http://mattcutillo.com/news.html MATTHEW J CUTILLO: News / Videos Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:11:18 -0800 http://mattcutillo.com/news.html#72 the rare privilege of personally getting to know at least a dozen talented
GigMasters entertainers over the phone and had contact with at least 35 others.
This was totally unplanned, done in the spirit of giving and also absolutely meant
for me to get my name further around the country as the man who wrote the book on
"How to be #1 on GigMasters.com".

It has been and continues to be a great experience, as I learn so much from
every interaction with a handful of the thousands of entertainers who read my
ePublication, if even 'only' on a human relational level. After giving the eBook
to everyone I gave them my info; Facebook, GigMasters page, Twitter and so on
as an invitation to exchange 'likes' on FB and "follows" on Twitter as well as
Google1'ing eachother's numerous social-networking profile pages.

http://www.amazon.com/How-be-1-GigMasters-com-ebook/dp/B005QR8GVW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326658173&sr=8-1

Then I spontaneously wrote an email to everyone who got my book free of charge
and invited them to cross-promote one another with me, just as a spontaneous idea.
Wow, did that work some wonders. We all "like-bombed" eachother's pages (some participating more than others) and three opted-out seeming very apprehensive
as to 'what in the world could I be looking for from them". Bear in mind my little
eBook reveals the trade secrets & 3 actual current client contact emails I use (pre-booking negotiation, follow up, post-performance) and have amassed the record
number of 5 star feedback over 8 years on GigMasters, hence leading the over 10,000
members since 2008 in ratings, etc.

The people who were open to help and be helped won some free advice and gave their
insight to me helping me out along the way a great deal, as well. The ones who
never expressed gratitude or who were additionally lightly insulted from receiving
an email from me lost, they seemed to be worse off after the fact, to me this is
sad, but without wanting to waste any time, they were simply removed from any
contact lists and wished well.

Lest I forget to mention, the reaction to the inception of this eBook from people
closest to me was polar and as different from person to person as you could imagine.
The most frequent reaction was "hey that's great, good luck! what's it about?"
What I find intriguing is that many looked like they either felt lightly threatened
or almost schadenfreudig (from German: like, that will never work and I look forward
to it). Well, to them, rock on folks I wish everyone well, especially me !

The winning attitude "How to be #1 on GigMasters.com" talks about in depth is,
in my opinion, what it takes to be #1: CARE and RESPECT. We go above and beyond
every time and we all win. The service provider (here the entertainer) wins, the
client wins, the booking company, in this case GM wins. Gratitude expressed is
like an atomic bomb in that it rapidly expands in all directions, but this bomb
blesses everyone with expansion and furthering progress within its explosion's
reach. Filling one's mind with gratitude, respect and a caring, careful,
hard-working touch will win the race every time. That's my story and I'm sticking
to it. Do what you love - life's too short not to !

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in Oceanside released 11/11/11 - it is a 7 song
album recorded in 3 days of October 2011 !!

Click this link for more info:
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page since 2007-'08 ! If you are an aspiring entertainer or not, have a
read to find out what it takes to be THE BEST in almost any professional
service field ! Visit one or both of the following links for more info :

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as well as a new album and many more plans to become further independent of
the rat-race - come by and follow it ! Thanks, friend !

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and recently held a contest - cover a song of his and make a video and with
some help from lots of friends and fans - I won ! See the video - please
remember to like it, "favorite" it and / or repost it ! Thanks all !!

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MANY HUMBLE THANKS TO MY CLIENTS FOR MAKING ME #1 AGAIN THIS YEAR !!

MY OVERALL POINT RANKING IS THE HIGHEST #1 RANKING OF ALL 9,000 ACTS ON GIGMASTERS, ALSO INCLUDING BUT NOT ONLY OF THE ACOUSTIC GUITARISTS !! I AM TOP DOG AGAIN !

Top Event Entertainers and Party Vendors Receive GigMasters' 2010 Rising Star Award

REDDING, Conn., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GigMasters (http://www.gigmasters.com) the number one online event entertainment booking service, today revealed its annual "Rising Star Award" winners for 2010. Winners were chosen based on outstanding achievement in live music and event entertainment bookings. The 129 winners were selected from GigMasters' nationwide database of over 9,000 top-quality, client-rated entertainment acts and vendors.

GigMasters' members earned $16.5 million in 2010, while performing at weddings, birthday parties, corporate events and other special events. The winners today represent the highest earning GigMasters entertainers and party vendors throughout North America.

Top Acoustic Guitar
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Matthew Cutillo, GigMasters' current#1 National Top Acoustic Guitarist wishes:



May you be poor in misfortune
Rich in blessings
Slow to make enemies
Quick to make friends
But rich or poor,
Quick or slow,
May you know nothing but happiness
From this day forward




On the way to writing my latest Newsletter back in December
something happened...

Life got in the way.

Being a dad, musician and husband got in between me and the keys.
A new nephew named Soren I have yet to meet came along. I meant
well, I wanted to sit down and write for him, too, for quite some
time now, but there was always something that had to be done,
paid, talked about, taken notice of, purchased, recycled or
thrown in the garbage. Snow to shovel in droves and plenty of
gigs with interesting people to meet and new acquaintances to make.
Old friends & bandmates I have long wondered about from far away
countries (like Line8's Juergen F) came out of the woodwork and
thankfully made their whereabouts known once again.

A new recording studio has been under construction here so that
there will be plenty of new material to hear from me on a regular
basis. Write me about your favorite song(s), maybe I will record
a version or two for you and / or perform them at one of my many
live performances where you can come out and call me on my offer
in person.

Besides the usual endlessly-expanding Top 40 hits, there is now a
new selection of neo-classical music I am working on at present:
Edgar Cruz' The Queen Selections. These are highly-detailed solo
guitar versions of Queen classics; Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen,
We are the Champions and Crazy Little Thing Called Love. The bass
lines, melodies and guitar parts are all painstakingly represented
(also painful to play) and reduced to these hand and finger-stretching
arrangements for solo guitar. These pieces are mind-bending and deepen
one's perception of the 6 string guitar, as well as rock harmonies.
These pieces are not quite the main focus of all I do, but learning
them definitely enables one to play other songs better than ever and
sure furthers the knowledge of chords and scales.

Now the recent wave of snowstorms and the latest hurricane-like whallop
dropped and uprooted a humongous tree in my yard, so the whole yard gets
a makeover. It certainly accelerated the plans to change the face of our
entire property. We didn't plan on this ! But such is life. We make our
puny little plans and Mother Nature and Father Time give us a backhand
whenever they like. No telling what will be the next reminder of that
fact. Until then:

May the saints protect ye an' sorrow neglect ye
An' bad luck t' the one that doesn't respect ye
An' the top of the morning t' all that belong t' ye
An' long life t' yer honour
That's the end of my song t' ye!

Hope you have a St Patrick's Day to remember !!

I am looking forward to seeing you out on the road !

Sincere best always,
Matthew J Cutillo
www.mattcutillo.com
631.332.1976

May green be the grass you walk on
May blue be the skies above you
May pure be the joys that surround you
May true be the hearts that love you
May your home be bright with cheer
May your cares all disappear
May contentment come your way
And may laughter fill your day
Wishing you always
Walls for the wind
And a roof for the rain
And tea beside the fire
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you
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