Laura Sterner

Well, I wrote the songs, he was just playing around with piano parts and arrangement points. I liked what he did, but I can hire session players to duplicate it if I really want to. I didn't spend anything but time with him and if I use other arrangements I'll pay him for those, too. I've never been against paying someone for the work they do. I am not sure what he was thinking. We connected on a music forum and I sent him some demos, he asked for tracks and sent back some arrangements with him playing a bunch of parts, some of which I didn't think needed fixing, but his arrangements were good so I didn't mind so much. It felt a little like stealing my credits, but whatever. Yet I never got anything else from him beyond his MP3 mixes. I would have liked to have received his raw tracks. Lesson learned, though. I only hire session guys now who will send me tracks for pay. None of this casual collaborator stuff anymore.

You're very welcome Most of those tracks on the YouTube account were, unfortunately, given to me by a collaborator who did great mixes but only sent them in MP3 format and I could not get the hi-def files from him, even though I wanted to pay him for those. It was just a casual collaboration and he moved house and I think things just got lost in the shuffle. So Precious was redone, and I paid him for his arrangement contributions on that, but the other two are still languishing.

Thanks. Yes, I often use SoundCloud and YouTube as staging areas for stuff that I later refine or revise, so right now the only public things on my SoundCloud account are three other songs. Here's the account; you should be able to hear all three of those tracks from here. I appreciate your interest!

No worries, John. You didn't come across that way at all. I've been playing music for quite a while, so what future I have to plan for is a bit limited, and that's why I say that; but I enjoy making music and doing what I can to bring it to an audience. It's never too late and you're never too old to do what you love

Nope, just want to make music and share it with people in whatever way makes sense. I checked out of chasing the dream a long time ago; the best way to make a million dollars in music is to start with two million. Nowadays I'm just writing for the enjoyment.

Hi, I'm Laura. I've been playing music for a long time, writing songs here and there also for a long time. Wanted to start networking with some other creative people with the hope that I can find some new collaborators. I record at home and can fly in tracks from anyone who has a decent recording setup and knows what to do with it. Here are a few recent tracks that I've either just written or remixed: A ballad: Something funky: Something a little jazzy: Hope you enjoy the tracks and I hope I'm able to contribute something useful here! Thanks for the opportunity!