporated the YouTube.com technology into BackstageFan.com. Whats even better is now you (BANDS, ARTISTS, LABELS!!) can further leveraged the distribution of your video content.

Want to know more? Ask me!

Are you a Street Team Member?
Is your calendar filled with a bunch of great concerts in your area?
Do you love going to instore signings?

If you answered yes to any of the above, then we want you to become a Tour Journal Editor!

If you're interested send us an email with the following:

1. Briefly describe yourself
2. Where do you live?
3. How many concerts do you go to in a month, or in a year?
4. What was the last show you went to?
5. Do you have a digital camera, or camera phone?
6. Are you a Street Team Member? If so, which one(s)?

Email that over to:
Be sure your include your contact information!

We spent the last two nights with our friends from The Matches while they were in town on the Florida leg of their Tour with +44. Last night we got into BackstageFan.com, and they loved the site/concept/functionality!

Thanks for the kind words guys, and Your Profile is now active!

Across Five Aprils has listed BackstageFan.com under their "official" providers on their myspace page.
We're listed under 'Journal' and we are taking that and running...


Are you a Touring Artist ready to join the Backstage Fan family?

Contact Us Today!

Your Journal will be setup in a matter of minutes, and you'll have your Artist Journal up and running ready to accept real-time posts!

The Backstage Fan Artist Journal Feeds are now being rolled out to our participating Artists.
Dont Die Cindy was quite impressed with the functionality available, and the ease of implementation directly placed their website.

"Your site is great, I'm glad we are apart of it ." The Journal Feeds are "awesome."
- Steven, Dont Die Cindy

To check out more of Dont Die Cindy, hit up their Tour Journal: http://www.backstagefan.com/dontdiecindy

- JOSH

It was nice meeting up with the boys from Crash Romeo, as usual, as they passed through on a local tour date. I also got to properly introduce myself to the Across Five Aprils gang. They had nothing but great things to say about BackStageFan.com, and it was awsome to hear them rave about what we've created!

Jimmy and the Crash Romeo gang hit the streets of Ybor City for a taste of the local Tampa nightlife, while I retired for the night to recharge for another day.

- JOSH

Thats right, we tossed up our Myspace Profile today...
and Ive got to say its looking pretty sweet!

Drop us in your Top 8 Friends, and shoot us a line!

FOR THE ARTISTS

We have finished the remote Journal display functions for all Artists.

What does this mean?
This means all Artists can now display their BackstageFan Journals on their websites, myspace pages, and more! Exciting isn't it!

If you are and existing Artist interested in setting this up or need help placing this on your site or myspace, please contact:


If you are a touring Artist interested in getting started with your Official Backstage Fan Journal drop us a line:

FOR THE FANS

We have also added direct linking code for Artist Journal picturs so ALL FANS can drop the Artist Journal pics on their sites and myspace pages!

Just login to Your Account, browse to a Journal Picture and select the one you want, and copy the HTML code for the image! Easy!

Today we are pleased to announce the Trustkill Records family of artists to BackstageFan.com

Twenty (20) artists, and Eighty (80) band members to be exact!
Yea, that was fun setting up all of their accounts!

Regardless, we are please to welcome them to BackstageFan.com!

Here are a couple standard banners for your to post on your websites, myspace pages, ect ect...


<a href="http://www.backstagefan.com"><img src="http://backstagefan.com/images/BANNERS/Banner2.gif" border=0></a>


<a href="http://www.backstagefan.com"><img src="http://www.backstagefan.com/images/BANNERS/Banner1.gif" border=0></a>

This morning, from the road somewhere on Warped Tour, Jimmy Heartcore posted a Myspace Bulletin to all of Heartcore Clothing's friends. Even though the site is still in testing phase, I guess he was just so excited he had to share the site!

We're pretty stoked about the response the site is getting from everyone! Angel, from Aiden, sent me an email last night saying he wanted to let me know he was waiting on his new phone to find him on tour because his current phone's camera is broken. I told him he could still send in poems and haiku's, we dont discriminate against non picture posts!

Keep and eye out for your favorite band members and more, until then, spread the word.

- Oh, Im working on some banners for you guys to post on your sites and myspace pages. Check back here.
JOSH

We are excited to announce that Silverstein has joined BackStageFan.com.

I thought I would post our little Introduction letter that went out to some of the bands.
If you are an artist interested in Hooking up with us...

read it:

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I wanted to introduce you to a project we are working on, BackstageFan.com. The website is just amazing, and we want you to be apart of it!

CONCEPT:

To enable Bands a means of connecting with their fans, sharing candid photos on tour, journal entries from the road, and much more. All in real-time from your mobile devices!

You may have your own website, a MySpace page, even a Purevolume page, but we have created what the fans truly crave! A "Backstage" look into the day-to-day lives of artists on the road.

Imagine if you could go online and read journal entries from your favorite artist, browse through pictures taken backstage or on the road to the next show. All in real-time! All you need is your Sidekick, or email capable phone! There's no dependency on finding the next internet connection on tour.

We're excited about the opportunity in this concept, and the buzz we've received from artists with whom we have shared our visions of BackstageFan.com.

So what's the next step?

Email me back your thoughts, and if you are interested in your artists working with us on BackstageFan.com. I will setup accounts and everything for the artists, don't worry its all free. I'll shoot you over the information and instructions for the artists to begin posting. We are also gearing up for Phase Two which will enable additional site functionality, XML feeds for artists websites, and much more.

Feel free to shoot me an email with any questions, or call me directly at.

I look forward to hearing from you!
Josh

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