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Using Your Music Publisher As A Hit Song GPS Navigator

What If You Had A Road Map To Making Hit Songs? AKA Using Your Publisher As A Hit Song GPS Navigator

An exciting idea I’ve experimented with lately, has yielded immediate, great results and momentum. Wanna know what it is? Fact: I’ve been dialoguing a lot more with writers on my roster, regarding the topic of sharing early “songs in development.” The idea is to be an early soundboard for songs in progress, and lend some thoughts and feedback. These “listening hangs” ... CONTINUE READING

Adapting to New Norms as Songwriters - Writing and Recording Remotely with Virtual Sessions

So, it’s the 23,000th day of April 2020. On another note… In the midst of the coronavirus disaster, I’ve been keeping weekly Zoom virtual meetings with my clients. On that note - I wanted to take a very important moment to talk about adapting. And this post is going to be broken into 4 sections - all ... CONTINUE READING

The Necessity of Haters (If No One is “Hating” On You … You’re Doing It Wrong)

News Flash! If you only have people “generally liking” what you’re doing - and no one leaving any derogatory “you suck” type of comments online … You’re probably doing it wrong. OK. Ummm. What? I learned this little concept (that at least I believe in) from music analyst and the most powerful music blogger and overall music and cultural commentator on the planet, Bob Lefsetz. ... CONTINUE READING