What a Week! The Grammy Awards and Starting at Onesheet
As I begin this first tumbl, I wanted to introduce myself and touch on a few of my interests, one of which had its most important weekend of the year- The Grammy Awards. I am a music lover (yes, even Country), a technology junkie, and big sports fan- mainly The Saints, all things LSU, The Lakers, and Dodgers. I grew up in New Orleans and then moved to Southern California which explains my sports team affiliations. On a professional note, I just joined Onesheet.com in the last week, overseeing Marketing and Business Development. However, calling it work is a stretch as I get to work with great people and combine two of my favorite things- technology and music- and on top of that, we figure out ways to help bands improve and manage their web presence. While I work WITH a great team at Onesheet, I work FOR my dog, Louie, who’s picture you can find on here with plenty to come. I also manage a great band from San Francisco called The Family Crest, who you can check out here (http://onesheet.com/TheFamilyCrest/#).
This was a roller coaster weekend for myself and all music lovers, with The Grammy Awards and the unfortunate passing of Whitney Houston. The big winner on Sunday night was Adele, who won all six of the categories she was nominated for and all the major awards in her genre. Some other great stories on Sunday night were Skrillex who managed to take home three awards and Bon Iver who took home two awards, one of which was Best New Artist despite irritation from some as he released his first album years ago.
Of course, the night was overshadowed in some ways by the passing of Whitney on Saturday night. While her musical career is second to none and all of her #1’s speak for themselves, she held a special place in my musical heart as she was the first artist I ever saw perform live when I was about five years old living in New Orleans. So in all it was quite a week for me personally and professionally…and for music fans all over the world. I can’t wait to see what the rest of 2012 holds in store for all of us!
Talk soon,
Jim
Beta Test REAL Custom Domains for you Onesheet
We launched custom domains months ago, but we only offer domain redirecting. We are now working on the next version of using your own domain with Onesheet, and need some beta testers. This will require you to change your A-Record to settings that we give you, but will be a MUCH MUCH better solution.
So, if you are interested in beta testing this, please fill out the following form and we will be in touch with instructions.
Musician's Arsenal reversed opinion, says "Onesheet has all the functionality you need to use it as your homepage"
This is a pretty big deal. Before, when Jason from Ariel Publicity reviewed Onesheet, he had a lot of amazing things to say, but unfortunately, he said:
“while I don’t want to give the impression that creating a Onesheet excludes you from needing a website, this is a fantastic option that can take care of your web presence needs while you build a website the right way.”
In his review of the relaunch, he’s changing his mind.
All of these features lead me to rescind my original position. Onesheet has all the functionality you need to use it as your homepage. Of course, building a website provides you with more customization and can include more functionality, but it can also be quite expensive. And once you’ve paid for it you have to have the know-how to perform general upkeep on the site. Onesheet is beyond easy, and getting the pro version is just $4.99/month.
Amazing. Thanks Jason!
Onesheet has a redesigned user dashboard!
Since Onesheet launched, the user dashboard has been lacking. Yesterday, we fixed that.
The next time you log into Onesheet, you’ll notice a much slicker user homepage that should be much easier to use. Over the next few months, we’ll be adding a lot more tools here that will make your Onesheet even more powerful!
iTunes Comes to Onesheet
Apple is a massive force in the entertainment industry, and mostly because of its digital stores. You can instantly buy music, movies, TV shows, apps, and even books with a single click. In fact, almost every Onesheet creator has content for sale on iTunes.
So it’s about time we brought iTunes to Onesheet.
Starting today, every user has access to embed a widget on their Onesheet that can showcase their content on iTunes / App Store / Bookstore. Setting it up is insanely simple. Just enter the URL for the content you want showcased, and we’ll create the widget. That’s it.
So. Simple.
Here are some examples of the kinds of widgets you can put on your Onesheet.
Showcase any Album:
Showcase any Movie:
Showcase any TV show:
Showcase any App:
Showcase any Book:
