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    Making Money In The Music Biz

    in Music Industry

    Posted

    I think there will always be 'stars' but not like we've seen in the past. The world has changed, not just the music business. Gone are the days when you would 'save up' to buy a record. In my younger days, buying a record was a big event! It would be planned ahead. Then a trip into town, a listen to a few tracks in a booth! Then a bus ride home and the rest of the weekend pouring over the sleeve notes whilst listening to the tracks on a little mono record player! If you bought the right record, it got invited to parties with you as a courier! Now, you just download it from somebody that bought it!

    Weekly Challenge Mon 5th April.

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    Serious topic tho' huh. Interestingly, we were drawn to the negative or difficult side of the article when there is a wonderful side to it too. I don't know why i did't write about the giving, nurturing true nature of the article but instead chose to focus on the horror experienced by this family.

    Maybe it's a good thing that what we found shocking was the violence and not the caring.

    Tom

    It had been my intention to take this from the incident to the hope, but I never could get to it! Again, the time constraint worked against me. I found I was forcing myself to revisit this when I was completely removed from any feelings of creativity! It was an interesting challenge! I shall be interested to see what John comes up with for this weeks challenge!

    Weekly Challenge Mon 5th April.

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    OK. Here it is. I am not completely happy with it! But the time restraints were an interesting challenge!

    I Can't See The Point

    The children scream in innocent glee

    Chasing each other, one two and three.

    Touching the shoulder then running away

    Barely keeping excitement at bay

    The elders are watching, the parents aware.

    enjoying the moment of days without care

    Running and laughing, skipping and jumping

    Then sitting exhausted, hearts all a pumping.

    But storm clouds are approaching

    and the innocence will end

    And a rain will fall

    That could kill us all

    So why must we pretend

    And we can't see the point of it all.

    And our dreams have been shattered

    And thrown against the wall.

    And we fear for the future,

    and the lagacy we leave.

    I wonder now, who sees the point?

    A dark day approaches, soon to be here

    Innocent bystanders, so unaware

    Danger that's simmering, changing the day

    blowing normality far far away

    The fear and the mayhem, choking the air

    A father and husband lost in despair

    Holding her closely, shielding the hate

    A world changed forever, a victim of fate

    The storm clouds have gathered

    And innocence has died

    And a rain comes down

    And we all could drown

    'cause the politicians lied

    And we can't see the point of it all.

    And our dreams have been shattered

    And thrown against the wall.

    And we fear for the future,

    and the lagacy we leave.

    I wonder now, who sees the point?

    Steve Perrett

    Weekly Challenge

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    There has been talk on these boards of competitions and contests to get the grey matter working etc. We have therefore decided to open up a 'Weekly Challenge'

    How it works.

    Each week a 'Host' will decide on a subject. This can be from a newspaper article, a Photograph, painting or anything the host decides! We then, as brilliant songwriters and lyricists, write and submit a song/lyric/poem whatever? relevant to that particular subject, within the week.

    Each week will require a different 'Host' so names will be listed here in this thread. If you would like to be on the list? Please reply by clicking the 'Quote' button and add your name under the last entry inside the quote tags.

    If you choose anything that you do not own the copyright to, i.e. a newspaper article, painting or photograph, please only supply a link to that particular choice.

    DO NOT POST COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL in your thread. It will be removed.

    If you are unsure about something, please contact a member of staff.

    The weekly challenge is to get us all thinking and writing. There are no prizes.

    Each contributor should comment on each contribution from others.

    This is not a critique thread. If you want a song/lyric critiqued, post it in the appropriate forum as well as in the challenge thread.

    Entries can be full songs with music, or just a lyric or poem, or indeed any other artistic form you might decide is appropriate to the topic.

    Good luck! And have fun.

    The first weekly challenge will start on Monday April 5th. And I shall be the host!

    Making Money In The Music Biz

    in Music Industry

    Posted

    I think those that play live regularly are the ones most likely to succeed. Gathering a fan base and loyal following appear to me to be the likeliest option of 'selling' your music/merchandise! Having an online presence and mailing list to inform fans of upcoming gigs etc should help. If you are a songwriter but not a performer, then the best option might be to ally yourself with a promising band/performer that is interested in using your songs!

    Demo Production

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

    (these were just meant to be question marks but that damned emotican monkey got involved again)

    I too have been experimenting with the old paper block! I whack the strings with it with malice aforethought sometimes!

    Jokes

    in Musician's Lounge

    Posted

    A young dyslexic boy runs up to his mother and asks if he can have a McDonald's? His mother looks down lovingly and says, 'If you can spell McDonald's, you can have one!'

    The boy concentrates for several minutes with a look of grim determination on his little face. He then sighs in resignation, looks up to his mother and says, 'F*ck it! I'll have a KCF instead!'

    Example Of Sheet Music With Lyrics

    in Songwriting

    Posted

    Interesting topic! Not sure if this might be usefull to anybody? but I used to produce chord sheets for my songs. This helps in two ways. First, you can record the song straight through without fluffing the thing! Second, if you need to record another track over the first, (two guitars etc) then you don't get lost! This is an example of my own working sheet. This is very old now but illustrates pretty well what is required!

    LeadSheet.jpg

    The numbers under the chords represented the pattern number of the drum machine I was using at the time! There are a few 'musical' terms that I used, Repeats and codas; and in a few places I have used notes to indicate single strikes of a chord, (as at the intro) or a triplet. This may not be to everyones taste, and it may be meaningless to some! But it certainly helpes me in my structure of a song.

    I have also produced lead sheets to some songs that I have distributed to singers!

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