Category: Songwriting Thoughts
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Stop telling folks how to do money in music, (you don’t know). A Friday Vibes entry with music and words.
Stop letting folks tell you how to make money in music. No one knows how to do that well consistently for other people. They’re blowing smoke.
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I try not to believe anything.
Big Lebowski memes and talking about beliefs. Good times.
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Music might work better if we focused on contributing to it instead of stealing from it.
Working on a new music space for some huge projects coming. Enjoying life.
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If you help on folks’ music, ask them what they listen to. Then listen to it.
Sometimes our preferences as helpers are different than the artist’s. Guess who wins that whole debate?
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Generation names are brand names for people.
Folks don’t seem to realize generational names are for marketing. I’m constantly weeded out of the radars and friends lists as a boomer. I’m a Genx Xennial and sad I know that. What I am saying is, folks have taken a marketing tool and made it the way people are in their head. That’s not…
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Writing music before I record it.
The Myrtle microphone is used a lot around here. It is handy. It’s particularly handy to track playing and singing at the same time. I recommend for anyone who wants that. It’s a beast at that.
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The “music and politics” thing, revisited.
I couldn’t not say something about the super bowl and kid rock and bad bunny. I watched both shows. That made me type this.
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Making noise, moving air.
Sadie enjoys private acoustic shows. Or, she tolerates them.
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First new DAW after a few days. The trials of learning..also the benefits.
A new day, a new DAW. Today I find myself enjoying a free DAW. If you didn’t know, DAW stands for digital audio workstation. But it’s really just an app that turns your computer into a music production machine. My philosophy is they’re all good and bad. They also change over time. The DAW I’m…
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New Djembe Funk Jam: The Dinosaur’s Turn.
Cover art for new jam. It is percussion lying around the house.