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Gavin degrawGavin degrawAlexandra Yustin

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February 24th, 2014

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Gavin’s hitsGavin Shane DeGraw was born in South Fallsburg New

York on February 4th, 1977. He is currently 37 years old.

Gavin is best known for his piano and guitar skills, as

well as his original song “I Don’t Want To Be” which was

the One Tree Hill theme song for it’s nine seasons.

Gavin’s other hits include, Not Over you, Soldier,

Sweeter, Best I ever Had, Make a Move, Follow Through

and Chariot

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Gavins albums are

Chariot: July 22th, 2003

Gavin DeGraw: May 6th, 2008

Free: March 31st, 2009

Sweeter: September 20th, 2011

Make a Move: October 15th, 2013

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Family life

In his hit song I don’t wanna be he describes his life in the

opening verse “I don’t need to be anything other than a

prison guard’s son” His father Wayne DeGraw is a prison

guard to this day.

He then says “I don’t need to be anything other than a

specialists son” His mother Lynne is a detox specialist.

Joey DeGraw is Gavin’s older brother who is also a recording

artist. Neeka is Gavin’s older sister; she is not in the music

industry.

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fun factsChariot was Gavin’s debut album from 2003, where he sold over a million album copies

and earned a platinum certificate

Chariot, I don’t Want to be, Best I ever Had, and Soldier all have been performed several

times on shows like The Voice, American Idol, X Factor, Idol Sweden, and X Factor U.K.

Gavin DeGraw was paired up with Karina Smirnoff on the 14th season of Dancing with

the Stars (2012). They got 9th place

One of Gavin’s most memorable quotes is “My favourite colour is green, but oddly, my

favourite season is fall, where that colour disappears”

Gavin’s first professional and first paid show was when he was 15 years old

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More fun factsGavin’s prized possession is his 1974 shelby mustang

Gavin is rumoured to be “dating” fellow recording artist and

touring member Colbie Callait; their song We Both Know

was nominated for a grammy this year

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Social media

Gavin DeGraw is very involved with his social media followers as he is always

tweeting, following his followers, promoting his current North American “Make a

Move” tour, and by promoting himself by being a nice guy!

He’s even private messaged me 3 times on twitter as I’ve gone to every concert of

his and tweeted to him and about him!

Gavin has a Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube/ Vevo, Myspace, personal

website, and has more than 1 million followers

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youtube.com/gavindegrawvevo

Gavin DeGraw has approximately 100,000 Vevo/Youtube

Followers, and he has uploaded around 100 videos of his

tour, music videos, set production of music videos, any of his

live appearances such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ellen

DeGeneres Show, etc...

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soundcloudGavin DeGraw has his own Soundcloud page where many

people post remix’s or their own acoustic version of his

songs.

Currently, Gavin has many versions of his song Best I Ever

Had, as this was the first single he dropped off his album

Make A Move.

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@GAVINDEGRAW

Gavin DeGraw has 60,000 + Instagram followers

He posts these pictures personally, usually accompanied by

a funny comment or two :)

Although that isn’t as many likes as many other popular

recording artists; most of his posts get 50,000 likes

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Facebook.com/gavindegraw

Gavin has 750,000 Facebook Followers, and posts on a regular basis, as he

loves staying in contact and updating his fans

His photo section consists of tour pictures, pictures of him and his idols

(Billy Joel, Daryl Hall from Hall and Oates)

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Twitter @gavindegrawGavin’s twitter is his most popular fan base because of the

amount of followers he has! Gavin is very personable on

twitter as well, as he private messages people (ME BEING

ONE OF THEM :D), he tweets to people that tweet to him

first, and he follows many of his fans (ME TOO) to keep in

connection with his fan base!

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personal websitewww.gavindegraw.comwww.gavindegraw.com

As you can see, on Gavin DeGraw’s personal website he has

tabs such as “News, Music, Photos, Videos, Shows, Fan Club,

Gavin himself, Merchandise Shop, and subscribe”

The subscribe tab is where most of his social media websites

and user handles are for people to follow him!

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Fan clubs

http://www.gdgfanclub.com/

Since I am not in the “fan club” I do not have access to the

website; but it costs $9.95 a month for a basic membership,

and $29.95 for the ultimate fan membership

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Debra eckerling’s 5 social media tips

Find your audience: Yes I do think that Gavin knows who his audience; since his music is

alternative, it is a genre of music that basically anyone can listen to.

Post Meaningful/ Sharable content: Gavin usually posts about his touring life or about making

music, so yes that is meaningful to him so it should be meaningful to his audience

Engage Fans: As I’ve mentioned, Gavin is really interactive with his fans with twitter, instagram,

and Facebook. He loves posting and updating his fans about his musical life. Gavin keeps his

personal life to himself and doesn’t really post about it; some fans would like to know about his

personal life so that might disengage some fans from his social media sites.

Hand Out Swag/ Put up flyers: I do not live in New York City where Gavin lives, so I have never

seen any flyers. I do see promotions for when he comes to Toronto, or Buffalo as those are the

venue areas I have seen Gavin in concert. I do think that this is effective because I always want to

go back to see him as he is a very entertaining artist!

Post Constantly: Gavin tweets many times a day! I always see him on my timeline either tweeting

about life, or tweeting about his current Make A Move Tour!

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Hope you enjoyed my Gavin DeGraw slideshow! If you ever

want to check out his work go to his youtube page, Facebook

page, or google him; a lot of information and videos come up

:)