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Success for Musicians

Mike — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:38:22 +0100

10.) Get a logo and print it on a t-shirt for your friends and family to wear! Musicians get most if their revenue through clothing sales versus CD sales.

9.) Record a CD. Sell these at your concerts, starting at a low price. Find out what other musicians in the same playing field aRead More...

Record Industry makes beautiful music for Special Olympics

Carol — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:49:45 +0100

The following is an excerpt from the Special Olympics website

"Through bold innovation and enormous generosity, the record industry has made beautiful music for Special Olympics athletes since 1987. The benefit recording series has become the largest financial source in Special Olympics' history, enabling the organization to respond with hope in areas around the world where people... with intellectual disabilities are still perceived as less than worthy, less than capable, even less thRead More...

How come I can remember lyrics when I can’t remember what I did yesterday?

Carol — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:33:27 +0100

I can sing along word for word with a song I haven’t heard in 5 or 10 years, but I can’t recite the state capitals or even all the presidents. Had I learned them to a melody, would I recall them better?

So why do we remember the lyrics so long after the song was first released. Read More...

Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice" 10/20/2009 "best cut" written by FB friends son.

Carol — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:22:46 +0100

From Chris Richards, Washington Post, regarding release of Tim McGraw's "Southern Voice" 10/20/2009: But McGraw's saddest tale is undoubtedly the album's best cut. "Mr. Whoever You Are" is an emotive waltz starring a young woman who dances her nights away at the local drinking hole.... The song never actually mentions her loneliness, butRead More...