for those of you interested in promoting your music...

Brilliant!  The last 20 secs were spot-on too.


Hey..he never mentioned Soundclick or Soundcloud...

 Holy cow, Did he even take a breathe during that?

notnat


this entertaining video will simplify everything for you...
 
http://vimeo.com/15753416

Whoa! That guy has massively overdosed on caffeine.  {quick, call 911} 


Danny, 


That certainly sounds like a cool way to go about it   

I've never done this myself due to never totally believing in my material. I'm doing it this time when my new album is done though. These little indy deals I've had since 1999 have been really good...but it's time to see if I really have it or not so I can retire and fade into the abyss gracefully knowing I tried with no regrets of any kind. :)

Best of luck, man. You deserve it... but don't retire. There are too many sweet licks to be played. ;-)

And that is definitely a solid plan. I'd like to take a course in entertainment law so I can sort things out on my own when need be but I'd definitely want a real lawyer with real contacts when and if I ever take the big leap. Gotta get a decent catalog together first though. You seem to have that covered and you certainly aren't lacking talent. You're gonna OWN shiz, dude!

\m/

Beepster

I've never done this myself due to never totally believing in my material. I'm doing it this time when my new album is done though. These little indy deals I've had since 1999 have been really good...but it's time to see if I really have it or not so I can retire and fade into the abyss gracefully knowing I tried with no regrets of any kind. :)

Best of luck, man. You deserve it... but don't retire. There are too many sweet licks to be played. ;-)

And that is definitely a solid plan. I'd like to take a course in entertainment law so I can sort things out on my own when need be but I'd definitely want a real lawyer with real contacts when and if I ever take the big leap. Gotta get a decent catalog together first though. You seem to have that covered and you certainly aren't lacking talent. You're gonna OWN shiz, dude!

\m/

Haha you're too kind, thanks Beeps. Well, time will tell. I've always had the connections, I just never had stuff that I felt would do anything major. Not that I have that now really, but there comes a time where if you believe in something enough, and the time is right, you have to throw all caution to the wind. At the end of the day, if I fail, I still have my Indy deals to fall back on which still pay the bills quite well.
 
At the end of the day, no matter who you are or how you get noticed, you'll need an entertainment lawyer to land the deal and finalize everything with a label. Why not go into it that way? The cool thing is, they bypass all the middle-men and A&R guys. They go right to the president of the label and say "I'm Fed-Exing this package....play it as soon as you get it." That there, is worth the price of the retainer fee because let me tell ya, getting your stuff to a major to where someone that IS someone will actually listen to it, is 90% of the battle really. This is why they always say "no unsolicited material accepted". You go through an attorney or someone with credible connections, or you don't do it at all.
 
We all owe ourselves the chance in my opinion. I figure it this way...I've been heavily involved in music since my first wedding band I played in at 11 years old. If I lost 5k as a retainer fee and the attorney couldn't get me a deal, I think I'm worth that investment. I'd probably even try it again with another attorney if I failed. There comes a time of course where you need to know "When to say when" but, I'm sure I'll know when that time is. :) I've done the work on my end...it's in Gods hands now...and of course the hands of the attorney and record labels. LOL! :) Thanks man.
 
-Danny

@Danny... Creative production ain't a bad gig to fall back on either but might as well take a swing at the spotlight while you're young. My inability to do any touring keeps me from my own hopes of that but whatever... I never really liked touring as much as I thought I would anyway. Cheers.

Beepster


@Danny... Creative production ain't a bad gig to fall back on either but might as well take a swing at the spotlight while you're young. My inability to do any touring keeps me from my own hopes of that but whatever... I never really liked touring as much as I thought I would anyway. Cheers.

See that's the thing Beeps...there are so many aspects in music, one doesn't have to "throw in the towel" or "give up the dream" if they can't tour or perform live.
 
Prime example Beeps....Linda Perry from 4 Non Blondes. She had that success with "what's goin on" and now writes songs for people like Gwen Stefani, Pink, Christina Aguilera and several others. A guy like you could end up as a transcriber bro. Ever read tabs that are completely wrong? LOL! You could be the guy that "gets it right!" :) Our only limits in this field are the ones we put on ourselves really. :)
 
-Danny
 
P.S. Those questioning the guy in Frank's video not pausing to breathe...if you watch closely, it's pasted together in spots as you can see the splicing. It may also be sped up. Then again, there may be parts that are legit. I once dated a girl who had the circular breathing technique down when talking. It was actually quite amazing! Though at times, a bit, well, sort of annoying. :-Þ

Danny, 

I didn't see your post earlier when I was here.  I wish you great success, you truly deserve it. 

Danny, if you ever hit it big, I'm going to blackmail you with all the posts you've made over the last year about your man crush on Kip Winger. My attorney will be in touch.


Randy