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    Songstuff Writer and Artist Development Challenges

    By john

    Independent writers and artists face several large disadvantages when they are compared to signed, mainstream writers and artists.  Disadvantages that add up to making it a competition that indies can’t win. Hell they can’t even compete.   Lack of budget and poor contacts are fairly obvious disadvantages. Lack of experience and a lack of knowledge restricts songwriters and artists alike. Lack of an overall strategy, and a limited set of incomplete tactics, makes for a critical problem
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Keeping on, keeping on.

There has been progress.   I hate the phrase "LIfe getting in the way". It presupposes that life being lived is in some way less valuable than stamp collecting, trout fishing, off road biking, music (whatever your interest is).   Truth is, that life is what enriches our interest, through providing perspective, and to a certain extent scarcity.   There has been a lot of life since my first post on this blog.  Most of it very positive, and things that you wouldn't set

Gazebo

Gazebo

Vol 1 Playlist 10

Enjoy the featured artists on my YouTube weekly top 10 picks playlist. This playlist includes but is not limited to artists from the Songstuff community. Songstuff members and their songs are highlighted.   This week’s awesome artists and their songs:   Kaylee Bell - Wasted On You Swilly - I Let You Lie  The Teskey Brothers - So Caught Up Leann Rimes - Gasoline And Matches Half Moon Run - Favourite Boy Gone West - What Could've Been Sunny Sweeney - Staying’s Worse

Peggy

Peggy in Vol 1 Playlist 10

Vol 1 Playlist 9

Ready for some Indie Country Music?  Have a listen to these featured artists on my YouTube weekly top 10 picks playlist. This playlist includes but is not limited to artists from the Songstuff community. Songstuff members and their songs are highlighted.   This week’s awesome artists and their songs:   Eleven Hundred Springs – Every Time I Get Close To You Carrie Rodriguez – Devil In Mind Jordan Rager – Small Town Talkin’ Runaway June – Buy My Own Drinks J

Peggy

Peggy

Rock It! - Songstuff Spotify Playlist

Curated by John (Musomox) this is the first selection of independent rock music featured in the Rock It! playlist on Songstuff’s Spotify account.   Songs featured on this playlist are drawn from a mix of artists including both members of the Songstuff community and non-members.   This week’s awesome artists and their songs: Hand You’re Dealt – 10 Gauge @10GaugeOfficial Bulletproof Revolver – Sophie Lloyd @SophieLoyd Apocalyptelectrorock Here on

john

john

Vol 1 Playlist 8

Such a great collection of  indie music artists from YouTube being featured in my playlist of weekly top 10 picks.  This week’s awesome artists and their songs:   Warm Drag – Cave Crawl Fleet Walker – From the Studio Moses Guest – Wheel Jonathan Bree – Say You Love Me Too (feat. Clara Viñals) The Cherry Bluestorms – Seven League Boots Dope lemon – Hey You Death Valley Girls – Dream Cleaver Sleepy Tom – In My Head (feat. Blonde Diamond) Littl

Peggy

Peggy

The Germ of an Idea

I was on a sunbed.   The sun was beating down, and I was thinking about how much I love writing, playing and recording music, but that nothing happened with it.   I have been here at Songstuff for a long while.  I'm not much of an activist -  a part time lurker really, but I started thinking it might be tome for a change.   I wanted to set some rules, some targets and objectives and to see how I can do better than I have before.  Here's what I'm thinking: Cre

Gazebo

Gazebo

Vol 1 Playlist 7

Hi guys,   This is Vol 7 of our weekly  playlist of Indie Artists and songs for the Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel.  This list  includes our members  @Mahesh @Tandem Unicycle   #Enjoy 🎶🎶🎶   Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) Katy Hurt – Revved Up Ashley McBryde – One Night Standards Clever Little Tramps – Nothing Is Worthless Mahesh – Come Find Me Maye – Tú

Peggy

Peggy

Vol 1 Playlist 6

Hello Hello!   Here's Vol 6 of our weekly  playlist of Indie Artists and songs for the Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel.  This list  includes our members   @Richard Tracey @Jambrains @LooknGlass   Enjoy! 🎶     Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) Written By Wolves – Secrets (Official Music Video) Jigsaw Sequence – Berlin Girl [FUSED Remix] (Showroom Mix) Eden’s End – Diamonds Are Forever Mind Machine –

Peggy

Peggy

Vol 1 Playlist 5

Enjoy Vol 5 of our weekly  playlist of Indie Artists and songs for the Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel.  This list  includes members @Nashcash @Simon Darveau @laurenoconnell @Mark Macaluso   #Enjoy 🎶🎶🎶     Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) Beth Hart – Bad Woman Blues Gotta change – Ben Krahne Gary Clark Jr. – Low Down Rolling Stone Roots Girl -Eli-Mac Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band – W

Peggy

Peggy in Peggy's Picks from YouTube

Vol 1 Playlist 4

Hi there! Here's Vol 4 of our weekly playlist of Indie Artists and songs for the Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel.  This week's list  includes members@retrononomusic @Mblack and @Beege   Check out all the music we have on our Twitter account @SongstuffA, and on our YouTube channel Songstuff - Artists.   #Enjoy 🎶🎶🎶   Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) RNM RetroNonoMusic – Heavy Rain Abraham Alexander – Lovers Ga

Peggy

Peggy

Vol 1 Playlist 3

I've got more great listening    Here's Vol 3 of our weekly playlist of Indie Artists and songs for the Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel. It includes the songs from members @Sreyashi Mukherjee @Geraint and @Achazia to enjoy.    The weekly playlists are on our YouTube channel Songstuff - Artists and  our Twitter account @SongstuffA.   #Enjoy 🎶🎶🎶   Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) Groznyj – Escapalisation The

