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    Hello..

    in Introduce Yourself

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    Welcome to Songstuff, Teach Ema 🙂 Nice to have you join in with us. 

     

    I see you found the collaboration board.  All the best!

     

    See you around the boards. 

    Peggy

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    Seriously guys 🙂

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    And should anyone choose to join in on the topic or when you're checking out what other members posted over the years .. If you notices a "dead" video link, please report it and I'll remove the link. 3 vertical dots on top right side is where the report flag is.  Thanks! 

    Seriously guys 🙂

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, Gtar Pkr said:

    If everything was blue skies, rainbows, and nothing but love was in the air,

    I wrote a song like this a few yrs ago.  It was definitely tongue-in-cheek "The Sky Is Blue" 😊 was reviewing the lyrics just last night. 

     

    The cool thing about the "What are you listening to? topic is it's every kind of music. It's just what to says, hey members share what you're listening to.   🎶🎶

     

    Oh, oh.. and if the kind of music you share is not what's been posted before.. awesome .. look forward to hearing it. 

     

    Peggy

     

    Seriously guys 🙂

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    9 hours ago, GregB said:

    But kudos to  Richard Tracey  for the original post ... perhaps you and John should contact him for the magic elixir and fairy dust needed to boost site interactivity?

    Richard did start a good topic. I don't think we need magic elixir and fairy dust, just musicians and artists, that want to be part of a fun and supportive community... whatever stage of their musical journey. 

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    Seriously guys 🙂

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    5 hours ago, john said:

    Time to close Richard’s old topic as he never drops by any longer and start a new topic on the same subject?

    I can do that, but this topic is a pretty cool one. I was hoping others would join in sharing what music they listen to, not to close the topic. 

    Seriously guys 🙂

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    9 hours ago, GregB said:

     if one were to listen to the current 340 Reply recommendations,

     

    Just was having a bit of fun. Never even considered someone going back and listening to all the songs, but listening to some for sure .. 

     

    I was actually thinking that others could join in and post up what they are listening to.  

    10 hours ago, Peggy said:

     it would be great to know what we all listen to. 

     

    Your Most Successful Song

    in Music Production and Recording

    Posted

    9 hours ago, Tonedead said:

    I tried a CD release back in....I think it was 2004. 2 people bought it.

     

    Just pulling this out

     

    One of the things working for us with the physical CD moving was at specific events it was given to those attending .. it was a good arrangement and recurring.

    When CD's were really popular it was cool to hear multiple vehicles playing our song leaving the parking.  Haha.. 

     

    Being with Cdbaby it is also available everywhere and sales trickle in. 

     

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    Your Most Successful Song

    in Music Production and Recording

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    With school over, career starting and all the things of new home life, I had become more of a music lover instead of actively being involved or working on my own music.  Then, one day a lyric popped out that I knew had to be set to music and produced.  But how?? We had moved and lived in a different state from most of our buds that played music. 

     

    So.. we setup a home studio using ProTools. Wow, we were ready.  Doug (who sings and plays guitar and bass) and I went to work.  It took us awhile to learn the basics and finish a recording. Now we needed a professional review and mix.  The first studio we went to, Doug had helped build.  We got immediate response and a very valued set of critique and opinions. But we needed more work.  So that's what we did.  Next mix was so much better.  We went to another studio, no connections there.  Walked in and handed off a CD.  With some effort, we convinced the owner of the studio to listen to it.  He took it to his office and in a few came back and told us he had given it to the engineer.  He had assumed it was a mp3 file and instead it was a large wav file that he couldn't load up.  The Engineer called him and said song was worth a listen.  So we thanked him and he set a time for us to come back and talk.  

     

    Long story shortened up, owner had recently converted his studio to include ProTools and he liked us. He gave us tons of time. We recorded the vocal tracks there, and worked to final mix. He set us up with a guy that had a mastering studio and he too, really went out of his way to help us. 

     

    We did all the song's legals, art etc. for CD packaging, ordered posters and started contacting specific people/venues that we thought would be interested in the song. Tons of foot work etc.  but song was established. It still has it's time ..for the venue type ... and has definitely been the most successful song I've written.

    9 hours ago, john said:

    What things made the difference

    People.  We couldn't have done it without all the help from those that took interest.  

    Motivation. Could have given up at any point along the way but we just kept pushing.

    Passion. I wanted this song to be heard.

    Guts. Stepping out so far you wonder if it's too far.

    9 hours ago, john said:

    Is there anything more you could realistically have done?

    Probably.

    Promotion and Marketing. Our online presence and marketing were pretty much nonexistent and an afterthought. "Just put it out there, people will find it and love it". That was a huge mistake! 

     

     

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    New Music Friday (ok, Saturday this week!) #27

    in Musician's Lounge

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    I was all ready. Studio clean,  ordered delicious take out, nice cocktails, had my song ready for us to work on.

     

    A few times tickling out the melody on the keyboards and singing.. ok Let's Do It!!

     

    Instead, Doug worked on his song for 3 hrs. It was loads of fun.

     

    BUT... 

     

    Next time is going to be all for my song! 😎

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    An Abstract Mouse says howdy

    in Introduce Yourself

    Posted

    Hey thanks for checking out "No Title 07062019". 

    What a title.. oh my!  I have lyrics that go with the song but I haven't gotten the vocal track(s) added.  Your mentioning it adds alittle pressure.. haha..(the good kind) to getting it finished.  

     

    On 5/17/2022 at 6:08 PM, An Abstract Mouse said:

    I don't have any YouTube or Spotify yet. Probably Spotify in the future for sure.

     

    Good deal thinking forward. That could be important for queing up your older catalog to get listeners interested and ready for your new EP.

     

    On 5/17/2022 at 6:08 PM, An Abstract Mouse said:

     

    I'm working my next EP. I want it to sound better than the last ones. That's one of the reasons I'm here.

    Cool. Have you checked out the Somgs/Lyric Critique boards? What are you targeting as a release date?

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