It’s time to get a real job because… Singer Songwriters Don’t Really Work…Do They? My own personal music business used to be full time traveling. Then, life took a few turns (as is always does), and I stopped the full-time traveling, got a house, created a cool Apple Micro Studio…and… …now my own personal music business is writing and singing my own songs. I … The rest of the story…
Singer Songwriters Are Singin In The Rain of Marketing Tools Almost every day I get another link to another site for marketing my music. Or I get a link to an app for my iPhone. Or I get an email from one site I’m on telling me about another service they offer for music marketing. Awesome! And awful! It’s great to have so many … The rest of the story…
Highlighting Words In My Singer Songwriter World If you’ve visited my blog before, you may have noticed that I’ve written a lot of music for kids. Well, in the past 6 months I’ve been writing some stories for kids, and some have even been included in my podcast. (and I haven’t been podcasting a lot lately…oops) I’ve enjoyed working with a writing coach who’s helped me learn a … The rest of the story…
The Starry-Eyed-Singer-Songwriter And His Dream One day there was this young singer songwriter who fell awake. He noticed a leftover dream in his head. He shook his head… Nope…still there. He thought to himself, “If I get this dream out of my head, I’ll put it somewhere safe and keep it for later.” Then, he jumped up and down. The dream started to come … The rest of the story…
Independence Day 2011, but then again Every Day Is Independence Day My preference, as a singer songwriter, has always been to go the “Indie” route. When I first started out (a couple of centuries ago), independent musicians didn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Texas of ever making many waves. Thanks to the internet, social media, and awesome home studio recording gear that’s all changed. … The rest of the story…
Denver Brings The Heat This Summer That’s actual temperature…not heat index or ambient heat from sitting in the sun… And I gotta tell ya…that’s too hot. So, if we could just get Congress to shut up for a day or so, things could cool back into the 90’s. Stay tuned, P.S. Here’s a hint…if you’d like to get free songs delivered to you without … The rest of the story…
Don’t Dis Dis Singer Songwriter For His Dissonance So… …I’m workin’ on some new music, and it occurs to me…I really like dissonance in a chord. There’s just something full and rich about 3 notes very close together in a chord. They fill it up. They give it depth. They take it up a notch. Scratch that…they take it up 2 notches. Yeah, that’s … The rest of the story…
I used to be a full-time on-the-road-singer-songwriter… And I played so many places all around the country. It was a blast. The reason I bring this up is because of some photos I recently came across. Check out the one below… Stay tuned, Tell everybody you know to subscribe to Tony’s Daily Devotional (emails with good stuff for Fa-Ree) Get my Rhyme & Reason Podcast delivered … The rest of the story…
Yes…Even Singer Songwriters Can Have A Train of Thought An observant singer songwriter is always on the lookout for ways to jump start musical ideas. Sometimes lyrics from other singer songwriters spark a new idea. Sometimes it’s almost by accident. Check out the lyrics to my song “Train of Thought”… This song came about because I had some music going on in my head … The rest of the story…
This singer-songwriter isn’t a sensitive 90’s guy. But when it comes time to “mend fences,” flowers are almost perfect. When I was a singer songwriter in Nashville in the middle 90’s, I was almost always the only keyboard player on showcase nights. One of those nights I took an offbeat song with a key signature played mostly on the black keys. A guitar playing songwriter … The rest of the story…
