I spent a good portion of the other evening gathering up my own CD-Roms and music tracks for organization, based on my writings about creating a laptop music arsenal. It was a daunting task. Nobody said it was going to be easy, but maybe you know differently.
I have done this before, but have since flooded my desktop with so many different types of media, including films I’ve directed, that it was definitely time for a clean-up. Your desktop might need a clean-up, too (just guessing).
One thing I noticed, as I beat myself over the head with this task, is that I had so many different “versions” of single songs that they were labeled in too many different ways, taking up a ton of space on the disks and making me feel less likely to go through them all. Now I have no choice, thanks to my fickle tastes (especially with all the mixing down I’ve done).
I am HAPPY with the time I spent completing this task. I have found a few gems. I hope you do too.
Stay focused, stay focused, stay focused. Stay on, stay on, stay on. We are often our own worst enemies within this process. Again, it’s not easy. The proverbial potato chip notion that “no one can eat just one” is so very true indeed, but when it comes to some of you being confident with just “one song,” you’re gonna have to eat just one and hold back. If it’s not working, then go for two, then three, and so on; just be careful not to promote so many at a time that you lose sight.
I learned a long time ago not to write for the masses. It’s not a good way to start out. Sure, everybody wants to have a hit song, but I can assure you that, the one song you write that’s from the heart and tells a unique tale will be the song that grabs its fair portion of listeners. Alternatively, if you have a song collecting dust that is otherwise “ready” (or perhaps needs some more work), follow this link (as I address using music producer software), to help you get that song out there.
More to come.
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