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#1145042 - 09/30/18 07:11 AM
CD done. What next?
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Vicarn
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It's been a long time coming but I've tore off a CD at last. Most have a folky flavour and are my creations but there are two there that I wrote with Travis David. The title is "Old Letters". PM me if you want one. To you, $8 including postage cost. You can pay through PayPal via vicarn@btinternet.com. Here's a link to the info and image. https://btcloud.bt.com/web/app/share/invite/0vYk6e9EkPThank you for all your support, Vic
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#1145145 - 10/04/18 06:27 AM
Re: CD done. What next?
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Brian Austin Whitney
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Congrats Vic. What next? You need to either exploit the market for it, or create a market for it to exploit. Live performance is the easiest way. Try to recoup your investment and that would be a huge success. Even if you can't putting your music down on a tangible medium and putting it out in the universe feels good and is good, whether it moves millions or just yourself. You've given birth. Love it no matter it's commercial potential.
Brian
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@aol.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..."
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#1145162 - 10/04/18 08:39 PM
Re: CD done. What next?
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Brian Austin Whitney
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For me, in this day and age and due to my own age etc. if I decided to put an album out I would likely just give it away on request in person or have them cover postage if they wanted a copy mailed. For me, the project would be for fun and self fulfillment and once it was actually done, I'd already have all the reward I need. I sort of felt that way about music from the start. I LOVED writing music. I LOVED the recording process of it. I LOVED rehearsing it with my buddies in band situations. I didn't really care about anything beyond that. Even though I made a full time living making music for a period of time, I did it solely for the fun of it, the money in truth usually came through because my bandmates needed to get paid to keep doing it and I am not going to turn down money I earned, I just didn't really care if it came or not. Same thing with JPF. I have worked knowing I would rarely make money from it, though for two decades I eek'd out a living and some years I made 6 figures but always poured it all right back into JPF in the end. (such as paying for all the travel or awards cost which has always been significant). I certainly appreciate not LOSING money doing it, but I still find ways to do it even when I do. It's the same with making music.... the making of it is the reward, not the commercialization. And fame is fun on a small scale, which I have had and to be honest sort of miss now that things have slowed down so much, but fame on the real "star" scale is mostly more hassle than you would want, as told to me by real people who are or were hugely famous at times in their lives. Many LOVE losing the fame and simply enjoying the money their work still earns them without even being recognized on the street very often. Even at my small scale, I literally got recognized randomly out in public in over half the states and over a dozen countries as I traveled. Most famously for my wife and local friends I had people screaming my name in Italy while I stood in line to see the David Statue and then later in the trip I came across JPF members in the ruins of Pompeii, probably my favorite "fame" memory because the odds seemed so astronomically unlikely. All that to say everyone likes money, but not everyone gets to write, record or finish their musical ideas in satisfying presentations. That gift far outweighs all the rest of the benefits.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@aol.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..."
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#1145195 - 10/06/18 12:13 AM
Re: CD done. What next?
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niteshift
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Hey Vic, Re : Spotify , yes, in the beginning, the returns are small. But they multiply up greatly over time. As your song gets onto more playlists, those are shared, and shared again. You're great in your genre. Exploit that, and promote within it. And soon, those trickles turn into a more steady stream. Just ask John S. , all those nickles and dimes add up.  cheers, niteshift
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#1145197 - 10/06/18 06:06 AM
Re: CD done. What next?
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Cheyenne
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If you had a web site where we could hear samples , that would
and could be an advantage to any one who has not heard anything you have
done ??? Trouble is many are getting Great Songs free from You Tube
Of course you can put songs up on You Tube just samples not the complete
song ; Build up, a fan base that way ??
Best Of Luck With It , I also thing Brian Austins long Answer is the best one
You could put a sampler of your songs on Just Plain Folks ??? that would create
interest apart from your own circle of friends
Last edited by Cheyenne; 10/06/18 08:17 AM.
One of the most important principles of songwriting is to remember that a good song is a partnership of many different components, all working together to produce a satisfying musical experience.
In that respect, song components are either enhancing or compromising their combined effects.
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#1145204 - 10/06/18 08:52 AM
Re: CD done. What next?
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Vicarn
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Thanks Cheyenne. All the songs are on my Soundcloud page. https://soundcloud.com/you/tracksMost though have been re-mastered or changed slightly for the CD. A website is a good idea. Back in the good old days we in the band didn't have to think about marketing. It was all done for us by A&R, Managers and Agents. It's all very new to me. Vic
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