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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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Auditioning A Vocalist

Hey people, Just had some extra downtime floating around so thought I'd just post a band update that I didn't feel solid enough to put on our website. My friend is coming over to try singing for us. I know he's a good singer, he's just never been in a band, done mostly chorus. I hope it works out! I'm happy he tried it even though he's nervous, hopefully we can get some recordings of us jamming with him.
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Get Well Soon....lol

damn, monday while i was back from work at around 10:10 pm....i was feeling cold...and when i checked it was 101* F...lol...the next morning i was feeling good...but still inside was the fever...and i ignored and i call up my friend at home...and we watched almost two movies back to back...and that lead me from bad to worse {not worst coz yet to come}...and suddenly at around 4 pm i started shivering...so i slept...but when i woke up...it was more worse {still not worst}...and the same went on f
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Norwegian Black/death Metal?

A Norwegian Black/Death Metal song? Sure. Why not? This was going to be in response to a challenge, but I haven’t seen the challenge announced yet; in the meantime, a heavy-metal band whose bass player I know has expressed interest in recording the song once it’s finished (a nice compliment) and wants me to play electric banjo on the recording (another nice compliment). So the project has gone forward. The song has lyrics now (the result of another long drive in the car), and I’ve sent
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And Now, Dead Fishes...

Back at the Squirrel House, with a lot of work to do. Gone two weeks, and the lawn’s two feet high again, and the blackberries are coming back. I lose two days from house work this coming week, because Falls City is calling me back for another interview (hopeful sign) and I’m moving my daughter into her dorm. And I still have the kitchen sink to replace (which I have been procfrastinating about). First task on getting back to the recording equipment was to record “21 Steamer Drive” and “
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Songstuff Soundbank

Songstuff Soundbank On 1st September we will be launching the Songstuff Soundbank, a collection of instrument samples and custom loops, sound FX and more... and it will be absolutely FREE to forum members. We will be expanding the Soundbank with more and more samples as time progresses and we are very willing to take requests. I hope you enjoy this new service and as ever welcome your feedback and comments!
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Last Day Home, For A While...

Last day home, for a while; wife’s car has a new power steering pump, mine’s getting a new alternator, and daughter’s getting new brakes. And once again, vehicles have eaten my bank account. (There is probably a song in that—but a lot of people have been writing songs lately with that same theme. I already have one, from well over a year ago, “Talkin’ Overpriced Coffee and Gasoline Blues,” and I’ll probably leave it at that. It predicted $4-a-gallon gas way before it happened. I don’t
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Roflcopter - New Staff Member!

Rob Hoogers (board member Roflcopter) has joined the site staff as a designer and developer. He brings a lot of experience with web technology and a very creative mind to the role. As such Rob will be producing some tutorials on making videos, plus the development of some excellent free tools/services that we hope to provide in the near future. You can find out more about Rob Here: Roflcopter Please join me in welcoming him to his new role! (apologies to Rob and everyone else
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Cutting Room - New Board!

We have introduced a new board... The Cutting Room The Cutting Room is about all aspects of making movies, though with the focus on making videos for your music. A great place to both showcase and to get critique plus tips and advice on creative ideas and technical methodology. Please support this board as best you can as it could be a significant benefit to our community and may just help you to make a great video for your music!
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Concert, Et Al...

Another blog away from—well, not exactly home, because I am home, but away from “Alice” the ‘puter, who’s still 125 miles away at the Squirrel House. Can’t wait to get back, but it’s because I have a lot of work to do. Not just finishing the work on the house, either; I have “21 Steamer Drive” to record (I’ve worked out the music—only four chords, though it sounds like jazz), and a Stan Good song, “Stay-cation,” to do music for and record. There’s another lyricist interested in my setting
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Marooned...

Well, it’s not exactly “marooned.” I am at home in Garibaldi for most of the next week, and I have no car, but that’s because my wife’s is in the shop, and she’s got mine. I will be driving out to the Squirrel House for just a few hours tomorrow, to pick up my dress suit, because I do have a job interview—Falls City did call (so much for predicting the future). I’ll plan on doing SOSA’s concert programs for next Saturday while I’m there; “Alice” the computer is still there, and has not only a
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Whitehouse Album Games Reviewed By Bullfrog Music

Games, Whitehouse Published by admin aug 2008 under Pop, Uncategorized Jeremiah Sutherland / Bullfrog music Physics geeks like to distinguish between potential and kinetic energy…a ball on a table is all potential energy…a ball falling through the air has kinetic energy. The term “potential” is overused in the entertainment biz so I’m not going to use it here…Whitehouse is all kinetic energy. Listening to this CD is like taking the local express train to music Nirvana. The band members
Rai

Rai

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Whitehouse Gets A Leg Up Over Major Label Artists

Posted in July 26th, 2008 by admin in Artist News Wordpress It’s always exciting to see an artist take control of their careers and move with the professionalism that has Major Labels scratching their heads wondering where they missed the boat. Whitehouse, with a blend of English and Spanish lyricism, is finding their way into a major arena of publicity. With a unique blend of influences crossing over classical, rock, and classic rock styles. Although they are no strangers to worldwide
Rai

Rai

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Preparing To Move (again)...

