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Yes, you can find out everything you need here and much much more......as someone mentioned, the search at the bottom is a very good tool because just about everything has been discussed at some point. Tucci www.locuststreettaxi.com Horns, Harmony, & Humor

ok Alright, I am sure I can get to sixty.... I'm just curious how my posts got bumped so low though. Before I was off the board for a few months I was at like 300something and when I came back I was down to 100something. Do you start losing posts after a period of inactivity? Anyway, thanks...

But it coul be good..... What gets me is that the record companies could theoretically make just as much money from good music if they wanted to....but they don't. Good music would sell just as well as the crap they put out, maybe better. If they put their dollars into promoting good music...

Theory One thing you might consider if you have a little extra time and money, is to enroll in a music-theory/sight-singing class at your local community college. You can pick up a lot and it really helps sometimes to have a little bit of theory in your background. Tucci...

I was just reading the requirements for submission and is said 250 posts. Well I am absolutely certain that I used to have a lot more than 250 posts....but somehow my post number got bumped way way down awhile back. Am I still eligible? I've been a member since 1999. There was a period of...

And there's this too.... I read this article at Musicbizacademy.com. It really made me think that we might be better off selling a hundred cds at bars and coffeeshops and keeping the profits than selling 500,000 with a major label anyway. I used to think that if I saw an act on TV that was...

No trumpage. Good marketing does not always trump good music. It is possible to make money from crappy music with lots of marketing muscle, but good music will often win in the long run. It's easy to get discouraged because there is so much crap out there that is making money. But that...

yes Yeah, good ol' Roger Miller could rhyme anything...including purple, although even for him that was a stretch: maple syruple? Door hinge is the best rhyme for orange I've ever heard. If you say it quick it works really well. Tucci www.locuststreettaxi.com Horns Harmony & Humor

Very accurate. It really is true. So true. You have better chances of making money selling home-made tapes on the street than you do of getting signed to a major label and actually profiting from it. Good article. Tucci www.locuststreettaxi.com Horns Harmony & Humor

Rhyming Another thing I just thought of is that it always seems to really help me if I restrict myself to making the lyrics rhyme. For some reason it forces you to get more creative and perhaps not use the same old everyday words as much. Tanlith - I just read in the other thread that you...

Zz top buskers Yeah, I wonder if ZZ top ever actually did street busking - probably not but i bet it would have been interesting. Glad you liked The Cow Song, thanks for having a listen Tanlith. What can I say? Our bass player wrote the words to that one.....he used a rhyming dictionary...

Took awhile It took me forever to figure that out. But eventually I realized that of my songs, the ones that people liked were the ones that I hadn't spent a lot of effort and elbow grease on. They liked the ones that I made up for pleasure without worrying about whether folks would like...

beards Really really long beards help and if you have lots of eccentric things attached to your clothing too. Tucci www.locuststreettaxi.com Horns Harmony & Humor

because.... I will enlighten you all as to what makes a song good........ Any song that rhymes and has something to do with cows is good. But seriously, it's a very difficult question. But here is a wild guess at it: Shoot, I just wrote about three things then changed my mind. I think it...

Relax My tip is to stop thinking so much and to not take your writing so seriously. Then you'll start writing some decent tunes. A lot of folks, myself included, try so hard to write a song that is really meaningful and will change the world overnight. Don't do that. Just write little...

You have to have gimiick I've done it in Seattle at the Pike Street Market a few times. SOme poeple really make bank. A million tourists go through the place. The performers who make the most either have a really unique gimick (playing an itty bitty piano beautifully, using a paper cone as...

Yep, should work. The method you plan to use of recording bass and drums together should work well. I've had good experience with that. Think about recording the vocalist at the same time too though, you can use it as a scratch track and go over it again later.....but sometimes the scratch...

Yeah, you can burn them yourself. But with the place I referred you too you can get thermal printing on the CD which looks much nicer than labels and shrink wrap and all that stuff. Plus, you don't have to sit around and burn them...I've found it worth it but if you have a fast burner it...

Yeah sure Doc....thanks for listening to it. Glad you liked it. I tried to listen to your acid post but my computer misbehaved when I clicked on your link....maybe I'll try it again though. I've been to the Detroit Airport Rats....and did not enjoy it, but that's the limit of my experience...

Take a look My band has had good experiences with these folks so far. Very reasonable prices. QUick turnaround too. www.yourmusiconcd.com Good luck, Tucci