Category Archives: Marketing

What Am I Creating? A Website for South African Rock Legends, Clout

I first heard Clout’s “Substitute” on Springbok Radio in late 1977, while I was in the army. It charted in January 1978. When I started the South African Rock Encyclopedia website in 1999, Clout were one of the first bands that I included. Recently I decided to expand their entry into a full-blown website. CloutContinueContinue reading “What Am I Creating? A Website for South African Rock Legends, Clout”

Steve Louw’s “Wind In Your Hair” hits 300,000 Streams today as new song is released.

Steve Louw’s brand new single “Mother, Don’t Go” (featuring Joe Bonamassa, and produced by the legendary Kevin Shirley) was released this morning, and his previous hit “Wind In Your Hair” (also featuring Joe’s guitar talents) has achieved 300,000 streams.

What Am I Watching (And Listening To)? Thunder And Rain!

Latest release from Steve Louw. I have the pleasure of being part of Steve’s team as his web marketer and media strategist. https://youtu.be/660h_c_IG5I Steve Louw – Thunder And Rain https://open.spotify.com/track/2WDLXF7lYcAjT8r4IvgUGV Steve Louw – Thunder And Rain

Current Web Project: Steve Louw

I have been very involved since the beginning of April 2021 with re-establishing the Online Presence for South African musician Steve Louw Steve has been around since the early ’80s and he released his new album Headlight Dreams on the 7th May 2021 and it has been attracting a lot of positive attention. I haveContinueContinue reading “Current Web Project: Steve Louw”

A Few Of My Recent Web Projects

I love building websites! I have been building them since 1997.Here are just a few of my recent web projects. Ernestine DeaneGuide Me Cape TownMartin MyersMcCully WorkshopMoonshine ProductionsNeo MuyangaPiet Botha & Jack HammerRamases – Space HymnsSipho “Hotstix” MabuseSugarMan.org Let’s build something together! Please get in touch

Building Websites Since 1997

Vagabond’s World I have been building websites since October 1997, before Google, Wikipedia and Facebook even existed!I was involved in the amazing Searching For Sugar Man story and Stephen “Sugar” Segerman and I co-founded the South African Rock Music Digest in January 1999. My fledgling Vagabond website from 1997 can be still be seen atContinueContinue reading “Building Websites Since 1997”

The Virtual Braai

Twitter is like those newspaper headlines that you see on lampposts. Just a quick bit of news to encourage you to investigate more. Minute-by-minute information of what is happening right now. Facebook is like a newspaper that you buy and scan through, picking out the interesting bits and throwing the rest away. Day-by-day information ofContinueContinue reading “The Virtual Braai”

SEARCHING FOR EXPOSURE? TRY SUGAR MUSIC….

Brian Currin and Stephen “Sugar” Segerman met in 1997 through the rediscovery of Rodriguez. A mutual love of music (especially the South African kind) and sharing it with others, saw them launch Sugar Music in the early-2000’s. Sugar Music has since become the hub for many projects including SugarMan.org, The South African Rock Encyclopedia, TheContinueContinue reading “SEARCHING FOR EXPOSURE? TRY SUGAR MUSIC….”

Brian, My Web Guy

Brian Currin is known to many of his friends and clients as “My Web Guy” and to a number of people all over the world as “a guy who knows a bit about music“.

9th Aug – Seether and friends live in concert in Cape Town

Rock out with Seether, Enter Shikari, Bullet For My Valentine, Eagles of Death Metal and KONGOS at the Grand West Casino’s Grand Arena on 9 August.Doors open at 14h00 (2pm) The South African power trio of vocalist and guitarist Shaun Morgan, bassist Dale Stewart and drummer John Humphrey that is collectively known as Seether makesContinueContinue reading “9th Aug – Seether and friends live in concert in Cape Town”

It’s not about the camera | Michael Ashley Currin

A lot of marketing advice for photographers I read on blogs or in magazines is how to advertise, mainly using online media. Marketing is much more than just advertising. I thought I could write a more wholistic guide for photographers marketing themselves, also looking at the bigger picture (purpose and strategy). – Michael Ashley CurrinContinueContinue reading “It’s not about the camera | Michael Ashley Currin”