Peggy

Peggy

Vol 1 Playlist 2

Hi Everyone!     Enjoy Vol 2 of our weekly playlist of Indie Artists and songs for Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel.  This week's list includes Songstuff members  @chumpy @WholeSpirit and @Snowman     If you'd like, follow Songstuff's YouTube channel and Twitter account @Songstuffa..    #Enjoy 🎶🎶🎶     Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) Carly Jo Jackson – Sleep In My Car Swamp Music Players – Warrior

Peggy

Peggy

Vol 1 Playlist 1

Welcome!  Having lots of fun putting together the Indie Artists and songs for the Songstuff - Artists YouTube channel's weekly playlists.  This is Vol 1 and includes our members @Just1L  @robertolabruna @john.    The playlists are also on our Twitter account @SongstuffA,.    #Enjoy 🎶🎶🎶     Featured Artists and Songs: (member's are highlighted) Anyhow (Live in Studio) – Tedeschi Trucks Band Down We Go – Just1L Like An Arrow (Officia

Peggy

Peggy

Weekly Playlist!

Hi everybody!   Yesterday a new Soundcloud playlist was published! In the first part of the track different tracks in "modern" vibe were included (rock, dark-pop, electronica, progressive metal, etc...) , whilst in the second half you'll be able to find more folky/country/singer-sonwriter tasting songs,  together with a couple of very nice electronic and ambient tracks.   This week, forum members @Steve Mueske, @SteveA and @Mahesh were included!   I hope you can enj

Michan

Michan

Why birds sing their songs: great maestros proving the musicality of nightingale, cuckoo, yellowhammer

It is no coincidence that the sounds emitted by birds are known in many languages as "songs", rather than simple animal noises, all due to their patterns being structurally similar to the forms of human music.   Many generations of researchers have been attempting to determine whether the driving mechanism behind bird songs is tied to some form of conscious musicality or if it simply fits within the concept of basic communication.    Recent studies delve deeper into this pheno

childed

childed

Weekly Tracklist in Songstuff!!

Hello everybody!   As most of you might already know, Songstuff has been supporting indie artists for almost 20 years. We are always looking forward helping artists to grow at all levels, promoting them and seeing them success in this crazy and fantastic music world.   Nowadays there is a great amount of music platforms that we can use to discover new artists of all genres: Youtube, Bandcamp, Spotify, Soundcloud, GooglePlay, iTunes... among others . In an attempt to promoting

Michan

Michan

Songstuff Community on SoundCloud

Songstuff Community on SoundCloud provides playlists of some great Artists who also happen to be Songstuff members, alongside some of the best indie music on the internet from people who may or may not be Songstuff members.   Coming soon: We will soon be adding a regular music marketing podcast.     Songstuff Community on SoundCloud

john

john

Radiohead Beats Hacker And Donates Money to Extinction Rebellion

Radiohead have released hours of recordings instead of paying ransom money to a hacker who stole them.     Just last week, an unknown hacker stole unreleased recordings of Radiohead. Thom Yorke had recordings on 18 MiniDiscs of music recorded during the recording of OK Computer. Most of the recordings were an hour long. The hacker threatened Radiohead with the online release of the recordings if they didn’t pay the hacker a ransom of $150,000.     But Ra

john

john

Songstuff Compilation - Call For Submissions

This is a call for submissions for the inclusion of tracks in a compilation album. The compilation is as a fundraiser for Songstuff.   The idea is simple. If your track is selected to be included, any funds made directly from compilation sales will go towards funding our community. Submission of your tracks is on that understanding. We would also need your permission to use tracks to promote the compilation, permission to edit for that purpose and to master so that all the tracks sit w

john

john

Quadraphonic vinyl reveals new Atom Heart Mother details

In the late 1960s, after the stereo sound almost completely replaced the mono format in the recording industry, the attention of engineers was shifted to quadrophonic sound technology.   Unfortunately, at that time, quad-sound was not widespread due to equipment manufacturers failing to develop a common quad standard, releasing recordings and record players of various formats to the mass market which made it hard to find a match.   Nevertheless, quad recordings forced the sou

childed

childed

Sliver of A Moon

I met my co-writer on Facebook. We've done two songs via the internet as I live in the States and he lives in Wales. I didn't have a good melody for my lyrics and he created this awesome guitar lick and sang it. Funny thing to note is that he sang the word silver instead of SLiver but you'll get the gist of the song. Her is SLiver of a moon hope you like it:  

Lisa Gates

Lisa Gates

The timeless tragedy of Molly Malone

Not many songs can boast international recognition of being so deeply and fondly Irish the way Molly Malone does. Also known as Cockles and Mussels or In Dublin's Fair City, the ballad—now the unofficial anthem of Dublin—tells the story of a fishmonger named Molly who dies of a fever, but her ghost still wheels the barrow with the wares through the streets.   There have been many attempts to prove that Molly was a genuine historical figure, but everything points to her being merely an

childed

childed

Gondolier songs as the inspiration behind the romantic genre of Barcarolle

Originally a Venetian gondolier’s song, Barcarolle is characterized by gently rocking rhythms reminiscent of the boatman's stroke. The simplistic nature of the melody and the wistful triple meter add to the charming character of this timeless classic.   In the 18th and 19th centuries, the barcarolle inspired a considerable number of vocal and instrumental compositions, ranging from opera arias to character pieces for piano.    Frédéric Chopin’s Barcarolle is possibly the best

childed

childed

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