::Bonamassa Street Team::

Printing out a sheet or two of these cards and bringing them to a concert, music festival, or the like is an effective tool; they contain all the information necessary to direct someone to Joe's music.

One of the first, easiest and most effective things you can do to help gain more exposure for Joe is to add a link to your email signature file. Imagine being able to distribute mp3's, streaming audio and video files of Joe with every email you send! The link to JBTV immediately directs people to Joe's music, offering a good look & listen, so this link is a particularly good one to add to your email signature: http://www.jbonamassa.com/jbtv.html

We are featuring links to downloadable flyers (.pdf format) on the Streetteam Website. This enables Street Team members to download, print, copy, and otherwise share flyers for upcoming shows in their areas. In addition, show venue links are also available on the tour page; these are great to email to everyone--your friends, family, local media, etc.--to help promote the show.

There are countless forums and bulletin boards in the internet that relate to the blues, blues rock, rock, guitar playing, favorite musicians, concerts, singers, songwriters, entertainment, etc. We encourage street team members to share their enthusiasm about Joe and his music by posting to these sites and, if possible, including links to Joe's website, JBTV, and/or his myspace page.

Send Melissa Durse (Street Team Director) your venue recommendations, along with some supporting information. Tell her how many people it seats, what type of place it is, what genres of music they typically feature, what national acts have performed there recently or in the past, who to contact for booking (name and number), and their website if they have one. Also, sometimes a good first step is to email entertainment managers/event coordinators/promoters at said venue(s) to tell them that, as a fan, you'd love to see one of your favorite blues rockers there--Joe Bonamassa! Be sure to send them the link to JBTV so they could be immediately directed to Joe's music and take a look/have a listen.

ROLLING STONE NEEDS TO LEARN ABOUT JOE...

...and the Joe Bonamassa Street Team can definitely teach them by writing, emailing, and/or calling RS. Let's do it; let's write to Rolling Stone!

There's a lot to say about Joe:

Joe has put out 7 solo studio CDs, 2 live CDs, and 2 DVDs since 2001
The last three--You & Me, Sloe Gin, and Live from Nowhere in Particular--debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Charts

His 11th CD, The Ballad of John Henry, is in stores now and also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart and at #1 on the Heatseekers chart
He will play at the Royal Albert Hall for the first time on May 4th, 2009 & it's sold out
He's been playing since age 4 and sat in with BB King & other blues greats by age 12
He's been in the music industry for 20 years and he's only 31
He's done it his way, with his own 360 degree business model-- his own marketing, management, record label, distribution, booking, touring, and creative control
He has a vast network of loyal fans, whose grass-roots efforts have spread the word about him all over the globe

Certainly, there are many other things to be said about Joe & his music, in many ways. We encourage you to use this list and your own positive personal perspective on Joe as you compose an email, a letter, or make a phone call to Rolling Stone. They need to learn about Joe, and here's their contact information:

editors@rollingstone.com

Rolling Stone
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10104 - 0298
(212) 484-1616

Attn.: Nathan Brackett, Deputy Managing Editor

As always, for individual suggestions, guidance, or assistance in editing/proofreading your letter or email to Rolling Stone, please contact me at streetteam@jbonamassa.com

Many thanks to those who have written to Rolling Stone! Please keep up the good work.

MYSPACE "JOE" BANNERS