{"id":28987,"date":"2015-10-07T03:17:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T07:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=28987"},"modified":"2015-10-07T03:17:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T07:17:48","slug":"successful-record-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=28987","title":{"rendered":"Successful Record Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve heard that record sales have fallen drastically. But, can effective strategies buck that trend? Break of Reality cellist Patrick Laird talks with <a href=\"http:\/\/notedendeavors.com\">Noted Endeavors<\/a> founders Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson about strategies for successful record sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/notedendeavors.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21682\" alt=\"Noted Endeavors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Noted_Endeavors_Logo_Small_Musical_America.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>Patrick Laird is a much sought-after cellist and composer\/arranger. He is widely recognized as the cellist, founding member, and principal songwriter for the cello-rock ensemble &#8220;Break of Reality&#8221;.\u00a0As a performer with Break of Reality, he has given concerts in over 40 states across the U.S. in major performing arts centers, rock clubs, concert halls and colleges. Recent highlights include a sold-out tour of Alaska and direct support for the rock group &#8220;Cake&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick arranged and performed the theme song from the HBO show &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221;. Break of Reality released a video of the performance on YouTube, which has since received over 8 million views.His songs are streamed over 20 million times a year on internet radio, and his music has been featured in national television programs, including Dateline NBC and America\u2019s Investigative Reports on PBS, which went on to win an Emmy.<\/p>\n<p>For more about Patrick, go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/patricklaird.com\">http:\/\/patricklaird.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Noted Endeavors videos, go to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/notedendeavors.com\">http:\/\/notedendeavors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jPNXJY2UXnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:34px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/?p=28987\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve heard that record sales have fallen drastically. But, can effective strategies buck that trend? Break of Reality cellist Patrick Laird talks with Noted Endeavors founders Eugenia Zukerman and Emily Ondracek-Peterson about strategies for successful record sales. Patrick Laird is a much sought-after cellist and composer\/arranger. He is widely recognized as the cellist, founding member, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3273],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28987"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28988,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28987\/revisions\/28988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.musicalamerica.com\/mablogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}