Reserve Your Space for Summer Rock Camp!

Spaces are filling up quickly, so make sure to reserve a space for your rocker!

Check out the awesome article about Summer Rock Camp in the Santa Fe New Mexican!

Marketing Workshop

for Musicians

Sign Up Here!

Join the New Mexico Music Awards as they present a free marketing workshop on:

Saturday, May 3rd

1:00-3:00

at The Candyman Strings & Things

You'll Learn:

How to market yourself, your band, your music and your product to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
About branding.
How to market through social media.
How to create your own website and what content you should have on that site.
About Search Engine Optimization.
About the importance of personal contact.
What basics you need to have in place before you contact a film or TV music supervisor.
About what matters most, being out front and ahead of the pack when people come looking for what you have to offer.

This is the second in the series that they are bringing to The Candyman as part of their ongoing educational outreach program for New Mexico musicians. Additional workshops throughout the year will include topics such as Understanding Contracts, Songwriting, How to Find and Keep a Gig, Recording and Mastering Basics. Their most recent workshop, Copyright Basics was a huge hit! Thanks to ASCAP and Ernie Ball for their support of this educational outreach.

Visit the New Mexico Music Awards Website!

Staff Spotlight

Sam Atkinson

Player's Coach / Horn Dog

Sam is the weekend Manager On Duty and specializes in band and orchestra instruments and repairs.

Get to Know Sam! See how he answered these doozies of personal questions.

What are 3 words to best describe you?

Helpful, friendly and hairy...

What bands are you in/have you played in?

Oxygen Ocean, Calico Rose, The Enchantments, The Elements, The Lush Life, David Borrego & Friends and La Junta.

What 3 albums would you take on a desert island?

Miles Davis 'Kind Of Blue'. Iron Maiden 'Live After Death'. The Beatles 'Abbey Road'.

What instruments do you play?

Saxes, Clarinets, Flute, Drums, Bass and Percussion.

Where is your hometown and where have you lived?

Guadalupita, N.M. Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

What peeves you?

Jumping to conclusions.

If you were competing in the World Karaoke Championship, what song would you sing?

'Tequila' by the Champs.

What are your past-time pleasures?

Travel. Relaxing. Hanging with good people.

What's your nickname?

The Moose. Captain Skurvy. Santa Fe Sam the Saxophone Man.

What are 3 things most people don't know about you?

1) I can knock a beer bottle off a fence post at 100 feet with a .22 rifle.

2) I've been to 4 of 7 continents.

3) I love pineapple.

Where is your favorite place to eat?

Tia Sophia's, the breakfast burrito-bacon/green.

Red or Green?

Green.

David's Spring Pick

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Give Us Your Opinion and

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As we look for ways to continue to be a viable and important local resource for musicians, we thought it was time to ask our community some serious questions.

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Video Blog

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A Candyman Moment

The Candyman Summer Rock Camp 2013 concert finale' brought cheers from the audience when rocker, Sophie, stuns with this incredible move.

See what she did here!

We've Been

Spring Cleaning!

Come and check out our clearance table!

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