Just a few thoughts, because I actually get some musical stuff accomplished, for a change. The entries have been sent to the Goodnight Kiss Music contest (their deadline was 31 July)—“Rotten Candy” by me, and “So Far” and “About Love” by Marge McKinnis (lyrics) and me (music). I think all three songs are perfect for this girl singer, but we’ll see what the publisher thinks. Designed the program for the Southern Oregon Songwriters Assn.’s first summer concert; attractive 4-pager, in black-
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Of Bedpans And Pigfish...

This coming weekend is the North American Jew’s Harp Festival in Bay City, Oregon, just 5 miles from Garibaldi, and I’m going. It’s been three years. A chance to play music for most of two days straight, something I haven’t done in the three months since I left southern Oregon. There are resources, too, that come to that gathering (I remember there was one fellow three years ago who owned a recording studio), and one has to be mercenary about this. At this point, it looks like I’m moving
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Interactive Video Concerts? An Idea...

Time for another idea, maybe. Bands that go on tour are in trouble. Not the big-name acts, of course, but the so-called “baby bands” of musicians on the make, who scour the country in old Greyhound buses and open for the Big Acts (if they’re lucky) and play a lot of small towns (if they’re not). The price of fuel—more than double what it was this time last year—has eaten up all the profits (and then some) for a lot of them. Add in that concert attendance is down—nobody has any money—and
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I Almighty

has ever this happened to you..? you speak something and that happens in very near future...! for me it's happening from two days.. saturday while on our way to swimming session my friend and i were talking about bomb blast that happened in Banglore the previous day. so far our city is also a developing city { currently india's 7th biggest city }....so my friend said...now it's our turn...and i said what if it happens today...! and it did happened...17 serial bomb blast occured in our city.
neoism

neoism

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New Start

wow...college is gonna start...how it'd feel...that suddenly...for two years you've been seniors...and now you become juniour....and ragged by seniors...! but i am quite excited about going to college...everything changes...no school uniform...no lots of books...no constant attending lectures...!
neoism

neoism

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Shout Box Installed

We have installed a shout box on the forum! You should find it towards the bottom of most pages. Use the shoutbbox to send instant messages to all other members. You should also now see a Shoutbox menu item in the top menus (on the right hand side). This link gives you access to view the shoutbox usage stats. Have fun!
Songstuff

Songstuff

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A Contract, A Contest, And A Class (oh My!)

UPDATES first, this time. I got the draft publishing contract, and I think it’s mostly okay. My money is net after production costs, which isn’t usually how it’s supposed to work in these things (normally, 100% of production costs comes out of the publisher’s side), but I think I’ll say okay, anyway, because I think I trust the fellow. (It helps to know the folks you’re dealing with.) If it were an unknown, I’d probably shy away from a deal like that, because it’s too easy to juggle the book
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Southern Pigfish...

It happens regularly—I go away for a couple of days, leaving the blog unfinished, and when I come back, I find myself wanting to write about something different. The latest project is SOUTHERN PIGFISH. Another challenge, this one from a different writers’ site; the task was to create an album cover from three random elements—a randomly-selected photograph (which would be the background), a randomly-selected article title from Wikipedia (which would be the name of the band), and four random
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A Publishing Contract?

Just a small bright spot in the general poverty/unemployment/Squirrel House/not going anywhere or seeing anybody routine. I’m getting a publishing contract for one of my songs—from the Philippines. They want “Santa’s Fallen and He Can’t Get Up” for a Christmas album. I’ll need to have the contract vetted by an entertainment attorney. Oh, what fun. Yes, I think the fellow’s legitimate—he writes songs (subscribes to one of the writers’ sites I do), and has a real job as well as having fingers
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Offending Others...a Blame Game....shame

it's been a while since i have updated my blog...but now i am back.... recently i got this beautiful songstuff T-shirt....and i deeply thank steve for sending me this beautiful T-shirt... offending others...is really a bad habbit...every-one is free to express their thoughts...one doesn't need to critisize what previously others have reviewed...when i am looking at some-one's lyrics, then i have my own thoughts....why do i offend what the others have said previously...there's no point
neoism

neoism

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"when I Jump Off The Cliff..."

The more I think of it, the more “When I Jump Off the Cliff I’ll Think of You” strikes me as a good entry in the National Australian Bank contest. It is aspirational and upbeat, like they said they wanted (though it’s aspirational in a rather weird way). I’d heard the bank was interested in the winner as a theme song for the bank (their contest information doesn’t say so, however), but this song would work for that, too--from an advertising man’s standpoint, you could nail the competition with
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